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Nate Burleson

Nathaniel Eugene Burleson

Position: WR

6-0, 198lb (183cm, 89kg)

Born: August 19, 1981 in Calgary, Alberta

College: Nevada (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 45 (2022nd overall since 1960)

High School: O'Dea (WA)

Draft: Minnesota Vikings in the 3rd round (71st overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Pronunciation: \BURL-uh-son\

Twitter: @nateburleson

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SUMMARY

Career

G

135

AV

54

Rec

457

Yds

5630

Y/R

12.3

TD

39

FantPt

834.7

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2003	22	MIN	WR	81	16	9	57	29	455	15.7	2	17	52	1.8	28.4	50.9%	8.0									29	15.7	455	2	1	5
2004	23	MIN	WR	81	16	15	102	68	1006	14.8	9	50	68	4.3	62.9	66.7%	9.9	6	49	0	4	11	8.2	3.1	0.4	74	14.3	1055	9	1	11
2005	24	MIN	WR	81	12	9	52	30	328	10.9	1	20	20	2.5	27.3	57.7%	6.3	2	-6	0	0	-2	-3.0	-0.5	0.2	32	10.1	322	1	0	3
2006	25	SEA	WR	81	16	7	37	18	192	10.7	2	9	36	1.1	12.0	48.6%	5.2									18	10.7	192	2	2	3
2007	26	SEA	WR	81	16	12	96	50	694	13.9	9	37	45	3.1	43.4	52.1%	7.2	2	4	0	0	3	2.0	0.3	0.1	52	13.4	698	9	3	7
2008	27	SEA		81	1	1	9	5	60	12.0	1	4	20	5.0	60.0	55.6%	6.7									5	12.0	60	1	0	0
2009	28	SEA	WR	81	13	12	103	63	812	12.9	3	41	44	4.8	62.5	61.2%	7.9	2	4	0	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.2	65	12.6	816	3	3	6
2010	29	DET	WR	13	14	14	86	55	625	11.4	6	29	58	3.9	44.6	64.0%	7.3	7	81	0	4	25	11.6	5.8	0.5	62	11.4	706	6	2	6
2011	30	DET	WR	13	16	11	110	73	757	10.4	3	36	47	4.6	47.3	66.4%	6.9	11	85	0	6	20	7.7	5.3	0.7	84	10.0	842	3	1	7
2012	31	DET	wr	13	6	5	43	27	240	8.9	2	15	26	4.5	40.0	62.8%	5.6	8	48	0	2	16	6.0	8.0	1.3	35	8.2	288	2	0	2
2013	32	DET	WR	13	9	8	55	39	461	11.8	1	23	47	4.3	51.2	70.9%	8.4	2	-8	0	0	0	-4.0	-0.9	0.2	41	11.0	453	1	1	4
Career					135	103	750	457	5630	12.3	39	281	68	3.4	41.7	60.9%	7.5	40	257	0	16	25	6.4	1.9	0.3	497	11.8	5887	39	14	54
4 yrs		DET			45	38	294	194	2083	10.7	12	103	58	4.3	46.3	66.0%	7.1	28	206	0	12	25	7.4	4.6	0.6	222	10.3	2289	12	4	19
4 yrs		SEA			46	32	245	136	1758	12.9	15	91	45	3.0	38.2	55.5%	7.2	4	8	0	0	3	2.0	0.2	0.1	140	12.6	1766	15	8	16
3 yrs		MIN			44	33	211	127	1789	14.1	12	87	68	2.9	40.7	60.2%	8.5	8	43	0	4	11	5.4	1.0	0.2	135	13.6	1832	12	2	19

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2004	23	MIN	WR	2	2	11	8	110	13.8	1	6	29	4.0	55.0	72.7%	10.0									8	13.8	110	1	2
2006	25	SEA	WR	2	0	4	1	16	16.0	1	1	16	0.5	8.0	25.0%	4.0									1	16.0	16	1	1
2007	26	SEA	WR	2	1	14	10	97	9.7	0	4	25	5.0	48.5	71.4%	6.9									10	9.7	97	0	0
2011	30	DET	WR	1	1	5	4	50	12.5	0	2	21	4.0	50.0	80.0%	10.0	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	5	10.4	52	0	0
Career				7	4	34	23	273	11.9	2	13	29	3.3	39.0	67.6%	8.0	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	0.3	0.1	24	11.5	275	2	3
2 yrs		SEA		4	1	18	11	113	10.3	1	5	25	2.8	28.3	61.1%	6.3									11	10.3	113	1	1
1 yr		DET		1	1	5	4	50	12.5	0	2	21	4.0	50.0	80.0%	10.0	1	2	0	1	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	5	10.4	52	0	0
1 yr		MIN		2	2	11	8	110	13.8	1	6	29	4.0	55.0	72.7%	10.0									8	13.8	110	1	2

