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Jay Novacek
Jay McKinley Novacek
Position: TE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 234 lbs.
Born: October 24, 1962 in Martin, SD
College: Wyoming (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round (158th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #456. Pete Retzlaff… #457. Don Meredith… #458. Bob Gain… #459. JAY NOVACEK… #460. James Farrior… #461. Clinton Portis… #462. Willie McGinest… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1985 | 23 | STL | 84 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 24 | STL | 85 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 25 | STL | te | 85 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 254 | 12.7 | 3 | 25 | 2.9 | 36.3 | 254 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 1988 | 26 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 569 | 15.0 | 4 | 42 | 2.4 | 35.6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 579 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1989 | 27 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 225 | 9.8 | 1 | 30 | 1.4 | 14.1 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1990 | 28 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 15 | 59 | 657 | 11.1 | 4 | 41 | 3.7 | 41.1 | 657 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 1991* | 29 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 12 | 59 | 664 | 11.3 | 4 | 49 | 3.7 | 41.5 | 664 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
| 1992*+ | 30 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 16 | 68 | 630 | 9.3 | 6 | 34 | 4.3 | 39.4 | 630 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
| 1993* | 31 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 445 | 10.1 | 1 | 30 | 2.8 | 27.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 447 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1994* | 32 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 14 | 47 | 475 | 10.1 | 2 | 27 | 2.9 | 29.7 | 475 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| 1995* | 33 | DAL | TE | 84 | 15 | 15 | 62 | 705 | 11.4 | 5 | 33 | 4.1 | 47.0 | 705 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| Career | 158 | 94 | 422 | 4630 | 11.0 | 30 | 49 | 2.7 | 29.3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4642 | 31 | 9 | 67 | ||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 95 | 88 | 339 | 3576 | 10.5 | 22 | 49 | 3.6 | 37.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3578 | 23 | 8 | 55 | |||
| 5 yrs | PHO-STL | 63 | 6 | 83 | 1054 | 12.7 | 8 | 42 | 1.3 | 16.7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1064 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1987 | 25 | STL | te | 85 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 26 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 27 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 28 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1991* | 29 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1993* | 31 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1995* | 33 | DAL | TE | 84 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 158 | 94 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 95 | 88 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | PHO-STL | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 25 | STL | te | 85 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 26 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 27 | PHO | te | 85 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 28 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1991* | 29 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1992*+ | 30 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1993* | 31 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1994* | 32 | DAL | TE | 84 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1995* | 33 | DAL | TE | 84 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 | |||||||||
| Career | 158 | 94 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 188 | ||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DAL | 95 | 88 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 140 | |||||||||||
| 5 yrs | STL-PHO | 63 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 48 |
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| 1990 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1991 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1991 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1991 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1992 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1992 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1992 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1992 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1992 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1994 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1995 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
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