Louis Lipps

Louis Adam Lipps Jr.

Position: WR
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 9, 1962 in New Orleans, LA
College: Southern Miss

Career AV: 56 (1053rd overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1984*	22	PIT	WR	83	14	8	45	860	19.1	9	80	3.2	61.4	3	71	1	36	23.7	5.1	0.2	931	10	8	10
1985*	23	PIT	WR	83	16	16	59	1134	19.2	12	51	3.7	70.9	2	16	1	15	8.0	1.0	0.1	1150	13	5	13
1986	24	PIT	WR	83	13	12	38	590	15.5	3	48	2.9	45.4	4	-3	0	8	-0.8	-0.2	0.3	587	3	2	6
1987	25	PIT		83	4	2	11	164	14.9	0	27	2.8	41.0								164	0	0	2
1988	26	PIT	WR	83	16	16	50	973	19.5	5	89	3.1	60.8	6	129	1	39	21.5	8.1	0.4	1102	6	2	10
1989	27	PIT	WR	83	16	16	50	944	18.9	5	79	3.1	59.0	13	180	1	58	13.8	11.3	0.8	1124	6	2	10
1990	28	PIT	WR	83	14	14	50	682	13.6	3	37	3.6	48.7	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.4	0.1	677	3	1	7
1991	29	PIT	WR	83	15	14	55	671	12.2	2	35	3.7	44.7								671	2	1	6
1992	30	NOR		86	2	0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.5	0.5								1	0	1	0
Career					110	98	359	6019	16.8	39	89	3.3	54.7	29	388	4	58	13.4	3.5	0.3	6407	43	22	64
8 yrs		PIT			108	98	358	6018	16.8	39	89	3.3	55.7	29	388	4	58	13.4	3.6	0.3	6406	43	21	64
1 yr		NOR			2	0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.5	0.5								1	0	1	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ·

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1984*	22	PIT	WR	83	14	8	53	656	1	76	12.4						1587
1985*	23	PIT	WR	83	16	16	36	437	2	71	12.1	13	237	0	26	18.2	1824
1986	24	PIT	WR	83	13	12	3	16	0	10	5.3						603
1987	25	PIT		83	4	2	7	46	0	12	6.6						210
1988	26	PIT	WR	83	16	16	4	30	0	11	7.5						1132
1989	27	PIT	WR	83	16	16	4	27	0	9	6.8						1151
1990	28	PIT	WR	83	14	14						1	9	0	9	9.0	686
1992	30	NOR		86	2	0	5	22	0	16	4.4						23
Career					110	98	112	1234	3	76	11.0	14	246	0	26	17.6	7887
8 yrs		PIT			108	98	107	1212	3	76	11.3	14	246	0	26	17.6	7864
1 yr		NOR			2	0	5	22	0	16	4.4						23

Defense & Fumbles

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								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1984*	22	PIT	WR	83	14	8								8	2	0	0
1985*	23	PIT	WR	83	16	16								5	4	3	0
1986	24	PIT	WR	83	13	12								2	1	0	0
1988	26	PIT	WR	83	16	16								2	0	0	0
1989	27	PIT	WR	83	16	16								2	1	0	0
1990	28	PIT	WR	83	14	14								1	0	0	0
1991	29	PIT	WR	83	15	14								1	0	0	0
1992	30	NOR		86	2	0								1	0	0	0
Career					110	98								22	8	3	0
8 yrs		PIT			108	98								21	8	3	0
1 yr		NOR			2	0								1	0	0	0

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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%
1988	26	PIT	WR	83	16	16		1	2	50.0	13	1	50.0	1	50.0	13	6.5	-6.0	13.0	0.8	70.8	1	6	2.3	-6.0	33.3
Career					110	98		1	2	50.0	13	1	50.0	1	50.0	13	6.5	-6.0	13.0	0.1	70.8	1	6	2.3	-6.0	33.3

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1984*	22	PIT	WR	83	14	8	1	9	1	11	66
1985*	23	PIT	WR	83	16	16	1	12	2	15	90
1986	24	PIT	WR	83	13	12		3		3	18
1988	26	PIT	WR	83	16	16	1	5		6	36
1989	27	PIT	WR	83	16	16	1	5		6	36
1990	28	PIT	WR	83	14	14		3		3	18
1991	29	PIT	WR	83	15	14		2		2	12
Career					110	98	4	39	3	46	276