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2003	22	MIN	WR	81	16	9	1	0	0	0	0.0						455
2004	23	MIN	WR	81	16	15	25	214	1	91	8.6	2	51	0	29	25.5	1320
2005	24	MIN	WR	81	12	9	5	21	0	10	4.2						343
2006	25	SEA	WR	81	16	7	34	322	1	90	9.5	26	643	0	50	24.7	1157
2007	26	SEA	WR	81	16	12	58	658	1	94	11.3	27	590	1	91	21.9	1946
2008	27	SEA		81	1	1	3	54	0	21	18.0						114
2009	28	SEA	WR	81	13	12	30	254	0	29	8.5	1	2	0	2	2.0	1072
2010	29	DET	WR	13	14	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	706
Career					135	103	156	1523	3	94	9.8	57	1286	1	91	22.6	8699
4 yrs		DET			45	38						1	0	0	0	0.0	2292
4 yrs		SEA			46	32	125	1288	2	94	10.3	54	1235	1	91	22.9	4289
3 yrs		MIN			44	33	31	235	1	91	7.6	2	51	0	29	25.5	2118

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2004	23	MIN	WR	2	2	5	14	0	9	2.8						124
2006	25	SEA	WR	2	0	6	15	0	13	2.5	11	277	0	41	25.2	308
2007	26	SEA	WR	2	1	6	84	0	20	14.0	8	125	0	26	15.6	306
Career				7	4	17	113	0	20	6.6	19	402	0	41	21.2	790
2 yrs		SEA		4	1	12	99	0	20	8.3	19	402	0	41	21.2	614
1 yr		MIN		2	2	5	14	0	9	2.8						124

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2003	22	MIN	WR	81	16	9						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2004	23	MIN	WR	81	16	15						0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2005	24	MIN	WR	81	12	9						0	0	2	0	0	0.0
2006	25	SEA	WR	81	16	7						0	2	2	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0	0
2007	26	SEA	WR	81	16	12						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
2009	28	SEA	WR	81	13	12						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
2010	29	DET	WR	13	14	14						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2011	30	DET	WR	13	16	11						0	1	1	3	0	0.0
2013	32	DET	WR	13	9	8						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					135	103						0	14	7	3	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	0
4 yrs		DET			45	38						0	4	1	3	0	0.0
4 yrs		SEA			46	32						0	8	3	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0	0
3 yrs		MIN			44	33						0	2	3	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2004	23	MIN	WR	2	2						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2006	25	SEA	WR	2	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				7	4						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		SEA		4	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN		2	2						0	2	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
2003	22	MIN	WR	81	16	9		2						2								12
2004	23	MIN	WR	81	16	15		9	1					10	1							62
2005	24	MIN	WR	81	12	9		1						1								6
2006	25	SEA	WR	81	16	7		2	1					3								18
2007	26	SEA	WR	81	16	12		9	1	1				11								66
2008	27	SEA		81	1	1		1						1								6
2009	28	SEA	WR	81	13	12		3						3								18
2010	29	DET	WR	13	14	14		6						6								36
2011	30	DET	WR	13	16	11		3						3								18
2012	31	DET	wr	13	6	5		2						2	1							14
2013	32	DET	WR	13	9	8		1						1								6
Career					135	103		39	3	1				43	2							262
4 yrs		DET			45	38		12						12	1							74
4 yrs		SEA			46	32		15	2	1				18								108
3 yrs		MIN			44	33		12	1					13	1							80

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
2004	23	MIN	WR	2	2		1						1								6
2006	25	SEA	WR	2	0		1						1								6
Career				7	4		2						2								12
2 yrs		SEA		4	1		1						1								6
1 yr		MIN		2	2		1						1								6

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	31	DET	wr	13	6	5	356	30%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	32	DET	WR	13	9	8	502	44%	0	0%	1	0%
Career							858		0		1

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