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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

Career AV: 68 (618th overall since 1950)

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 NFL 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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 84 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 5
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 84 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 14
1990* 25 GNB WR 84 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 9
1991 26 GNB WR 84 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 8
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 84 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 14
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 84 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 15
1994* 29 GNB WR 84 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 12
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 77

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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 84 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

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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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 84 16 16 3 1 0 0
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 84 16 16 1 1 5 1
1991 26 GNB WR 84 16 16 1 2 0 0
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 84 16 16 2 1 0 0
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 84 16 16 1 0 0 0
1994* 29 GNB WR 84 16 16 1 0 0 0
Career 112 112 9 5 5 1

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%
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 84 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

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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
1988 23 GNB WR/wr 84 16 16 1 1 6
1989*+ 24 GNB WR 84 16 16 12 1 13 78
1990* 25 GNB WR 84 16 16 6 6 36
1991 26 GNB WR 84 16 16 4 4 24
1992*+ 27 GNB WR 84 16 16 13 13 78
1993*+ 28 GNB WR 84 16 16 11 11 66
1994* 29 GNB WR 84 16 16 18 18 108
Career 112 112 65 1 66 396

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1989
1990
1992
1993
1994

First-Team All-Pro

1989
1992
1993

Receptions

1989 NFL 90 (1)
1992 NFL 108 (1/23)
1993 NFL 112 (1/12)
1994 NFL 94 (5/87)
Career 595 (48)

Receiving Yds

1989 NFL 1423 (2/45)
1990 NFL 1105 (5)
1992 NFL 1461 (1/36)
1993 NFL 1274 (3)
Career 8134 (68)

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 (3/85)
1990 NFL 69.1 (5)
1992 NFL 91.3 (1/72)
1993 NFL 79.6 (3)
Career 72.6 (13)

Touchdowns

1989 NFL 13 (7)
1992 NFL 13 (4)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 18 (2/34)
Career 66 (93)

Points Scored

1994 NFL 108 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1989 NFL 12 (7)
1992 NFL 13 (4)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 18 (2/33)
Career 65 (92)

Non-Offensive TDs

1989 NFL 1 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1989 NFL 1448 (10)
1992 NFL 1469 (7)
Career 8206 (150)

All-Purpose Yds

1992 NFL 1469 (10)

Yds/Touch

1992 NFL 13.1 (2)
1993 NFL 11.1 (3)
Career 13.2 (158)

Fumble Return TD

1989 NFL 1 (2)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1990UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1992Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1993Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1994UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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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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