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Steve Watson

Stephen Ross Watson

Position: WR
Height: 6-4    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1957 in Baltimore, MD
College: Temple

Career AV: 49 (1443rd overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

81

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
1979 22 DEN 81 16 0 6 83 13.8 0 22 0.4 5.2 83 0 0 1
1980 23 DEN 81 16 1 6 146 24.3 0 52 0.4 9.1 146 0 0 1
1981* 24 DEN WR 81 16 13 60 1244 20.7 13 95 3.8 77.8 2 6 0 6 3.0 0.4 0.1 1250 13 0 10
1982 25 DEN WR 81 9 9 36 555 15.4 2 41 4.0 61.7 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.4 0.1 551 2 1 7
1983 26 DEN WR 81 16 16 59 1133 19.2 5 78 3.7 70.8 3 17 0 10 5.7 1.1 0.2 1150 5 1 9
1984 27 DEN WR 81 16 16 69 1170 17.0 7 73 4.3 73.1 1170 7 0 11
1985 28 DEN WR 81 16 15 61 915 15.0 5 60 3.8 57.2 915 5 0 8
1986 29 DEN WR 81 16 16 45 699 15.5 3 46 2.8 43.7 699 3 0 7
1987 30 DEN 81 5 1 11 167 15.2 1 49 2.2 33.4 167 1 0 2
Career 126 87 353 6112 17.3 36 95 2.8 48.5 6 19 0 10 3.2 0.2 0.0 6131 36 2 56

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
1980 23 DEN 81 16 1 0 1 0 0
1981* 24 DEN WR 81 16 13 0 2 0 0
1982 25 DEN WR 81 9 9 1 0 0 0
1983 26 DEN WR 81 16 16 1 0 0 0
Career 126 87 2 3 0 0

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
1980 23 DEN 81 16 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 151
Career 126 87 1 5 0 5 5.0 6136

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1981* 24 DEN WR 81 16 13 13 13 78
1982 25 DEN WR 81 9 9 2 2 12
1983 26 DEN WR 81 16 16 5 5 30
1984 27 DEN WR 81 16 16 7 7 42
1985 28 DEN WR 81 16 15 5 5 30
1986 29 DEN WR 81 16 16 3 3 18
1987 30 DEN 81 5 1 1 1 6
Career 126 87 36 36 216

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1981

Receiving Yds

1981 NFL 1244 (3)
1983 NFL 1133 (10)
1984 NFL 1170 (7)
Career 6112 (148)

Receiving TD

1981 NFL 13 (1/46)

Career 36 (194)

Long Reception

1981 NFL 95 (1/34)

1983 NFL 78 (10)

Yds/Reception

1981 NFL 20.7 (4)
1983 NFL 19.2 (6)
Career 17.3 (62)

Receiving Yds/Game

1981 NFL 77.8 (4)
1984 NFL 73.1 (9)
Career 48.5 (153)

Touchdowns

1981 NFL 13 (5)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1981 NFL 13 (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

1981Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 22 16 WR 8 102
1980 23 16 WR 15 88
1981 24 16 WR 203 106 2 10
1982 25 9 WR 67 24 14 46
1983 26 16 WR 145 55 9 30
1984 27 16 WR 159 57 8 28
1985 28 16 WR 122 13 21 56
1986 29 16 WR 88 35
1987 30 5 WR 23 111
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