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Craig Heyward

Craig William Heyward

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 260 lbs.
Born: September 26, 1966 in Passaic, NJ
College: Pittsburgh

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1988 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1988 22 NOR fb 11 8 74 355 1 73 4.8 32.3 6.7 13 105 8.1 0 18 1.2 9.5 460 1 0
1989 23 NOR fb 16 6 49 183 1 15 3.7 11.4 3.1 13 69 5.3 0 12 0.8 4.3 252 1 2
1990 24 NOR FB 16 15 129 599 4 47 4.6 37.4 8.1 18 121 6.7 0 12 1.1 7.6 720 4 3
1991 25 NOR 7 4 76 260 4 15 3.4 37.1 10.9 4 34 8.5 1 22 0.6 4.9 294 5 0
1992 26 NOR FB 16 13 104 416 3 23 4.0 26.0 6.5 19 159 8.4 0 21 1.2 9.9 575 3 1
1993 27 CHI FB 16 14 68 206 0 11 3.0 12.9 4.3 16 132 8.3 0 20 1.0 8.3 338 0 1
1994 28 ATL RB 16 11 183 779 7 17 4.3 48.7 11.4 32 335 10.5 1 34 2.0 20.9 1114 8 5
1995* 29 ATL RB 16 16 236 1083 6 31 4.6 67.7 14.8 37 350 9.5 2 25 2.3 21.9 1433 8 3
1996 30 ATL rb 15 5 72 321 3 34 4.5 21.4 4.8 16 168 10.5 0 25 1.1 11.2 489 3 0
1997 31 STL FB 16 12 34 84 1 8 2.5 5.3 2.1 8 77 9.6 0 25 0.5 4.8 161 1 1
1998 32 IND 4 3 6 15 0 8 2.5 3.8 1.5 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 24 0 0
Career 149 107 1031 4301 30 73 4.2 28.9 6.9 177 1559 8.8 4 34 1.2 10.5 5860 34 16
5 yrs NOR 66 46 432 1813 13 73 4.2 27.5 6.5 67 488 7.3 1 22 1.0 7.4 2301 14 6
3 yrs ATL 47 32 491 2183 16 34 4.4 46.4 10.4 85 853 10.0 3 34 1.8 18.1 3036 19 8
1 yr CHI 16 14 68 206 0 11 3.0 12.9 4.3 16 132 8.3 0 20 1.0 8.3 338 0 1
1 yr IND 4 3 6 15 0 8 2.5 3.8 1.5 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 24 0 0
1 yr STL 16 12 34 84 1 8 2.5 5.3 2.1 8 77 9.6 0 25 0.5 4.8 161 1 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1990 24 NOR FB 16 15 1 12 0 12 12.0 732
1992 26 NOR FB 16 13 1 14 0 14 14.0 589
1993 27 CHI FB 16 14 1 12 0 12 12.0 350
1994 28 ATL RB 16 11 1 7 0 7 7.0 1121
1996 30 ATL rb 15 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 507
Career 149 107 1 0 0 0 0.0 5 63 0 18 12.6 5923
5 yrs NOR 66 46 2 26 0 14 13.0 2327
3 yrs ATL 47 32 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 25 0 18 12.5 3061
1 yr CHI 16 14 1 12 0 12 12.0 350

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1988 22 NOR fb 11 8 0 1 0 0
1989 23 NOR fb 16 6 2 1 0 0
1990 24 NOR FB 16 15 3 0 0 0
1992 26 NOR FB 16 13 1 1 0 0
1993 27 CHI FB 16 14 1 0 0 0
1994 28 ATL RB 16 11 5 2 0 0
1995* 29 ATL RB 16 16 3 3 0 0
1997 31 STL FB 16 12 1 0 0 0
Career 149 107 16 8 0 0
5 yrs NOR 66 46 6 3 0 0
3 yrs ATL 47 32 8 5 0 0
1 yr CHI 16 14 1 0 0 0
1 yr STL 16 12 1 0 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1990 24 NOR FB 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
1991 25 NOR 7 4 1 1 100.0 44 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 44.0 44.0 44.0 6.3 118.7 0 0 44.0 44.0 0.0
Career 149 107 1 2 50.0 44 0 0.0 1 50.0 44 22.0 -0.5 44.0 0.3 56.2 0 0 22.0 -0.5 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1988 22 NOR fb 11 8 1 6
1989 23 NOR fb 16 6 1 6
1990 24 NOR FB 16 15 4 24
1991 25 NOR 7 4 4 1 30
1992 26 NOR FB 16 13 3 18
1994 28 ATL RB 16 11 7 1 48
1995* 29 ATL RB 16 16 6 2 48
1996 30 ATL rb 15 5 3 18
1997 31 STL FB 16 12 1 6
Career 149 107 30 4 204
5 yrs NOR 66 46 13 1 84
3 yrs ATL 47 32 16 3 114
1 yr STL 16 12 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1995

Rushing Att

Career 1031 (153)

Rushing Yds

Career 4301 (145)

Rushing TD

1994 NFL 7 (8)
Career 30 (167)

Long Rush

1988 NFL 73 (2)

Yds/Rushing Att

1990 NFL 4.6 (10)
1994 NFL 4.3 (4)
1995 NFL 4.6 (6)
Career 4.2 (151)

Touches

Career 1214 (175)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1988 22 11 RB 52 74
1989 23 16 RB 31 84
1990 24 16 RB 94 39
1991 25 7 RB 61 53
1992 26 16 RB 76 48
1993 27 16 RB 34 78
1994 28 16 RB 159 32 12 42
1995 29 16 RB 191 51 14 35
1996 30 15 RB 67 52
1997 31 16 RB 22 93
1998 32 4 RB 2 135
789 83