Shannon Sharpe

Shannon Sharpe

Position: TE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 228 lbs.

Born: June 26, 1968 in Chicago, IL
College: Savannah St.
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 7th round (192nd overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 100 (139th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2011, finalist in 2009, 2010

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #153. Lee Roy Selmon… #154. Walter Jones… #155. Pat Swilling… #156. SHANNON SHARPE… #157. Dwight Stephenson… #158. Chuck Howley… #159. Reggie Wayne…

All-Time Rank: #153. Lee Roy Selmon… #154. Walter Jones… #155. Pat Swilling… #156. SHANNON SHARPE… #157. Dwight Stephenson… #158. Chuck Howley… #159. Reggie Wayne…

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	AV
1990	22	DEN		81	16	2	7	99	14.1	1	33	0.4	6.2								99	1	1	2
1991	23	DEN	TE	81	16	9	22	322	14.6	1	37	1.4	20.1	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	337	1	0	5
1992*	24	DEN	TE	84	16	11	53	640	12.1	2	55	3.3	40.0	2	-6	0	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	634	2	1	7
1993*+	25	DEN	TE	84	16	12	81	995	12.3	9	63	5.1	62.2								995	9	1	13
1994*	26	DEN	TE	84	15	13	87	1010	11.6	4	44	5.8	67.3								1010	4	1	11
1995*	27	DEN	TE	84	13	12	63	756	12.0	4	49	4.8	58.2								756	4	1	9
1996*+	28	DEN	TE	84	15	15	80	1062	13.3	10	51	5.3	70.8								1062	10	1	14
1997*+	29	DEN	TE	84	16	16	72	1107	15.4	3	68	4.5	69.2								1107	3	1	17
1998*+	30	DEN	TE	84	16	16	64	768	12.0	10	38	4.0	48.0								768	10	0	13
1999	31	DEN	te	84	5	5	23	224	9.7	0	24	4.6	44.8								224	0	0	3
2000	32	BAL	TE	82	16	15	67	810	12.1	5	59	4.2	50.6								810	5	0	9
2001*	33	BAL	TE	82	16	15	73	811	11.1	2	37	4.6	50.7								811	2	1	9
2002	34	DEN	TE	84	13	13	61	686	11.2	3	82	4.7	52.8								686	3	0	9
2003	35	DEN	TE	84	15	15	62	770	12.4	8	28	4.1	51.3								770	8	0	11
Career					204	169	815	10060	12.3	62	82	4.0	49.3	3	9	0	15	3.0	0.0	0.0	10069	62	8	132
12 yrs		DEN			172	139	675	8439	12.5	55	82	3.9	49.1	3	9	0	15	3.0	0.1	0.0	8448	55	7	114
2 yrs		BAL			32	30	140	1621	11.6	7	59	4.4	50.7								1621	7	1	18

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
1990	22	DEN		81	16	2							0	1	0	0	0
1991	23	DEN	TE	81	16	9							0	0	1	0	0
1992*	24	DEN	TE	84	16	11							0	1	0	0	0
1993*+	25	DEN	TE	84	16	12							0	1	0	0	0
1994*	26	DEN	TE	84	15	13							0	1	0	0	0
1995*	27	DEN	TE	84	13	12							0	1	1	0	0
1996*+	28	DEN	TE	84	15	15							0	1	0	0	0
1997*+	29	DEN	TE	84	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
2001*	33	BAL	TE	82	16	15							0	1	0	0	0
2003	35	DEN	TE	84	15	15							0	0	1	0	0
Career					204	169							0	8	3	0	0
12 yrs		DEN			172	139							0	7	3	0	0
2 yrs		BAL			32	30							0	1	0	0	0

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
1993*+	25	DEN	TE	84	16	12						1	0	0	0	0.0	995
Career					204	169						1	0	0	0	0.0	10069

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1990	22	DEN		81	16	2	1	1		6
1991	23	DEN	TE	81	16	9	1	1		6
1992*	24	DEN	TE	84	16	11	2	2		12
1993*+	25	DEN	TE	84	16	12	9	9		54
1994*	26	DEN	TE	84	15	13	4	4	2	28
1995*	27	DEN	TE	84	13	12	4	4		24
1996*+	28	DEN	TE	84	15	15	10	10		60
1997*+	29	DEN	TE	84	16	16	3	3	1	20
1998*+	30	DEN	TE	84	16	16	10	10		60
2000	32	BAL	TE	82	16	15	5	5		30
2001*	33	BAL	TE	82	16	15	2	2		12
2002	34	DEN	TE	84	13	13	3	3		18
2003	35	DEN	TE	84	15	15	8	8		48
Career					204	169	62	62	3	378
12 yrs		DEN			172	139	55	55	3	336
2 yrs		BAL			32	30	7	7		42

