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Rueben Mayes

Rueben A. Mayes

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: June 6, 1963 in North Battleford, Canada
College: Washington State

Career AV: 28 (3256th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 3rd round (57th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 AV
1986* 23 NOR RB 36 16 12 286 1353 8 50 4.7 84.6 17.9 17 96 5.6 0 18 1.1 6.0 1449 8 4 11
1987* 24 NOR RB 36 12 12 243 917 5 38 3.8 76.4 20.3 15 68 4.5 0 16 1.3 5.7 985 5 8 9
1988 25 NOR rb 36 16 9 170 628 3 21 3.7 39.3 10.6 11 103 9.4 0 25 0.7 6.4 731 3 1 5
1990 27 NOR RB 36 15 8 138 510 7 18 3.7 34.0 9.2 12 121 10.1 0 66 0.8 8.1 631 7 1 5
1992 29 SEA 36 16 0 28 74 0 14 2.6 4.6 1.8 2 13 6.5 0 7 0.1 0.8 87 0 1 0
1993 30 SEA 36 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0 0
Career 76 41 866 3484 23 50 4.0 45.8 11.4 57 401 7.0 0 66 0.8 5.3 3885 23 15 30
4 yrs NOR 59 41 837 3408 23 50 4.1 57.8 14.2 55 388 7.1 0 66 0.9 6.6 3796 23 14 30
2 yrs SEA 17 0 29 76 0 14 2.6 4.5 1.7 2 13 6.5 0 7 0.1 0.8 89 0 1 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1986* 23 NOR RB 36 16 12 10 213 0 34 21.3 1662
1988 25 NOR rb 36 16 9 7 132 0 33 18.9 863
1990 27 NOR RB 36 15 8 2 39 0 21 19.5 670
1992 29 SEA 36 16 0 19 311 0 29 16.4 398
Career 76 41 38 695 0 34 18.3 4580
4 yrs NOR 59 41 19 384 0 34 20.2 4180
2 yrs SEA 17 0 19 311 0 29 16.4 400

Defense & Fumbles

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
1986* 23 NOR RB 36 16 12 4 0 0 0
1987* 24 NOR RB 36 12 12 8 1 0 0
1988 25 NOR rb 36 16 9 1 0 0 0
1990 27 NOR RB 36 15 8 1 0 0 0
1992 29 SEA 36 16 0 1 0 0 0
Career 76 41 15 1 0 0
4 yrs NOR 59 41 14 1 0 0
2 yrs SEA 17 0 1 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986* 23 NOR RB 36 16 12 8 8 48
1987* 24 NOR RB 36 12 12 5 5 30
1988 25 NOR rb 36 16 9 3 3 18
1990 27 NOR RB 36 15 8 7 7 42
Career 76 41 23 23 138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Awards

1986 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

1986
1987

Rushing Att

1986 NFL 286 (7)
1987 NFL 243 (3)

Rushing Yds

1986 NFL 1353 (4)
1987 NFL 917 (5)

Rushing TD

1986 NFL 8 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1986 NFL 4.7 (3)

Rushing Yds/Game

1986 NFL 84.6 (4)
1987 NFL 76.4 (5)
Career 45.8 (149)

All-Purpose Yds

1986 NFL 1662 (7)

Touches

1986 NFL 313 (6)
1987 NFL 258 (5)

Fumbles

1987 NFL 8 (9)

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

All-Pro Teams

1986UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1987UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 23 16 RB 193 55 10 30
1987 24 12 RB 129 16 16 54
1988 25 16 RB 91 43
1990 27 15 RB 105 30
1992 29 16 RB 9 99
1993 30 1 RB 133
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