Hines Ward

Hines E. Ward Jr. (twitter: @mvp86hinesward)

Position: WR
Height: 6-0 Weight: 205 lbs.

Born: March 8, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea
College: Georgia (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (92nd overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (296th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 18, 2013 9:25AM

All-Time Rank: #411. Gale Sayers… #412. Harvey Martin… #413. Joe Fortunato… #414. HINES WARD… #415. Mark Gastineau… #416. Matt Blair… #417. Anquan Boldin…

All-Time Rank: #411. Gale Sayers… #412. Harvey Martin… #413. Joe Fortunato… #414. HINES WARD… #415. Mark Gastineau… #416. Matt Blair… #417. Anquan Boldin…

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
1998	22	PIT		86	16	0	15	246	16.4	0	45	0.9	15.4	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1	259	0	0	2
1999	23	PIT	WR	86	16	14	61	638	10.5	7	42	3.8	39.9	2	-2	0	3	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	636	7	1	7
2000	24	PIT	WR	86	16	15	48	672	14.0	4	77	3.0	42.0	4	53	0	23	13.3	3.3	0.3	725	4	2	7
2001*	25	PIT	WR	86	16	16	94	1003	10.7	4	34	5.9	62.7	10	83	0	36	8.3	5.2	0.6	1086	4	1	11
2002*	26	PIT	WR	86	16	16	112	1329	11.9	12	72	7.0	83.1	12	142	0	39	11.8	8.9	0.8	1471	12	1	12
2003*	27	PIT	WR	86	16	16	95	1163	12.2	10	50	5.9	72.7	11	61	0	25	5.5	3.8	0.7	1224	10	0	10
2004*	28	PIT	WR	86	16	16	80	1004	12.6	4	58	5.0	62.8	7	25	1	16	3.6	1.6	0.4	1029	5	1	11
2005	29	PIT	WR	86	15	15	69	975	14.1	11	85	4.6	65.0	3	10	0	7	3.3	0.7	0.2	985	11	1	11
2006	30	PIT	WR	86	14	14	74	975	13.2	6	70	5.3	69.6	2	30	0	21	15.0	2.1	0.1	1005	6	2	9
2007	31	PIT	WR	86	13	13	71	732	10.3	7	25	5.5	56.3	3	11	0	7	3.7	0.8	0.2	743	7	0	8
2008	32	PIT	WR	86	16	15	81	1043	12.9	7	49	5.1	65.2	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	1047	7	1	9
2009	33	PIT	WR	86	16	16	95	1167	12.3	6	54	5.9	72.9								1167	6	2	10
2010	34	PIT	WR	86	16	15	59	755	12.8	5	43	3.7	47.2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	753	5	1	7
2011	35	PIT	WR	86	15	9	46	381	8.3	2	31	3.1	25.4								381	2	1	3
Career					217	190	1000	12083	12.1	85	85	4.6	55.7	57	428	1	39	7.5	2.0	0.3	12511	86	14	117

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
1999	23	PIT	WR	86	16	14	1	2	0	2	2.0	1	24	0	24	24.0	662
2000	24	PIT	WR	86	16	15						7	186	0	57	26.6	911
Career					217	190	1	2	0	2	2.0	8	210	0	57	26.3	12723

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
1999	23	PIT	WR	86	16	14							0	1	0	0	0
2000	24	PIT	WR	86	16	15							0	2	1	0	0
2001*	25	PIT	WR	86	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
2002*	26	PIT	WR	86	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
2003*	27	PIT	WR	86	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
2004*	28	PIT	WR	86	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
2005	29	PIT	WR	86	15	15							0	1	0	0	0
2006	30	PIT	WR	86	14	14							0	2	0	0	0
2008	32	PIT	WR	86	16	15							0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2009	33	PIT	WR	86	16	16							0	2	0	0	0
2010	34	PIT	WR	86	16	15							0	1	0	0	0	4	0
2011	35	PIT	WR	86	15	9							0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career					217	190							0	14	2	0	0	6	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1998	22	PIT		86	16	0	1	1	100.0	17	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	1.1	118.7	0	0	17.00	17.00	0.0
2001*	25	PIT	WR	86	16	16	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	3	-1.50	-1.50	50.0
Career					217	190	1	2	50.0	17	17	8.5	8.5	17.0	0.1	79.2	1	3	4.67	4.67	33.3