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Drew Pearson, Keyshawn Johnson, Terrell Owens, Gordie Soltau, Leon Hart, George Sauer, Steve Largent*, Al Toon, Jimmy Orr, Laveranues Coles
4	Gene Washington, Curtis Conway, Plaxico Burress, Tommy McDonald*, Jimmy Orr, Isaac Bruce, Terry Glenn, Herman Moore, Eric Martin, Dwight Clark
5	Laveranues Coles, Lance Alworth, Tommy McDonald, Al Toon, Mel Gray, Dwight Clark, Hines Ward, John Taylor, Eric Martin, Johnnie Morton
6	Tommy McDonald, Anthony Miller, Dwight Clark, Hines Ward, Johnnie Morton, Laveranues Coles, Eric Martin, Tony Hill, Plaxico Burress, Lance Alworth
7	Hines Ward, Laveranues Coles, Mel Gray, Dwight Clark, Plaxico Burress, Paul Warfield, John Jefferson, Johnnie Morton, Charley Taylor, Tommy McDonald*
8	Laveranues Coles, Mel Gray, Gary Garrison, Dwight Clark, Charley Taylor, Tommy McDonald, Terry Glenn, Duriel Harris, Al Toon, Johnnie Morton
9	Mel Gray, Keenan McCardell, Al Toon, Tim Brown, Tony Martin, Cris Carter, Gary Garrison, Carlos Carson, John Jefferson, Santana Moss
Career	Al Toon, John Jefferson, Santana Moss, Dwight Clark, Carlos Carson, Jake Reed, Haywood Jeffires, Duriel Harris, Derrick Alexander, Laveranues Coles

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards 1984 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year	Pro Bowls 1984 1985	Long Rush 1989 NFL 58 (8)	Receiving Yds 1985 NFL 1134 (7) Career 6019 (153)
Receiving TD 1984 NFL 9 (7) 1985 NFL 12 (2/77) Career 39 (175)	Long Reception 1984 NFL 80 (6) 1988 NFL 89 (3/97) 1989 NFL 79 (6)	Yds/Reception 1984 NFL 19.1 (5) 1985 NFL 19.2 (8) 1988 NFL 19.5 (5) 1989 NFL 18.9 (4) Career 16.8 (89)	Receiving Yds/Game 1985 NFL 70.9 (10) Career 54.7 (95)
Touchdowns 1984 NFL 11 (10) 1985 NFL 15 (2/97)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1985 NFL 13 (4)	Non-Offensive TDs 1985 NFL 2 (2)	All-Purpose Yds 1984 NFL 1587 (10) 1985 NFL 1824 (7)
Yds/Touch 1984 NFL 15.7 (1/49) 1985 NFL 16.6 (1/34) Career 15.3 (67)	Punt Returns 1984 NFL 53 (3/20) 1985 NFL 36 (10) Career 112 (126)	Punt Return Yds 1984 NFL 656 (1/6) 1985 NFL 437 (6) Career 1234 (100)	Punt Return TD 1984 NFL 1 (2/89) 1985 NFL 2 (1/15) Career 3 (33)
Long Punt Return 1984 NFL 76 (3) 1985 NFL 71 (3)	Yds/Punt Return 1984 NFL 12.4 (3) 1985 NFL 12.1 (4) Career 11.0 (28)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1984 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1985 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy
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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1984 22 14 WR 153 51 10 32

1985 23 16 WR 193 84 1 9

1986 24 13 WR 77 47

1987 25 4 WR 16 131

1988 26 16 WR 151 42 11 30

1989 27 16 WR 148 41 17 37

1990 28 14 WR 86 42

1991 29 15 WR 79 46

1992 30 2 WR 154

903 218

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1984	22	14	WR	153	51	10	32
1985	23	16	WR	193	84	1	9
1986	24	13	WR	77		47
1987	25	4	WR	16		131
1988	26	16	WR	151	42	11	30
1989	27	16	WR	148	41	17	37
1990	28	14	WR	86		42
1991	29	15	WR	79		46
1992	30	2	WR			154
				903	218

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1984	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1985	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL