Dave Meggett

David Lee Meggett

Position: RB
Height: 5-7 Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: April 30, 1966 in Charleston, SC
College: Morgan St., Towson St.
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round (132nd overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 43 (1924th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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	AV
1989*	23	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	46	582	1	76	12.7	27	577	0	43	21.4	1807	7
1990	24	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1	43	467	1	68	10.9	21	492	0	58	23.4	1533	7
1991	25	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	28	287	1	70	10.3	25	514	0	42	20.6	1366	7
1992	26	NYG	PR	30	16	0	27	240	0	39	8.9	20	455	1	92	22.8	1091	5
1993	27	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1	32	331	1	75	10.3	24	403	0	35	16.8	1382	7
1994	28	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	3	26	323	2	68	12.4	29	548	0	30	18.9	1462	7
1995	29	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	0	45	383	0	23	8.5	38	964	0	62	25.4	1931	4
1996*	30	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	1	52	588	1	60	11.3	34	781	0	54	23.0	1783	5
1997	31	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	2	45	467	0	47	10.4	33	816	0	61	24.7	1546	3
1998	32	NYJ		22	2	0	5	40	0	18	8.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	95	0
Career					146	12	349	3708	7	76	10.6	252	5566	1	92	22.1	13996	52
6 yrs		NYG			96	9	202	2230	6	76	11.0	146	2989	1	92	20.5	8641	40
3 yrs		NWE			48	3	142	1438	1	60	10.1	105	2561	0	62	24.4	5260	12
1 yr		NYJ			2	0	5	40	0	18	8.0	1	16	0	16	16.0	95	0

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
1989*	23	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	28	117	0	18	4.2	7.3	1.8	34	531	15.6	4	62	2.1	33.2	648	4	8
1990	24	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1	22	164	0	51	7.5	10.3	1.4	39	410	10.5	1	38	2.4	25.6	574	1	3
1991	25	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	29	153	1	30	5.3	9.6	1.8	50	412	8.2	3	22	3.1	25.8	565	4	8
1992	26	NYG	PR	30	16	0	32	167	0	30	5.2	10.4	2.0	38	229	6.0	2	24	2.4	14.3	396	2	5
1993	27	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1	69	329	0	23	4.8	20.6	4.3	38	319	8.4	0	50	2.4	19.9	648	0	1
1994	28	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	3	91	298	4	26	3.3	18.6	5.7	32	293	9.2	0	34	2.0	18.3	591	4	6
1995	29	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	0	60	250	2	25	4.2	15.6	3.8	52	334	6.4	0	19	3.3	20.9	584	2	5
1996*	30	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	1	40	122	0	12	3.1	7.6	2.5	33	292	8.8	0	26	2.1	18.3	414	0	7
1997	31	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	2	20	60	1	10	3.0	3.8	1.3	19	203	10.7	1	49	1.2	12.7	263	2	2
1998	32	NYJ		22	2	0	7	24	0	18	3.4	12.0	3.5	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.5	7.5	39	0	0
Career					146	12	398	1684	8	51	4.2	11.5	2.7	336	3038	9.0	11	62	2.3	20.8	4722	19	45
6 yrs		NYG			96	9	271	1228	5	51	4.5	12.8	2.8	231	2194	9.5	10	62	2.4	22.9	3422	15	31
3 yrs		NWE			48	3	120	432	3	25	3.6	9.0	2.5	104	829	8.0	1	49	2.2	17.3	1261	4	14
1 yr		NYJ			2	0	7	24	0	18	3.4	12.0	3.5	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.5	7.5	39	0	0