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	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1999	23	PIT	WR	86	16	14		7	7	1	44
2000	24	PIT	WR	86	16	15		4	4		24
2001*	25	PIT	WR	86	16	16		4	4		24
2002*	26	PIT	WR	86	16	16		12	12	3	78
2003*	27	PIT	WR	86	16	16		10	10		60
2004*	28	PIT	WR	86	16	16	1	4	5		30
2005	29	PIT	WR	86	15	15		11	11		66
2006	30	PIT	WR	86	14	14		6	6		36
2007	31	PIT	WR	86	13	13		7	7	1	44
2008	32	PIT	WR	86	16	15		7	7		42
2009	33	PIT	WR	86	16	16		6	6		36
2010	34	PIT	WR	86	16	15		5	5		30
2011	35	PIT	WR	86	15	9		2	2		12
Career					217	190	1	85	86	5	526

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4	Mel Gray, Gary Collins, Pete Brewster, Peerless Price, James Scott, Santana Moss, Johnnie Morton, Derrick Alexander, Paul Warfield*, Fred Barnett
5	Mel Gray, John Taylor, Paul Warfield, Gary Collins, Plaxico Burress, Bobby Mitchell, Santana Moss, Laveranues Coles, Vincent Jackson, Mervyn Fernandez
6	Laveranues Coles, Plaxico Burress, Mel Gray, Paul Warfield, Louis Lipps, Gary Collins, Bobby Mitchell, Darrell Jackson, Al Toon, John Taylor
7	Laveranues Coles, Plaxico Burress, Louis Lipps, Paul Warfield, John Jefferson, Tommy McDonald, Mel Gray, Lynn Swann*, Anthony Miller, Dwight Clark
8	Plaxico Burress, Anthony Miller, Laveranues Coles, Dwight Clark, Tony Hill, Eric Martin, Louis Lipps, Andre Johnson, Cris Collinsworth, Mel Gray
9	Anthony Miller, Laveranues Coles, Plaxico Burress, Tony Hill, Eric Martin, Drew Pearson, Lance Alworth, Mark Clayton, Tommy McDonald, Andre Rison
10	Anthony Miller, Tony Hill, Eric Martin, Charley Taylor, Laveranues Coles, Lance Alworth, Drew Pearson, Andre Rison, Keyshawn Johnson, Harold Jackson
11	Anthony Miller, Charley Taylor, Harold Jackson, Art Monk, Andre Rison, James Lofton, Cris Carter, Lance Alworth*, Harold Carmichael, Stanley Morgan
12	Charley Taylor, Cris Carter, Harold Jackson, James Lofton, Harold Carmichael, Anthony Miller, Andre Rison, Derrick Mason, Art Monk, Henry Ellard
Career	Derrick Mason, Keenan McCardell, Anthony Miller, Charley Taylor, Drew Pearson, Andre Rison, Harold Carmichael, Keyshawn Johnson, Harold Jackson, Lance Alworth

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 2005 NFL Super Bowl MVP	Pro Bowls 2001 2002 2003 2004	Receptions 2001 NFL 94 (8) 2002 NFL 112 (2/18) 2003 NFL 95 (5) 2009 NFL 95 (8) Career 1000 (8)	Receiving Yds 2002 NFL 1329 (4) 2003 NFL 1163 (9) 2009 NFL 1167 (9) Career 12083 (19)
Receiving TD 2002 NFL 12 (2/86) 2003 NFL 10 (4) 2005 NFL 11 (3) Career 85 (13)	Long Reception 2000 NFL 77 (10) 2005 NFL 85 (4)	Receiving Yds/Game 2002 NFL 83.1 (5) 2003 NFL 72.7 (10) Career 55.7 (91)	Touchdowns 2002 NFL 12 (10) Career 86 (39)
Points Scored Career 526 (155)	Rushing/Receiving TD 2002 NFL 12 (10) Career 86 (37)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 5 (3)	Yds From Scrimmage Career 12511 (46)
All-Purpose Yds Career 12723 (64)	Yds/Touch 2001 NFL 10.4 (10) 2002 NFL 11.9 (9)	Games Career 217 (138)	Games Started Career 190 (103)
Playoff Games Career 18 (107)	Playoff Games Started Career 14 (131)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
2002	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
2002	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2003	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
2004	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1998	22	16	WR	27		91
1999	23	16	WR	106		43
2000	24	16	WR	97		43
2001	25	16	WR	133	3	28	70
2002	26	16	WR	219	99	3	12
2003	27	16	WR	182	78	6	17
2004	28	16	WR	133	6	28	72
2005	29	15	WR	165	48	10	27
2006	30	14	WR	137	20	22	50
2007	31	13	WR	116		31
2008	32	16	WR	147	30	15	44
2009	33	16	WR	153	41	16	40
2010	34	16	WR	105		40
2011	35	15	WR	50		86
				1770	325

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