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David Palmer

David Lee Palmer

Position: WR
Height: 5-8    Weight: 173 lbs.
Born: November 19, 1972 in Birmingham, AL
College: Alabama

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1994 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1994 22 MIN RET 13 1 30 193 0 20 6.4 284
1995 23 MIN RET 14 0 26 342 1 74 13.2 17 354 0 42 20.8 811
1996 24 MIN RET 11 1 22 216 1 69 9.8 13 292 0 60 22.5 557
1997 25 MIN RET 16 0 34 444 0 57 13.1 32 711 0 62 22.2 1384
1998 26 MIN RET 16 0 28 289 0 53 10.3 50 1176 1 88 23.5 1702
1999 27 MIN RET 8 2 12 93 0 18 7.8 27 621 0 51 23.0 751
2000 28 MIN 6 0 10 33 0 16 3.3 6 120 0 24 20.0 151
Career 84 4 162 1610 2 74 9.9 145 3274 1 88 22.6 5640

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1994 22 MIN RET 13 1 6 90 15.0 0 39 0.5 6.9 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 91 0 2
1995 23 MIN RET 14 0 12 100 8.3 0 19 0.9 7.1 7 15 0 9 2.1 1.1 0.5 115 0 1
1996 24 MIN RET 11 1 6 40 6.7 0 20 0.5 3.6 2 9 0 8 4.5 0.8 0.2 49 0 3
1997 25 MIN RET 16 0 26 193 7.4 1 23 1.6 12.1 11 36 1 10 3.3 2.3 0.7 229 2 2
1998 26 MIN RET 16 0 18 185 10.3 0 33 1.1 11.6 10 52 0 15 5.2 3.3 0.6 237 0 2
1999 27 MIN RET 8 2 4 25 6.3 0 13 0.5 3.1 3 12 0 7 4.0 1.5 0.4 37 0 1
2000 28 MIN 6 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.2 -0.3 -2 0 1
Career 84 4 73 631 8.6 1 39 0.9 7.5 34 125 1 15 3.7 1.5 0.4 756 2 12

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1994 22 MIN RET 13 1 2 0 0 0
1995 23 MIN RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
1996 24 MIN RET 11 1 3 1 0 0
1997 25 MIN RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
1998 26 MIN RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
1999 27 MIN RET 8 2 1 0 0 0
2000 28 MIN 6 0 1 0 0 0
Career 84 4 12 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1995 23 MIN RET 14 0 1 6
1996 24 MIN RET 11 1 1 6
1997 25 MIN RET 16 0 1 1 12
1998 26 MIN RET 16 0 1 6
Career 84 4 1 1 2 1 30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Yds/Touch

1997 NFL 13.4 (7)
1998 NFL 16.1 (3-- 36)
Career 13.6 (136)

Kick Returns

1998 NFL 50 (8)
Career 145 (81)

Kick Return Yds

1998 NFL 1176 (9)
Career 3274 (86)

Kick Return TD

1998 NFL 1 (4-- 57)
Career 1 (108)

Yds/Kick Return

Career 22.6 (188)

Punt Returns

Career 162 (56)

Punt Return Yds

1995 NFL 342 (10)
1997 NFL 444 (10)
Career 1610 (49)

Punt Return TD

1995 NFL 1 (1-- 88)
1996 NFL 1 (4-- 88)
Career 2 (73)

Long Punt Return

1995 NFL 74 (5)
1996 NFL 69 (10)
1997 NFL 57 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1995 NFL 13.2 (1)
1997 NFL 13.1 (3)
Career 9.9 (82)

Kick & Punt Returns

1997 NFL 66 (10)
1998 NFL 78 (8)
Career 307 (50)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1998 NFL 1465 (8-- 88)
Career 4884 (50)

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
1997 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1994 22 13 WR 9 108
1995 23 14 WR 12 120
1996 24 11 WR 5 135
1997 25 16 WR 35 84
1998 26 16 WR 24 101
1999 27 8 WR 4 146
2000 28 6 WR 164
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