Yancey Thigpen

Yancey Dirk Thigpen

Position: WR
Height: 6-1 Weight: 208 lbs.

Born: August 15, 1969 in Tarboro, NC
College: Winston-Salem St.
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 4th round (90th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (1828th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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News -- May 2013

5/6 Steel Curtain Rising: Jarvis Jones Makes Bold Statement in Requesting Greg Lloyd's #95: Since being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft Jarvis Jones has said all the right things.When...

4/13 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pros and Cons of Letting Emmanuel Sanders Defect to the Patriots: The Pittsburgh Steelers have a decision to make on wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders.As Steelers Nation now knows, after one false...

3/14 FootballPerspective.com: A look at the best receivers to change teams: The craziness continues, with Wes Welker signing with the Denver Broncos being the big story of day two of the league year. The...

2/26 Steel Curtain Rising: The Pittsburgh Steelers All Time Free Agent Offense: The Pittsburgh Steelers have never been big players in free agency. It’s just not their style. Part of “The Steelers...
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...

1/26 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Anquan Boldin is the 7th starting WR to reach the Super Bowl with two different teams: Anquan Boldin is back in the Super Bowl. Four years ago, Boldin and the Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl...
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...

12/31 FootballPerspective.com: Examining the seasons of Calvin Johnson and Brandon Marshall in a different light: Three weeks ago, I set forth the argument that perhaps Calvin Johnson was not even the most productive receiver in his own division....

9/28 FootballPerspective.com: How the Steelers traded Roy Jefferson and won four Super Bowls: Roy Jefferson isn’t well-remembered today, but he was one of the top receivers at the start of the Super Bowl era. Jefferson...

6/13 Steel Curtain Rising: Tomczak to be Pittsburgh (Power) Offensive Coordinator: Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mike Tomczak is returning to coach offense in Pittsburgh. No, he’s not joining Todd Haley's...
6/7 Steel Curtain Rising: Understanding the Rise, Fall, Resurrection and Ultimate Undoing of Kordell Stewart: Kordell Stewart has officially retired as a Pittsburgh Steeler. That’s a strange thing to say for someone who threw his last...