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Carl Roaches

Carl Edward Roaches

Position: WR
Height: 5-8    Weight: 168 lbs.
Born: October 2, 1953 in Houston, TX
College: Texas A&M

Career AV: 2 (10108th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 14th round (377th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

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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
1980 27 HOU RET 85 16 0 47 384 0 68 8.2 37 746 0 46 20.2 1130 0
1981* 28 HOU RET 85 16 0 39 296 0 40 7.6 28 769 1 96 27.5 1065 1
1982 29 HOU RET 85 9 0 19 104 0 25 5.5 21 441 0 45 21.0 545 0
1983 30 HOU RET 85 16 0 20 159 0 23 8.0 34 641 1 97 18.9 800 1
1984 31 HOU RET 85 16 0 26 152 0 18 5.8 30 679 0 49 22.6 900 0
1985 32 NOR 83 3 0 4 21 0 10 5.3 4 76 0 23 19.0 97 0
Career 76 0 155 1116 0 68 7.2 154 3352 2 97 21.8 4537 2
5 yrs OTI 73 0 151 1095 0 68 7.3 150 3276 2 97 21.8 4440 2
1 yr NOR 3 0 4 21 0 10 5.3 4 76 0 23 19.0 97 0

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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
1984 31 HOU RET 85 16 0 4 69 17.3 0 24 0.3 4.3 69 0 1
Career 76 0 4 69 17.3 0 24 0.1 0.9 69 0 12

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
1980 27 HOU RET 85 16 0 6 3 0 0
1982 29 HOU RET 85 9 0 1 1 0 0
1983 30 HOU RET 85 16 0 3 1 0 0
1984 31 HOU RET 85 16 0 1 1 0 0
1985 32 NOR 83 3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 76 0 12 6 0 0
5 yrs OTI 73 0 11 6 0 0
1 yr NOR 3 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
1981* 28 HOU RET 85 16 0 1 1 6
1983 30 HOU RET 85 16 0 1 1 6
Career 76 0 2 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1981

Non-Offensive TDs

1981 NFL 1 (10)

Kick Returns

1982 NFL 21 (10)
1983 NFL 34 (10)
Career 154 (68)

Kick Return Yds

1982 NFL 441 (10)
1984 NFL 679 (8)
Career 3352 (83)

Kick Return TD

1981 NFL 1 (1/58)

1983 NFL 1 (1/58)

Career 2 (47)

Long Kick Return

1981 NFL 96 (2)
1983 NFL 97 (1)

Yds/Kick Return

1981 NFL 27.5 (2)
1984 NFL 22.6 (9)

Punt Returns

1980 NFL 47 (5/55)
1981 NFL 39 (10)
Career 155 (68)

Punt Return Yds

1980 NFL 384 (5)
Career 1116 (113)

Long Punt Return

1980 NFL 68 (4)

Kick & Punt Returns

1980 NFL 84 (4/76)
1981 NFL 67 (8)
1982 NFL 40 (10)
1983 NFL 54 (8)
Career 309 (48)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1980 NFL 1130 (5)
1981 NFL 1065 (7)
1984 NFL 831 (10)
Career 4468 (67)

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

All-Pro Teams

1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1984 31 16 WR 7 116
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