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Rick Upchurch

Richard Upchurch

Position: WR
Height: 5-10    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: May 20, 1952 in Toledo, OH
College: Minnesota

Career AV: 44 (1766th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round (95th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1975 23 DEN RET 80 14 0 27 312 0 51 11.6 40 1084 0 58 27.1 1929 5
1976*+ 24 DEN WR 80 13 9 39 536 4 92 13.7 22 514 0 64 23.4 1461 9
1977 25 DEN RET 80 14 1 51 653 1 87 12.8 20 456 0 52 22.8 1373 5
1978*+ 26 DEN RET 80 12 0 36 493 1 75 13.7 8 222 0 41 27.8 956 3
1979* 27 DEN WR 80 16 16 30 304 0 44 10.1 5 79 0 26 15.8 1337 8
1980 28 DEN WR 80 16 14 37 353 0 34 9.5 1007 6
1981 29 DEN WR 80 13 10 9 63 0 15 7.0 669 5
1982*+ 30 DEN WR 80 9 8 15 242 2 78 16.1 639 7
1983 31 DEN WR 80 12 11 4 52 0 17 13.0 710 5
Career 119 69 248 3008 8 92 12.1 95 2355 0 64 24.8 10081 53

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
1975 23 DEN RET 80 14 0 18 436 24.2 2 90 1.3 31.1 16 97 1 15 6.1 6.9 1.1 533 3 3
1976*+ 24 DEN WR 80 13 9 12 340 28.3 1 59 0.9 26.2 6 71 1 25 11.8 5.5 0.5 411 2 5
1977 25 DEN RET 80 14 1 12 245 20.4 2 45 0.9 17.5 1 19 1 19 19.0 1.4 0.1 264 3 6
1978*+ 26 DEN RET 80 12 0 17 210 12.4 1 29 1.4 17.5 5 31 0 11 6.2 2.6 0.4 241 1 2
1979* 27 DEN WR 80 16 16 64 937 14.6 7 47 4.0 58.6 3 17 0 18 5.7 1.1 0.2 954 7 5
1980 28 DEN WR 80 16 14 46 605 13.2 3 35 2.9 37.8 5 49 0 21 9.8 3.1 0.3 654 3 2
1981 29 DEN WR 80 13 10 32 550 17.2 3 63 2.5 42.3 5 56 0 37 11.2 4.3 0.4 606 3 0
1982*+ 30 DEN WR 80 9 8 26 407 15.7 3 51 2.9 45.2 2 -10 0 -3 -5.0 -1.1 0.2 397 3 4
1983 31 DEN WR 80 12 11 40 639 16.0 2 40 3.3 53.3 6 19 0 9 3.2 1.6 0.5 658 2 0
Career 119 69 267 4369 16.4 24 90 2.2 36.7 49 349 3 37 7.1 2.9 0.4 4718 27 27

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
1975 23 DEN RET 80 14 0 3 1 0 0
1976*+ 24 DEN WR 80 13 9 5 3 0 0
1977 25 DEN RET 80 14 1 6 2 0 0
1978*+ 26 DEN RET 80 12 0 2 0 0 0
1979* 27 DEN WR 80 16 16 5 1 0 0
1980 28 DEN WR 80 16 14 2 1 0 0
1982*+ 30 DEN WR 80 9 8 4 1 0 0
Career 119 69 27 9 0 0

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%
1979* 27 DEN WR 80 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1983 31 DEN WR 80 12 11 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 119 69 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 2 12 -2.4 -2.4 40.0

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
1975 23 DEN RET 80 14 0 1 2 3 18
1976*+ 24 DEN WR 80 13 9 1 1 4 6 36
1977 25 DEN RET 80 14 1 1 2 1 4 24
1978*+ 26 DEN RET 80 12 0 1 1 2 12
1979* 27 DEN WR 80 16 16 7 7 42
1980 28 DEN WR 80 16 14 3 3 18
1981 29 DEN WR 80 13 10 3 3 18
1982*+ 30 DEN WR 80 9 8 3 2 5 30
1983 31 DEN WR 80 12 11 2 2 12
Career 119 69 3 24 8 35 210

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1976
1978
1979
1982

First-Team All-Pro

1976
1978
1982

Receptions

1979 NFL 64 (9)

Long Reception

1975 NFL 90 (3/79)

Yds/Reception

Career 16.4 (123)

Non-Offensive TDs

1976 NFL 4 (1/4)
1977 NFL 1 (8)
1978 NFL 1 (6)
1982 NFL 2 (1)
Career 8 (25)

All-Purpose Yds

1975 NFL 1929 (3)
1976 NFL 1461 (9)
Career 10081 (113)

Yds/Touch

1975 NFL 19.1 (1/7)
1979 NFL 13.1 (3)
Career 15.3 (67)

Kick Returns

1975 NFL 40 (3)
Career 95 (181)

Kick Return Yds

1975 NFL 1084 (2)
Career 2355 (157)

Yds/Kick Return

1975 NFL 27.1 (5)
Career 24.8 (65)

Punt Returns

1975 NFL 27 (9)
1976 NFL 39 (6)
1977 NFL 51 (2/33)
1978 NFL 36 (10)
1980 NFL 37 (9)
Career 248 (21)

Punt Return Yds

1975 NFL 312 (8)
1976 NFL 536 (3/45)
1977 NFL 653 (1/8)
1978 NFL 493 (2/64)
1979 NFL 304 (10)
1980 NFL 353 (6)
1982 NFL 242 (5)
Career 3008 (10)

Punt Return TD

1976 NFL 4 (1/1)
1977 NFL 1 (2)
1978 NFL 1 (1)
1982 NFL 2 (1/15)
Career 8 (3)

Long Punt Return

1975 NFL 51 (10)
1976 NFL 92 (1/30)
1977 NFL 87 (3/72)
1978 NFL 75 (4)
1982 NFL 78 (2)

Yds/Punt Return

1975 NFL 11.6 (6)
1976 NFL 13.7 (1/99)
1977 NFL 12.8 (5)
1978 NFL 13.7 (1/99)
1979 NFL 10.1 (5)
1982 NFL 16.1 (1)
Career 12.1 (9)

Kick & Punt Returns

1975 NFL 67 (4)
1976 NFL 61 (6)
1977 NFL 71 (4)
Career 343 (34)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1975 NFL 1396 (3)
1976 NFL 1050 (3)
1977 NFL 1109 (4)
Career 5363 (42)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1976Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1977Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1978Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1979Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1982Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 23 14 WR 71 31
1976 24 13 WR 53 40
1977 25 14 WR 44 41
1978 26 12 WR 30 66
1979 27 16 WR 137 38 14 40
1980 28 16 WR 83 44
1981 29 13 WR 79 42
1982 30 9 WR 58 7 23 64
1983 31 12 WR 78 37
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