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
1989*	23	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2							0	8	3	0	0
1990	24	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1							0	3	2	0	0
1991	25	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2							0	8	3	0	0
1992	26	NYG	PR	30	16	0							0	5	3	0	0
1993	27	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1							0	1	1	0	0
1994	28	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	3							0	6	5	0	0
1995	29	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	0							0	5	0	0	0
1996*	30	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	1							0	7	4	0	0
1997	31	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	2							0	2	1	0	0
Career					146	12							0	45	22	0	0
6 yrs		NYG			96	9							0	31	17	0	0
3 yrs		NWE			48	3							0	14	5	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1991	25	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	0	0.0	0.0	50.0
1993	27	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1	2	2	100.0	63	2	100.0	42	31.5	51.5	31.5	3.9	158.3	0	0	31.5	51.5	0.0
1994	28	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	3	1	2	50.0	16	1	50.0	16	8.0	18.0	16.0	1.0	116.7	1	7	3.0	9.7	33.3
1995	29	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996*	30	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	31	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	2	1	1	100.0	35	1	100.0	35	35.0	55.0	35.0	2.2	158.3	0	0	35.0	55.0	0.0
Career					146	12	4	8	50.0	114	4	50.0	42	14.3	24.3	28.5	0.8	135.4	2	7	10.7	18.7	20.0
6 yrs		NYG			96	9	3	5	60.0	79	3	60.0	42	15.8	27.8	26.3	0.8	143.7	2	7	10.3	18.9	28.6
3 yrs		NWE			48	3	1	3	33.3	35	1	33.3	35	11.7	18.3	35.0	0.7	118.1	0	0	11.7	18.3	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1989*	23	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2		4	1		5		30
1990	24	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1		1	1		2		12
1991	25	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	2	1	3	1		5		30
1992	26	NYG	PR	30	16	0		2		1	3		18
1993	27	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	1			1		1		6
1994	28	NYG	PR/KR	30	16	3	4		2		6		36
1995	29	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	0	2				2	2	16
1996*	30	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	1			1		1		6
1997	31	NWE	PR/KR	22	16	2	1	1			2		12
Career					146	12	8	11	7	1	27	2	166
6 yrs		NYG			96	9	5	10	6	1	22		132
3 yrs		NWE			48	3	3	1	1		5	2	34

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1989 1996	Non-Offensive TDs 1989 NFL 1 (8) 1990 NFL 1 (8) 1991 NFL 1 (6) 1993 NFL 1 (10) 1994 NFL 2 (8) Career 8 (29)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 2 (63)	All-Purpose Yds 1989 NFL 1807 (3) 1990 NFL 1533 (6) 1991 NFL 1366 (9) 1995 NFL 1931 (7) 1996 NFL 1783 (8) Career 13996 (40)
Touches Career 1335 (153)	Yds/Touch 1989 NFL 13.4 (3) 1990 NFL 12.3 (2) 1991 NFL 10.3 (2) 1992 NFL 9.3 (4) 1993 NFL 8.5 (6) 1996 NFL 11.2 (8) 1997 NFL 13.2 (8)	Kick Returns Career 252 (14)	Kick Return Yds Career 5566 (17)
Kick Return TD 1992 NFL 1 (2/66) Career 1 (115)	Long Kick Return 1992 NFL 92 (4)	Yds/Kick Return 1990 NFL 23.4 (4) 1992 NFL 22.8 (5) 1995 NFL 25.4 (8) 1997 NFL 24.7 (6)	Punt Returns 1989 NFL 46 (2/64) 1990 NFL 43 (1) 1995 NFL 45 (4/73) 1996 NFL 52 (2/27) 1997 NFL 45 (7/73) Career 349 (3)
Punt Return Yds 1989 NFL 582 (1/25) 1990 NFL 467 (1/90) 1991 NFL 287 (8) 1993 NFL 331 (9) 1995 NFL 383 (5) 1996 NFL 588 (3/24) 1997 NFL 467 (6/90) Career 3708 (2)	Punt Return TD 1989 NFL 1 (1/95) 1990 NFL 1 (1/95) 1991 NFL 1 (2/95) 1993 NFL 1 (5/95) 1994 NFL 2 (1/17) 1996 NFL 1 (4/95) Career 7 (7)	Long Punt Return 1989 NFL 76 (1) 1990 NFL 68 (4) 1991 NFL 70 (5) 1993 NFL 75 (3)	Yds/Punt Return 1989 NFL 12.7 (3) 1990 NFL 10.9 (3) 1991 NFL 10.3 (6) 1993 NFL 10.3 (10) 1994 NFL 12.4 (3) 1996 NFL 11.3 (8) Career 10.6 (46)
Kick & Punt Returns 1989 NFL 73 (2) 1990 NFL 64 (4) 1991 NFL 53 (7) 1995 NFL 83 (7/88) 1996 NFL 86 (3/67) 1997 NFL 78 (8) Career 601 (8)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1989 NFL 1159 (4) 1990 NFL 959 (6) 1991 NFL 801 (8) 1995 NFL 1347 (9) 1996 NFL 1369 (5) 1997 NFL 1283 (9) Career 9274 (9)	Fumbles Career 45 (143)	Fumbles Recovered 1994 NFL 5 (2) 1996 NFL 4 (6) Career 22 (67)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1989	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1990	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1990	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1990	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1996	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1989	23	16	RB	89	38
1990	24	16	RB	63	56
1991	25	16	RB	81	42
1992	26	16	RB	52	64
1993	27	16	RB	79	45
1994	28	16	RB	90	38
1995	29	16	RB	70	47
1996	30	16	RB	41	70
1997	31	16	RB	46	64
1998	32	2	RB	4	127
				615

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