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Wes Welker

Wes Welker

Position: WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 1, 1981 in Oklahoma City, OK
College: Texas Tech

Career AV: 37 (2319th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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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
2004 23 2TM RET/ 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 4 1
SDG 83 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
MIA RET 83 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 4 1
2005 24 MIA RET 83 16 1 29 434 15.0 0 47 1.8 27.1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 439 0 5 4
2006 25 MIA RET 83 16 2 67 687 10.3 1 38 4.2 42.9 687 1 3 5
2007 26 NWE WR 83 16 13 112 1175 10.5 8 42 7.0 73.4 4 34 0 27 8.5 2.1 0.3 1209 8 3 16
2008* 27 NWE WR 83 16 14 111 1165 10.5 3 64 6.9 72.8 3 26 0 19 8.7 1.6 0.2 1191 3 1 13
2009*+ 28 NWE 83 14 123 1348 11.0 4 58 8.8 96.3 5 36 0 11 7.2 2.6 0.4 1384 4 1
Career 93 30 442 4809 10.9 16 64 4.8 51.7 13 101 0 27 7.8 1.1 0.1 4910 16 17 39
3 yrs MIA 46 3 96 1121 11.7 1 47 2.1 24.4 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.1 0.0 1126 1 12 10
3 yrs NWE 46 27 346 3688 10.7 15 64 7.5 80.2 12 96 0 27 8.0 2.1 0.3 3784 15 5 29

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
2004 23 2TM RET/ 15 0 43 464 0 71 10.8 61 1415 1 95 23.2 1879
SDG 83 1 0 4 102 0 33 25.5 102
MIA RET 83 14 0 43 464 0 71 10.8 57 1313 1 95 23.0 1777
2005 24 MIA RET 83 16 1 43 390 0 47 9.1 61 1379 0 46 22.6 2208
2006 25 MIA RET 83 16 2 41 378 0 47 9.2 48 1064 0 46 22.2 2129
2007 26 NWE WR 83 16 13 25 249 0 35 10.0 7 176 0 33 25.1 1634
2008* 27 NWE WR 83 16 14 24 237 0 44 9.9 1 26 0 26 26.0 1454
2009*+ 28 NWE 83 14 27 338 0 69 12.5 2 45 0 27 22.5 1767
Career 93 30 203 2056 0 71 10.1 180 4105 1 95 22.8 11071
3 yrs MIA 46 3 127 1232 0 71 9.7 166 3756 1 95 22.6 6114
3 yrs NWE 46 27 76 824 0 69 10.8 10 247 0 33 24.7 4855
1 yr SDG 1 0 4 102 0 33 25.5 102

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
2004 23 2TM RET/ 15 0 0 4 1 0 0
MIA RET 83 14 0 0 4 1 0 0
2005 24 MIA RET 83 16 1 0 5 4 0 0
2006 25 MIA RET 83 16 2 0 3 1 0 0
2007 26 NWE WR 83 16 13 0 3 2 0 0
2008* 27 NWE WR 83 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2009*+ 28 NWE 83 14 0 1 2 0 0 3 0
Career 93 30 0 17 10 0 0 7 0
3 yrs MIA 46 3 0 12 6 0 0
3 yrs NWE 46 27 0 5 4 0 0 7 0

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
2004 23 2TM RET/ 15 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 1 1 100.0%
MIA RET 83 14 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 1 1 100.0%
Career 93 30 1 1 1 1 100.0% 1 1 100.0%

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
2004 23 2TM RET/ 15 0 1 1 1 1 10
MIA RET 83 14 0 1 1 1 1 10
2006 25 MIA RET 83 16 2 1 1 6
2007 26 NWE WR 83 16 13 8 8 48
2008* 27 NWE WR 83 16 14 3 3 1 20
2009*+ 28 NWE 83 14 4 4 24
Career 93 30 16 1 17 1 1 1 108
3 yrs MIA 46 3 1 1 2 1 1 16
3 yrs NWE 46 27 15 15 1 92

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

2008
2009

First-Team All-Pro

2009

Receptions

2007 NFL 112 (1/13)
2008 NFL 111 (2/19)
2009 NFL 123 (1/2)
Active 442 (27)
Career 442 (145)

Receiving Yds

2008 NFL 1165 (9)
2009 NFL 1348 (2/87)

Receiving Yds/Game

2008 NFL 72.8 (10)
2009 NFL 96.3 (2/44)
Career 51.7 (120)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (146)

All-Purpose Yds

2004 NFL 1879 (5)
2005 NFL 2208 (3/48)
2006 NFL 2129 (6/70)
Active 11071 (21)
Career 11071 (89)

Yds/Touch

2004 NFL 17.8 (2/14)
2005 NFL 16.5 (3/38)
2006 NFL 13.6 (3)
2009 NFL 11.3 (10)
Active 13.2 (18)
Career 13.2 (157)

Kick Returns

2004 NFL 61 (2/31)
2005 NFL 61 (6/31)
Active 180 (9)
Career 180 (51)

Kick Return Yds

2004 NFL 1415 (2/47)
2005 NFL 1379 (10/55)
Active 4105 (8)
Career 4105 (53)

Kick Return TD

2004 NFL 1 (4/61)
Active 1 (15)
Career 1 (110)

Long Kick Return

2004 NFL 95 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

Active 22.8 (29)
Career 22.8 (179)

Punt Returns

2004 NFL 43 (3)
2005 NFL 43 (6)
2006 NFL 41 (2)
Active 203 (4)
Career 203 (33)

Punt Return Yds

2004 NFL 464 (2/93)
2005 NFL 390 (6)
2006 NFL 378 (3)
2009 NFL 338 (7)
Active 2056 (4)
Career 2056 (28)

Long Punt Return

2004 NFL 71 (7)
2009 NFL 69 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

2004 NFL 10.8 (6)
2007 NFL 10.0 (8)
2009 NFL 12.5 (3)
Active 10.1 (10)
Career 10.1 (71)

Kick & Punt Returns

2004 NFL 104 (2/6)
2005 NFL 104 (4/6)
2006 NFL 89 (3/47)
Active 383 (3)
Career 383 (27)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

2004 NFL 1879 (2/16)
2005 NFL 1769 (4/29)
2006 NFL 1442 (8)
Active 6161 (4)
Career 6161 (32)

Fumbles Recovered

2005 NFL 4 (4)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2007Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2008Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
2009Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2005 24 16 WR 44 86
2006 25 16 WR 75 57
2007 26 16 WR 169 52 11 32
2008 27 16 WR 137 21 21 52
2009 28 14 WR 162 53 12 29
587 126

College

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2000 19 texastech 7 6 72 1 12.0 10.3 26 334 0 12.8
2001 20 texastech 11 15 97 0 6.5 8.8 50 582 5 11.6
2002 21 texastech 14 31 244 0 7.9 17.4 86 1054 7 12.3
2003 22 texastech 13 28 149 1 5.3 11.5 97 1099 9 11.3
45 80 562 2 7.0 12.5 259 3069 21 11.8