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Alvin Garrett

Alvin Lynn Garrett

Position: WR-RB

5-7, 178lb (170cm, 80kg)

Born: October 1, 1956 in Mineral Wells, TX

College: Angelo State (TX)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 5 (10768th overall since 1960)

High School: Mineral Wells (TX)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 9th round (237th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

1x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

Rec

Yds

412

Y/R

12.9

FantPt

50.5

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	AV
1980	24	NYG	RB	25	15	0	35	287	0	66	8.2	28	527	0	41	18.8	914	1
1981	25	2TM	WR		13	0	8	57	0	18	7.1	18	401	0	35	22.3	460	0
		NYG	WR	84	9	0	8	57	0	18	7.1	16	361	0	35	22.6	420	0
		WAS	WR	89	4	0			0			2	40	0	21	20.0	40	0
1982	26	WAS	WR	89	9	0			0			2	35	0	18	17.5	41	0
1983	27	WAS	WR	89	15	6			0			2	50	0	28	25.0	382	4
1984	28	WAS	WR	89	3	0			0					0			5	0
Career					55	6	43	344	0	66	8.0	50	1013	0	41	20.3	1802	5
4 yrs		WAS			31	6			0			6	125	0	28	20.8	468	4
2 yrs		NYG			24	0	43	344	0	66	8.0	44	888	0	41	20.2	1334	1

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
1982	26	WAS	WR	4	4			0					0			290
1983	27	WAS		3	0			0			9	178	0	38	19.8	208
Career				7	4			0			9	178	0	38	19.8	498

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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	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1980	24	NYG	RB	25	15	0	5	69	13.8	1	32	0.3	4.6	9	31	0	10	3.4	2.1	0.6	14	7.1	100	1	5
1981	25	2TM	WR		13	0				0				1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	1	2.0	2	0	1
		NYG	WR	84	9	0				0				1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	1	2.0	2	0	1
1982	26	WAS	WR	89	9	0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.7			0					1	6.0	6	0	0
1983	27	WAS	WR	89	15	6	25	332	13.3	1	84	1.7	22.1	2	0	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.1	27	12.3	332	1	0
1984	28	WAS	WR	89	3	0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.3	1.7			0					1	5.0	5	0	0
Career					55	6	32	412	12.9	2	84	0.6	7.5	12	33	0	10	2.8	0.6	0.2	44	10.1	445	2	6
4 yrs		WAS			31	6	27	343	12.7	1	84	0.9	11.1	2	0	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.1	29	11.8	343	1
2 yrs		NYG			24	0	5	69	13.8	1	32	0.2	2.9	10	33	0	10	3.3	1.4	0.4	15	6.8	102	1	6

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1982	26	WAS	WR	4	4	15	244	16.3	5	46	3.8	61.0	3	46	0	44	15.3	11.5	0.8	18	16.1	290	5	0
1983	27	WAS		3	0	3	30	10.0	0	17	1.5	15.0			0					3	10.0	30	0	0
Career				7	4	18	274	15.2	5	46	2.6	39.1	3	46	0	44	15.3	6.6	0.4	21	15.2	320	5

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1980	24	NYG	RB	25	15	0			0				5	3	0	0	0.0
1981	25	2TM	WR		13	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
		NYG	WR	84	9	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					55				0				6	3	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		WAS			31	6			0							0	0.0
2 yrs		NYG			24	0			0				6	3	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1980	24	NYG	RB	25	15	0	1	1		6	0.4
1983	27	WAS	WR	89	15	6	1	1		6	0.4
Career					55	6	2	2	0	12	.2
4 yrs		WAS			31	6	1	1	0	6	.2
2 yrs		NYG			24	0	1	1	0	6	.3

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1982	26	WAS	WR	4	4		5						5			0						30	7.5
Career				7	4		5						5			0						30	4.3

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PFR HOF Monitor: 4.48 (679th among WR, average HOF WR is 103.63)

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