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Darren Sharper

Darren Mallory Sharper

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1975 in Richmond, VA
College: William & Mary

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (60th overall) of the 1997 Draft

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
1997 22 GNB 14 0 2 70 2 50 1 1 1 34 1 12 1
1998 23 GNB FS 16 16 53 20
1999 24 GNB FS 16 16 1.0 3 12 0 9 0 0 1 9 0 84 29
2000*+ 25 GNB FS 16 16 1.0 9 109 0 47 72 20
2001 26 GNB FS 16 16 2.0 6 78 0 23 18 1 1 1 17 0 71 24
2002* 27 GNB FS 13 13 7 233 1 89 9 51 17
2003 28 GNB FS 15 15 2.0 5 78 0 50 13 2 0 0 0 0 71 13
2004 29 GNB FS 15 13 4 97 2 43 7 2 0 1 15 1 59 13
2005* 30 MIN FS 14 14 9 276 2 92 16 0 1 1 14 0 41 10
2006 31 MIN SS 16 16 1.0 4 10 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 52 16
2007* 32 MIN SS 16 16 4 61 1 41 8 1 0 0 0 0 49 14
Career 167 151 7.0 53 1024 8 92 80 8 3 5 89 2 615 177
8 yrs GNB 121 105 6.0 36 677 5 89 47 6 2 4 75 2 473 137
3 yrs MIN 46 46 1.0 17 347 3 92 33 2 1 1 14 0 142 40

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
1997 22 GNB 14 0 7 32 0 23 4.6 1 3 0 3 3.0 35
1999 24 GNB FS 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
2001 26 GNB FS 16 16 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
2002* 27 GNB FS 13 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
2004 29 GNB FS 15 13 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Career 167 151 10 59 0 23 5.9 2 7 0 4 3.5 66

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
1997 22 GNB 14 0 1 2 18
2002* 27 GNB FS 13 13 1 6
2004 29 GNB FS 15 13 1 2 18
2005* 30 MIN FS 14 14 2 12
2007* 32 MIN SS 16 16 1 6
Career 167 151 2 8 60
8 yrs GNB 121 105 2 5 42
3 yrs MIN 46 46 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

2000
2002
2005
2007

1st-team All-Pro

2000

Non-Offensive TDs

1997 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
2004 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
2005 NFL 2 (2)
Active 10 (4)
Career 10 (14)

Fumble Return Yds

Active 89 (24)
Career 89 (145)

Fumble Return TD

1997 NFL 1 (3)
2004 NFL 1 (3)
Active 2 (7)
Career 2 (36)

Interceptions

2000 NFL 9 (1-- 76)
2001 NFL 6 (9)
2002 NFL 7 (3)
2005 NFL 9 (3-- 76)
Active 53 (1)
Career 53 (21)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

2002 NFL 233 (1-- 26)
2005 NFL 276 (1-- 7)
Active 1024 (1)
Career 1024 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1997 NFL 2 (3-- 23)
2002 NFL 1 (9)
2004 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
2005 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
2007 NFL 1 (7)
Active 8 (1)
Career 8 (5)

Long Intercep. Return

2002 NFL 89 (6)
2005 NFL 92 (3-- 98)

     

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
2000 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2000 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
2000 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
2000 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2002 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
2002 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2005 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
2005 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
2005 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
2005 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2007 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL