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Larry Centers

Larry Eugene Centers

Position: FB

6-0, 225lb (183cm, 102kg)

Born: June 1, 1968 in Tatum, TX

College: S.F. Austin

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1456th overall since 1960)

High School: Tatum (TX)

Draft: Phoenix Cardinals in the 5th round (115th overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

198

Rec

827

Yds

6797

Y/R

8.2

FantPt

1130.5

Rush

615

Yds

2188

Y/A

3.6

FantPt

1130.5

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	Awards
1990	22	PHO	FB	37	6	0					0									0									0	1	0
1991	23	PHO	FB	37	9	2		19	176	9.3	0		23	2.1	19.6			14	44	0		8	3.1	4.9	1.6	33	6.7	220	0	4	1
1992	24	PHO	FB	37	16	1	59	50	417	8.3	2		26	3.1	26.1	84.7%	7.1	37	139	0		28	3.8	8.7	2.3	87	6.4	556	2	1	5
1993	25	PHO	FB	37	16	9	86	66	603	9.1	3		29	4.1	37.7	76.7%	7.0	25	152	0		33	6.1	9.5	1.6	91	8.3	755	3	1	7
1994	26	ARI	FB	37	16	5	96	77	647	8.4	2	38	36	4.8	40.4	80.2%	6.7	115	336	5	20	17	2.9	21.0	7.2	192	5.1	983	7	2	6
1995*	27	ARI	FB	37	16	10	119	101	962	9.5	2	45	32	6.3	60.1	84.9%	8.1	78	254	2	11	20	3.3	15.9	4.9	179	6.8	1216	4	2	8	PB
1996*+	28	ARI	FB	37	16	14	130	99	766	7.7	7	46	39	6.2	47.9	76.2%	5.9	116	425	2	20	24	3.7	26.6	7.3	215	5.5	1191	9	1	9	AP1, PB
1997	29	ARI	FB	37	15	14	75	54	409	7.6	1	22	29	3.6	27.3	72.0%	5.5	101	276	1	19	14	2.7	18.4	6.7	155	4.4	685	2	1	5
1998	30	ARI	FB	37	16	12	94	69	559	8.1	2	22	54	4.3	34.9	73.4%	5.9	31	110	0	10	14	3.5	6.9	1.9	100	6.7	669	2	1	5
1999	31	WAS	FB	37	16	12	90	69	544	7.9	3	31	33	4.3	34.0	76.7%	6.0	13	51	0	3	12	3.9	3.2	0.8	82	7.3	595	3	2	6
2000	32	WAS	FB	37	15	6	93	81	600	7.4	3	27	26	5.4	40.0	87.1%	6.5	19	103	0	4	14	5.4	6.9	1.3	100	7.0	703	3	1	6
2001*	33	BUF	FB	37	16	13	105	80	620	7.8	2	34	26	5.0	38.8	76.2%	5.9	34	160	2	6	50	4.7	10.0	2.1	114	6.8	780	4	2	6	PB
2002	34	BUF	FB	37	16	7	63	43	388	9.0	0	19	25	2.7	24.3	68.3%	6.2	11	56	2	6	13	5.1	3.5	0.7	54	8.2	444	2	0	4
2003	35	NWE	FB	31	9	3	34	19	106	5.6	1	9	14	2.1	11.8	55.9%	3.1	21	82	0	2	13	3.9	9.1	2.3	40	4.7	188	1	0	1
Career					198	108	1044	827	6797	8.2	28	293	54	4.2	34.3	77.4%	6.3	615	2188	14	101	50	3.6	11.1	3.1	1442	6.2	8985	42	19	69
9 yrs		ARI-PHO			126	67	659	535	4539	8.5	19	173	54	4.2	36.0	78.3%	6.6	517	1736	10	80	33	3.4	13.8	4.1	1052	6.0	6275	29	14	46
2 yrs		BUF			32	20	168	123	1008	8.2	2	53	26	3.8	31.5	73.2%	6.0	45	216	4	12	50	4.8	6.8	1.4	168	7.3	1224	6	2	10
2 yrs		WAS			31	18	183	150	1144	7.6	6	58	33	4.8	36.9	82.0%	6.3	32	154	0	7	14	4.8	5.0	1.0	182	7.1	1298	6	3	12
1 yr		NWE			9	3	34	19	106	5.6	1	9	14	2.1	11.8	55.9%	3.1	21	82	0	2	13	3.9	9.1	2.3	40	4.7	188	1		1

