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Sterling Sharpe

Sterling Sharpe

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: April 6, 1965 in Chicago, IL
College: South Carolina

5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1988 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 16 16 55 791 14.4 1 51 3.4 49.4 4 -2 0 5 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 789 1 3
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 16 16 90 1423 15.8 12 79 5.6 88.9 2 25 0 26 12.5 1.6 0.1 1448 12 1
1990* 25 GNB WR 16 16 67 1105 16.5 6 76 4.2 69.1 2 14 0 10 7.0 0.9 0.1 1119 6 0
1991 26 GNB WR 16 16 69 961 13.9 4 58 4.3 60.1 4 4 0 12 1.0 0.3 0.3 965 4 1
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 16 16 108 1461 13.5 13 76 6.8 91.3 4 8 0 14 2.0 0.5 0.3 1469 13 2
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 16 16 112 1274 11.4 11 54 7.0 79.6 4 8 0 5 2.0 0.5 0.3 1282 11 1
1994* 29 GNB WR 16 16 94 1119 11.9 18 49 5.9 69.9 3 15 0 8 5.0 0.9 0.2 1134 18 1
Career 112 112 595 8134 13.7 65 79 5.3 72.6 23 72 0 26 3.1 0.6 0.2 8206 65 9

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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 16 16 9 48 0 14 5.3 1 17 0 17 17.0 854
Career 112 112 9 48 0 14 5.3 1 17 0 17 17.0 8271

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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 16 16 3 1 0 0
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 16 16 1 1 5 1
1991 26 GNB WR 16 16 1 2 0 0
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
1994* 29 GNB WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Career 112 112 9 5 5 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 79.2 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Career 112 112 1 1 100.0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 79.2 0 0 1.0 1.0 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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 16 16 1 6
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 16 16 12 1 78
1990* 25 GNB WR 16 16 6 36
1991 26 GNB WR 16 16 4 24
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 16 16 13 78
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 16 16 11 66
1994* 29 GNB WR 16 16 18 108
Career 112 112 65 1 396

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1989
1990
1992
1993
1994

1st-team All-Pro

1989
1992
1993

Receptions

1989 NFL 90 (1)
1992 NFL 108 (1-- 21)
1993 NFL 112 (1-- 11)
1994 NFL 94 (5-- 82)
Career 595 (46)

Receiving Yds

1989 NFL 1423 (2-- 43)
1990 NFL 1105 (5)
1992 NFL 1461 (1-- 35)
1993 NFL 1274 (3)
Career 8134 (67)

Receiving TD

1989 NFL 12 (2-- 77)
1992 NFL 13 (1-- 46)
1993 NFL 11 (3)
1994 NFL 18 (1-- 3)
Career 65 (40)

Long Reception

1989 NFL 79 (6)

Receiving Yds/Game

1989 NFL 88.9 (3-- 82)
1990 NFL 69.1 (5)
1992 NFL 91.3 (1-- 70)
1993 NFL 79.6 (3)
Career 72.6 (11)

Touchdowns

1989 NFL 13 (7)
1992 NFL 13 (4)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 18 (2-- 33)
Career 66 (92)

Points Scored

1994 NFL 108 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1989 NFL 12 (7)
1992 NFL 13 (4)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 18 (2-- 32)
Career 65 (92)

Non-Offensive TDs

1989 NFL 1 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1989 NFL 1448 (10)
1992 NFL 1469 (7)
Career 8206 (147)

All-Purpose Yds

1992 NFL 1469 (10)

Yds/Touch

1992 NFL 13.1 (2)
1993 NFL 11.1 (3)
Career 13.2 (154)

Fumble Return TD

1989 NFL 1 (2)

 

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
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1990 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1992 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1988 23 16 WR 85 41
1989 24 16 WR 217 109 2 7
1990 25 16 WR 148 39 8 27
1991 26 16 WR 121 16 22 52
1992 27 16 WR 225 132 1 6
1993 28 16 WR 194 88 3 9
1994 29 16 WR 221 113 2 9
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