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
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4	Jerry Smith, Marv Cook, Junior Miller, Eric Green, Pete Retzlaff, Milt Morin, Kellen Winslow Jr., Ben Coates, Ted Kwalick, David Hill
5	Charle Young, Jerry Smith, Mark Bavaro, Ted Kwalick, Pete Retzlaff, Ben Coates, Milt Morin, Jerome Barkum, Alge Crumpler, Steve Jordan
6	Charle Young, Mark Bavaro, Ben Coates, Milt Morin, Alge Crumpler, Ted Kwalick, Jerry Smith, Pete Retzlaff, Jerome Barkum, Paul Coffman
7	Rich Caster, Dallas Clark, Fred Arbanas, Ben Coates, Jerry Smith, Dave Casper*, Todd Christensen, Riley Odoms, Tony Gonzalez, Alge Crumpler
8	Dave Casper, Mike Ditka, Kellen Winslow, John Mackey, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Rich Caster, Riley Odoms, Bob Tucker, Fred Arbanas
9	Dave Casper, Kellen Winslow, Mike Ditka, Tony Gonzalez, John Mackey, Fred Arbanas, Antonio Gates, Riley Odoms, Todd Christensen, Bob Tucker
10	Dave Casper, Mike Ditka, Kellen Winslow, John Mackey, Fred Arbanas, Tony Gonzalez, Todd Christensen, Antonio Gates, Riley Odoms, Jerry Smith
11	Mike Ditka, Dave Casper, Kellen Winslow, John Mackey, Tony Gonzalez, Riley Odoms, Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Jerry Smith, Bob Tucker
12	Mike Ditka, Tony Gonzalez, Dave Casper, Riley Odoms, Ozzie Newsome, Kellen Winslow, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders, John Mackey, Jerry Smith
13	Tony Gonzalez, Mike Ditka, Ozzie Newsome, Riley Odoms, Dave Casper, Kellen Winslow, Jackie Smith, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders, John Mackey*
14	Tony Gonzalez, Ozzie Newsome, Mike Ditka, Riley Odoms, Jackie Smith, Dave Casper, Kellen Winslow, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders, John Mackey*
Career	Tony Gonzalez, Ozzie Newsome, Mike Ditka, Riley Odoms, Dave Casper, Jackie Smith, Kellen Winslow, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders, John Mackey*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001	First-Team All-Pro 1993 1996 1997 1998	Approximate Value 1997 NFL 17 (5) Career 132 (143)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 100 (139)
Receptions 1993 NFL 81 (8) 1994 NFL 87 (8) Career 815 (22)	Receiving Yds 1993 NFL 995 (10) Career 10060 (34)	Receiving TD 1993 NFL 9 (5) 1996 NFL 10 (5) 1998 NFL 10 (6) Career 62 (58)	Long Reception 2002 NFL 82 (4)
Receiving Yds/Game Career 49.3 (153)	Touchdowns 1993 NFL 9 (9) Career 62 (126)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1993 NFL 9 (9) Career 62 (123)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 3 (24)
Yds From Scrimmage Career 10069 (82)	All-Purpose Yds Career 10069 (125)	Playoff Games Career 18 (102)	Playoff Games Started Career 18 (43)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1994	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1995	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1995	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1997	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1998	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1998	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1998	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1998	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1990	22	16	TE	16		34
1991	23	16	TE	40		17
1992	24	16	TE	75	23	5	49
1993	25	16	TE	154	95	1	7
1994	26	15	TE	125	70	2	20
1995	27	13	TE	100	32	4	48
1996	28	15	TE	166	104	1	13
1997	29	16	TE	129	67	1	17
1998	30	16	TE	137	70	1	17
1999	31	5	TE	22		38
2000	32	16	TE	111	50	2	37
2001	33	16	TE	93	18	3	49
2002	34	13	TE	87	24	5	55
2003	35	15	TE	125	60	2	27
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