Cris Carter

Christopher D. Carter

Position: WR
Height: 6-3    Weight: 202 lbs.

Born: November 25, 1965 in Troy, OH
College: Ohio St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 4th round (3rd overall) of the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 98 (170th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2013, finalist in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• 5/25 FootballPerspective.com: Ranking wide receivers by percentage of team yards: Seven years ago, Doug wrote this post analyzing wide receivers by team receiving yards. That post was overdue for an update for...
• 5/24 CW Sports Blog: Cris Carter’s HOF Indcution Doesn’t End Logjam at Wide Receiver: Cris Carter‘s HOF Indcution Doesn’t End Logjam at Wide Receiver” href=”http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1522855-cris-carters-hof-induction-does-not-end-the-logjam-at-wide-receiver”>Cris...

• 4/15 Not in Hall of Fame: 4. Cris Carter: Our favorite quote ever attributed to Cris Carter was after Buddy Ryan cut the talented wide out from the Eagles he quipped that...
• 4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...
• 4/9 Musket Fire: Miami Dolphins worked out Duron Carter: The Miami Dolphins reportedly worked out Florida Atlantic Owls wide receiver Duron Carter, who is the son of legendary wide receiver...
• 4/8 FootballPerspective.com: Forgotten Stars: Hugh Taylor: Only three players in NFL history have been responsible for half of their team’s receiving touchdowns over a six-year period:...

• 3/12 FootballPerspective.com: Examining Paul Warfield’s career: Paul Warfield has been confounding stat heads for years. Warfield was a rare first-ballot Hall of Fame wide receiver and one of...
• 3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...
• 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

• 2/23 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Sunday, February 24th: Eight teams in NFL history have rostered five players who — at some point in their career — gained at least 1,000...
• 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...
• 2/18 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part II – Single season leaders: Yesterday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history. Today I’m going to present a...
• 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...
• 2/3 NFL Jerks: NFL Hall of Fame Calls Seven to CantonIn what probably amounted to be one of the toughest Hall of Fame ballots in the history of the NFL, seven got the call to......
• 2/2 Stripe Hype: NFL: 2013 Hall of Fame Class Announced!: The class of 2013 Hall of fame inductees was recently announced by the national writers. Offensive lineman Larry Allen, receiver...
• 2/2 FootballPerspective.com: 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class: The process took over eight hours this year, and according to Rick Gosselin, over one hour was spent on Bill Parcells alone. Another...
• 2/2 Stripe Hype: Bill Parcells Leads Modern-Era finalists for the NFL Hall of Fame:     Today marked the beginning of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. There are numerous finalists who deserve...

• 1/30 FootballPerspective.com: Randy Moss: Jerry Rice had two HOF QBs his whole career: I was planning on ignoring the latest Randy Moss news, using that word liberally as it applies to things said on media day. In...
• 1/11 Stripe Hype: Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan among Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists:     The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of 15 finalists. The four first-time eligible nominees include...
• 1/11 NFL Jerks: Fantastic NFL Hall of Fame Class Tough To Decipher: On Thursday, the MLB Hall of Fame locked the doors to Cooperstown for the rest of the year, as no one was admitted into the......
• 1/11 Stripe Hype: Warren Sapp, Michael Strahan among Pro Football Hall of Fame Finalists:     The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its list of 15 finalists. The four first-time eligible nominees include...
• 1/5 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will...

• 12/30 NFL Jerks: Adrian Peterson Rushing Record Amongst NFL Milestones Within Reach in Week 17: With playoff spots up for grabs and so many teams still vying for positioning in the chase for the Lombardi Trophy, it is easy...
• 12/29 NFL Jerks: Adrian Peterson Rushing Record Amongst NFL Milestones Within Reach in Week 17: With playoff spots up for grabs and so many teams still vying for positioning in the chase for the Lombardi Trophy, it is easy...
• 12/25 FootballPerspective.com: Who should win Coach of the Year in the NFL?: Let’s get this out of the way. Bruce Arians, or an Arians/Pagano ballot, is going to win Coach of the Year. Period. But...
• 12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Larry Fitzgerald, innocent bystander: In the preseason, I wrote a post showing what percentage of each receiver’s receiving yards came from each of their quarterbacks....
• 12/1 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of December 1, 2002: He is surprised. His 1,000th career reception has been an odometer flip waiting to happen, but Tim Brown looks ahead to the event,...

• 9/29 FootballPerspective.com: The Hall of Fame announces the 127 nominees for the Class of 2013: The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the Class of 2013: John Lynch, Michael Strahan, Steve McNair and...

• 7/21 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, July 21st: Last weekend, I asked you to name the fifth of the five running backs who rushed for over 1,000 rushing yards in the final season...
• 7/6 FootballPerspective.com: Franchise leaders — receiving stats: On Wednesday, we looked at the franchise leaders in various passing categories; yesterday we did the same exercise with rushing...

• 6/11 Not in Hall of Fame: 4. Cris Carter: Our favorite quote ever attributed to Cris Carter was after Buddy Ryan cut the talented wide out from the Eagles he quipped that...

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