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
1998	30	ARI	FB	2	2	15	9	61	6.8	1	3	12	4.5	30.5	60.0%	4.1	3	5	0	0	6	1.7	2.5	1.5	12	5.5	66	1	0
1999	31	WAS	FB	2	1	11	10	69	6.9	0	3	17	5.0	34.5	90.9%	6.3	2	10	0	0	7	5.0	5.0	1.0	12	6.6	79	0	0
2003	35	NWE	FB	3	2	5	2	32	16.0	0	1	28	0.7	10.7	40.0%	6.4	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.7	4	8.0	32	0	0
Career				7	5	31	21	162	7.7	1	7	28	3.0	23.1	67.7%	5.2	7	15	0	0	7	2.1	2.1	1.0	28	6.3	177	1
1 yr		ARI		2	2	15	9	61	6.8	1	3	12	4.5	30.5	60.0%	4.1	3	5	0	0	6	1.7	2.5	1.5	12	5.5	66	1
1 yr		NWE		3	2	5	2	32	16.0	0	1	28	0.7	10.7	40.0%	6.4	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.7	4	8.0	32	0
1 yr		WAS		2	1	11	10	69	6.9	0	3	17	5.0	34.5	90.9%	6.3	2	10	0	0	7	5.0	5.0	1.0	12	6.6	79	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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
1990	22	PHO	FB	37	6	0			0			16	272	0	26	17.0	272
1991	23	PHO	FB	37	9	2	5	30	0	12	6.0	16	330	0	39	20.6	580
1995*	27	ARI	FB	37	16	10			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	1231
Career					198	108	5	30	0	12	6.0	33	617	0	39	18.7	9659
9 yrs		ARI-PHO			126	67	5	30	0	12	6.0	33	617	0	39	18.7	6949
2 yrs		BUF			32	20			0					0			1224
2 yrs		WAS			31	18			0					0			1298
1 yr		NWE			9	3			0					0			188

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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
1990	22	PHO	FB	37	6	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1991	23	PHO	FB	37	9	2			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
1992	24	PHO	FB	37	16	1			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1993	25	PHO	FB	37	16	9			0			0	1	2	0	0	0.0
1994	26	ARI	FB	37	16	5			0			0	2	2	27	0	0.0
1995*	27	ARI	FB	37	16	10			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
1996*+	28	ARI	FB	37	16	14			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1997	29	ARI	FB	37	15	14			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1998	30	ARI	FB	37	16	12			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1999	31	WAS	FB	37	16	12			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0
2000	32	WAS	FB	37	15	6			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2001*	33	BUF	FB	37	16	13			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2002	34	BUF	FB	37	16	7			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
2003	35	NWE	FB	31	9	3			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					198	108			0			0	19	11	27	0	0.0	12	9	3	0
9 yrs		ARI-PHO			126	67			0			0	14	8	27	0	0.0
2 yrs		BUF			32	20			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
2 yrs		WAS			31	18			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0
1 yr		NWE			9	3			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1995*	27	ARI	FB	37	16	10	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
Career					198	108	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
9 yrs		ARI-PHO			126	67	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
2 yrs		BUF			32	20
2 yrs		WAS			31	18
1 yr		NWE			9	3

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1992	24	PHO	FB	37	16	1		2	2		12	0.8
1993	25	PHO	FB	37	16	9		3	3		18	1.1
1994	26	ARI	FB	37	16	5	5	2	7		42	2.6
1995*	27	ARI	FB	37	16	10	2	2	4		24	1.5
1996*+	28	ARI	FB	37	16	14	2	7	9		54	3.4
1997	29	ARI	FB	37	15	14	1	1	2		12	0.8
1998	30	ARI	FB	37	16	12		2	2		12	0.8
1999	31	WAS	FB	37	16	12		3	3		18	1.1
2000	32	WAS	FB	37	15	6		3	3		18	1.2
2001*	33	BUF	FB	37	16	13	2	2	4		24	1.5
2002	34	BUF	FB	37	16	7	2		2		12	0.8
2003	35	NWE	FB	31	9	3		1	1		6	0.7
Career					198	108	14	28	42	0	252	1.3
9 yrs		ARI-PHO			126	67	10	19	29	0	174	1.4
2 yrs		BUF			32	20	4	2	6	0	36	1.1
2 yrs		WAS			31	18		6	6	0	36	1.2
1 yr		NWE			9	3		1	1	0	6	.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1998	30	ARI	FB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
Career				7	5	1	1	6	.9
1 yr		ARI		2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		NWE		3	2			0	0.0
1 yr		WAS		2	1			0	0.0

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