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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (1976th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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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 AV
1975 23 DEN KR/PR 80 14 0 27 312 0 51 11.6 40 1084 0 58 27.1 1929 5
1976*+ 24 DEN KR/PR/WR 80 13 9 39 536 4 92 13.7 22 514 0 64 23.4 1461 9
1977 25 DEN KR/PR 80 14 1 51 653 1 87 12.8 20 456 0 52 22.8 1373 5
1978*+ 26 DEN PR 80 12 0 36 493 1 75 13.7 8 222 0 41 27.8 956 3
1979* 27 DEN PR/WR 80 16 16 30 304 0 44 10.1 5 79 0 26 15.8 1337 8
1980 28 DEN PR/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 PR/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

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 KR/PR 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 KR/PR/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 KR/PR 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 PR 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 PR/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 PR/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 PR/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

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

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1975 23 DEN KR/PR 80 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 9 -9.00 -9.00 100.0
1979* 27 DEN PR/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 0.00 0.00 0.0
1982*+ 30 DEN PR/WR 80 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 -3.00 -3.00 100.0
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 0.00 0.00 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 -2.40 -2.40 40.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

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 KR/PR 80 14 0 1 2 3 18
1976*+ 24 DEN KR/PR/WR 80 13 9 1 1 4 6 36
1977 25 DEN KR/PR 80 14 1 1 2 1 4 24
1978*+ 26 DEN PR 80 12 0 1 1 2 12
1979* 27 DEN PR/WR 80 16 16 7 7 42
1980 28 DEN PR/WR 80 16 14 3 3 18
1981 29 DEN WR 80 13 10 3 3 18
1982*+ 30 DEN PR/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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1976
1978
1979
1982

First-Team All-Pro
1976
1978
1982

Receptions
1979 NFL 64 (9)

Long Reception
1975 NFL 90 (3/88)

Yds/Reception
Career 16.4 (126)

Non-Offensive TDs
1976 NFL 4 (1/4)
1977 NFL 1 (8)
1978 NFL 1 (6)
1982 NFL 2 (1)
Career 8 (30)

All-Purpose Yds
1975 NFL 1929 (3)
1976 NFL 1461 (9)
Career 10081 (130)

Yds/Touch
1975 NFL 19.1 (1/7)
1979 NFL 13.1 (3)
Career 15.3 (70)

Kick Returns
1975 NFL 40 (3)
Career 95 (195)

Kick Return Yds
1975 NFL 1084 (2)
Career 2355 (172)

Yds/Kick Return
1975 NFL 27.1 (5)
Career 24.8 (77)

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 (22)

Punt Return Yds
1975 NFL 312 (8)
1976 NFL 536 (3/48)
1977 NFL 653 (1/9)
1978 NFL 493 (2/68)
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 (1/17)
Career 8 (4)

Long Punt Return
1975 NFL 51 (10)
1976 NFL 92 (1/37)
1977 NFL 87 (3/83)
1978 NFL 75 (4)
1982 NFL 78 (2)

Yds/Punt Return
1975 NFL 11.6 (6)
1976 NFL 13.7 (1)
1977 NFL 12.8 (5)
1978 NFL 13.7 (1)
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 (39)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1975 NFL 1396 (3)
1976 NFL 1050 (3)
1977 NFL 1109 (4)
Career 5363 (48)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19772nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19792nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19791st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19821st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19821st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 24 13 WR 53 40
1979 27 16 WR 137 38 14 40
1980 28 16 WR 83 44
1981 29 13 WR 79 41
1982 30 9 WR 58 7 23 64
1983 31 12 WR 78 36
488 45