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Ricky Sanders

Ricky Wayne Sanders

Position: WR
Height: 5-11    Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: August 30, 1962 in Temple, TX
College: Texas State

Career AV: 52 (1268th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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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 AV
1986 24 WAS 46 10 3 14 286 20.4 2 71 1.4 28.6 286 2 0 3
1987 25 WAS wr 83 12 5 37 630 17.0 3 57 3.1 52.5 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 626 3 0 6
1988 26 WAS 83 16 4 73 1148 15.7 12 55 4.6 71.8 2 14 0 7 7.0 0.9 0.1 1162 12 0 10
1989 27 WAS WR 83 16 12 80 1138 14.2 4 68 5.0 71.1 4 19 0 13 4.8 1.2 0.3 1157 4 0 10
1990 28 WAS WR 83 16 6 56 727 13.0 3 38 3.5 45.4 4 17 0 12 4.3 1.1 0.3 744 3 0 8
1991 29 WAS wr 83 16 7 45 580 12.9 5 45 2.8 36.3 7 47 1 17 6.7 2.9 0.4 627 6 0 8
1992 30 WAS wr 83 15 5 51 707 13.9 3 62 3.4 47.1 4 -6 0 3 -1.5 -0.4 0.3 701 3 0 7
1993 31 WAS WR 83 16 11 58 638 11.0 4 50 3.6 39.9 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 645 4 1 5
1994 32 ATL WR 83 14 12 67 599 8.9 1 28 4.8 42.8 599 1 0 5
1995 33 ATL 83 3 1 2 24 12.0 0 21 0.7 8.0 24 0 0 0
Career 134 66 483 6477 13.4 37 71 3.6 48.3 23 94 1 17 4.1 0.7 0.2 6571 38 1 62
8 yrs WAS 117 53 414 5854 14.1 36 71 3.5 50.0 23 94 1 17 4.1 0.8 0.2 5948 37 1 57
2 yrs ATL 17 13 69 623 9.0 1 28 4.1 36.6 623 1 0 5

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1987 25 WAS wr 83 12 5 4 118 0 39 29.5 744
1988 26 WAS 83 16 4 19 362 0 31 19.1 1524
1989 27 WAS WR 83 16 12 2 12 0 7 6.0 9 134 0 29 14.9 1303
1990 28 WAS WR 83 16 6 1 22 0 22 22.0 766
Career 134 66 2 12 0 7 6.0 33 636 0 39 19.3 7219

Passing

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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%
1989 27 WAS WR 83 16 12 1 1 100.0 32 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 32.0 32.0 32.0 2.0 118.7 0 0 32.0 32.0 0.0
Career 134 66 1 1 100.0 32 0 0.0 0 0.0 32 32.0 32.0 32.0 0.2 118.7 0 0 32.0 32.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1993 31 WAS WR 83 16 11 1 1 0 0
1994 32 ATL WR 83 14 12 0 1 0 0
Career 134 66 1 2 0 0
8 yrs WAS 117 53 1 1 0 0
2 yrs ATL 17 13 0 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 24 WAS 46 10 3 2 2 12
1987 25 WAS wr 83 12 5 3 3 18
1988 26 WAS 83 16 4 12 12 72
1989 27 WAS WR 83 16 12 4 4 24
1990 28 WAS WR 83 16 6 3 3 18
1991 29 WAS wr 83 16 7 1 5 6 36
1992 30 WAS wr 83 15 5 3 3 18
1993 31 WAS WR 83 16 11 4 4 24
1994 32 ATL WR 83 14 12 1 1 6
Career 134 66 1 37 38 228
8 yrs WAS 117 53 1 36 37 222
2 yrs ATL 17 13 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Receptions

1988 NFL 73 (8)
1989 NFL 80 (6)
Career 483 (119)

Receiving Yds

1988 NFL 1148 (5)
Career 6477 (132)

Receiving TD

1988 NFL 12 (2/77)
Career 37 (183)

Receiving Yds/Game

1988 NFL 71.8 (6)
Career 48.3 (156)

Touchdowns

1988 NFL 12 (7)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1988 NFL 12 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1988 NFL 1524 (8)

Yds/Touch

Career 13.3 (153)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1986 24 10 WR 41 73
1987 25 12 WR 81 37
1988 26 16 WR 188 80 4 13
1989 27 16 WR 141 33 20 45
1990 28 16 WR 92 41
1991 29 16 WR 99 35
1992 30 15 WR 88 36
1993 31 16 WR 89 43
1994 32 14 WR 66 63
1995 33 3 WR 2 144
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