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Dave Meggett

David Lee Meggett

Position: RB
Height: 5-7    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: April 30, 1966 in Charleston, SC
College: Morgan State, Towson State

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round (132nd overall) of the 1989 Draft

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Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1989* 23 NYG RET 30 16 2 46 582 1 76 12.7 27 577 0 43 21.4 1807
1990 24 NYG RET 30 16 1 43 467 1 68 10.9 21 492 0 58 23.4 1533
1991 25 NYG RET 30 16 2 28 287 1 70 10.3 25 514 0 42 20.6 1366
1992 26 NYG RET 30 16 0 27 240 0 39 8.9 20 455 1 92 22.8 1091
1993 27 NYG RET 30 16 1 32 331 1 75 10.3 24 403 0 35 16.8 1382
1994 28 NYG RET 30 16 3 26 323 2 68 12.4 29 548 0 30 18.9 1462
1995 29 NWE RET 22 16 0 45 383 0 23 8.5 38 964 0 62 25.4 1931
1996* 30 NWE RET 22 16 1 52 588 1 60 11.3 34 781 0 54 23.0 1783
1997 31 NWE RET 22 16 2 45 467 0 47 10.4 33 816 0 61 24.7 1546
1998 32 NYJ 22 2 0 5 40 0 18 8.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 95
Career 146 12 349 3708 7 76 10.6 252 5566 1 92 22.1 13996
6 yrs NYG 96 9 202 2230 6 76 11.0 146 2989 1 92 20.5 8641
3 yrs NWE 48 3 142 1438 1 60 10.1 105 2561 0 62 24.4 5260
1 yr NYJ 2 0 5 40 0 18 8.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 95

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs
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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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 RET 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 RET 30 16 2 8 3 0 0
1990 24 NYG RET 30 16 1 3 2 0 0
1991 25 NYG RET 30 16 2 8 3 0 0
1992 26 NYG RET 30 16 0 5 3 0 0
1993 27 NYG RET 30 16 1 1 1 0 0
1994 28 NYG RET 30 16 3 6 5 0 0
1995 29 NWE RET 22 16 0 5 0 0 0
1996* 30 NWE RET 22 16 1 7 4 0 0
1997 31 NWE RET 22 16 2 2 1 0 0
Career 146 12 45 22 0 0
6 yrs NYG 96 9 31 17 0 0
3 yrs NWE 48 3 14 5 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs
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%
1991 25 NYG RET 30 16 2 0 1 0.0 0 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 RET 30 16 1 2 2 100.0 63 2 100.0 0 0.0 42 31.5 41.5 31.5 3.9 158.3 0 0 31.5 41.5 0.0
1994 28 NYG RET 30 16 3 1 2 50.0 16 1 50.0 0 0.0 16 8.0 13.0 16.0 1.0 116.7 1 7 3.0 6.3 33.3
1995 29 NWE RET 22 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 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 RET 22 16 1 0 1 0.0 0 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 RET 22 16 2 1 1 100.0 35 1 100.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 45.0 35.0 2.2 158.3 0 0 35.0 45.0 0.0
Career 146 12 4 8 50.0 114 4 50.0 0 0.0 42 14.3 19.3 28.5 0.8 135.4 2 7 10.7 14.7 20.0
6 yrs NYG 96 9 3 5 60.0 79 3 60.0 0 0.0 42 15.8 21.8 26.3 0.8 143.7 2 7 10.3 14.6 28.6
3 yrs NWE 48 3 1 3 33.3 35 1 33.3 0 0.0 35 11.7 15.0 35.0 0.7 118.1 0 0 11.7 15.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1989* 23 NYG RET 30 16 2 4 1 30
1990 24 NYG RET 30 16 1 1 1 12
1991 25 NYG RET 30 16 2 1 3 1 30
1992 26 NYG RET 30 16 0 2 1 18
1993 27 NYG RET 30 16 1 1 6
1994 28 NYG RET 30 16 3 4 2 36
1995 29 NWE RET 22 16 0 2 2 16
1996* 30 NWE RET 22 16 1 1 6
1997 31 NWE RET 22 16 2 1 1 12
Career 146 12 8 11 7 1 2 166
6 yrs NYG 96 9 5 10 6 1 132
3 yrs NWE 48 3 3 1 1 2 34

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (25)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 2 (58)

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 (37)

Touches

Career 1335 (145)

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 (12)

Kick Return Yds

Career 5566 (15)

Kick Return TD

1992 NFL 1 (2-- 58)
Career 1 (108)

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-- 87)
1991 NFL 287 (8)
1993 NFL 331 (9)
1995 NFL 383 (5)
1996 NFL 588 (3-- 24)
1997 NFL 467 (6-- 87)
Career 3708 (2)

Punt Return TD

1989 NFL 1 (1-- 89)
1990 NFL 1 (1-- 89)
1991 NFL 1 (2-- 89)
1993 NFL 1 (5-- 89)
1994 NFL 2 (1-- 15)
1996 NFL 1 (4-- 89)
Career 7 (6)

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 (40)

Kick & Punt Returns

1989 NFL 73 (2)
1990 NFL 64 (4)
1991 NFL 53 (7)
1995 NFL 83 (7-- 81)
1996 NFL 86 (3-- 63)
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 (8)

Fumbles

Career 45 (136)

Fumbles Recovered

1994 NFL 5 (2)
1996 NFL 4 (6)
Career 22 (66)

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1989 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
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 46
1996 30 16 RB 41 70
1997 31 16 RB 46 64
1998 32 2 RB 4 127
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