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Dennis Gentry

Dennis Louis Gentry

Position: WR-RB

5-8, 181lb (173cm, 82kg)

Born: February 10, 1959 in Lubbock, TX

College: Baylor (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 24 (4712th overall since 1960)

High School: Dunbar (TX)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 4th round (89th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

1x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

159

Rec

171

Yds

2076

Y/R

12.1

FantPt

362.0

Rush

137

Yds

764

Y/A

5.6

FantPt

362.0

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	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1982	23	CHI	RB	29	9	0		1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.0			4	21	0	9	5.3	2.3	0.4	5	6.0	30	0	4	0
1983	24	CHI	RB	29	15	0		2	8	4.0	0	6	0.1	0.5			16	65	0	17	4.1	4.3	1.1	18	4.1	73	0	1	0
1984	25	CHI	RB	29	16	0		4	29	7.3	0	13	0.3	1.8			21	79	1	28	3.8	4.9	1.3	25	4.3	108	1	0	1
1985	26	CHI	WR	29	16	0		5	77	15.4	0	30	0.3	4.8			30	160	2	21	5.3	10.0	1.9	35	6.8	237	2	0	3
1986	27	CHI	WR	29	15	2		19	238	12.5	0	41	1.3	15.9			11	103	1	29	9.4	6.9	0.7	30	11.4	341	1	0	4
1987	28	CHI	WR	29	12	0		17	183	10.8	1	38	1.4	15.3			6	41	0	12	6.8	3.4	0.5	23	9.7	224	1	2	3	AP2
1988	29	CHI	WR	29	16	16		33	486	14.7	3	45	2.1	30.4			7	86	1	58	12.3	5.4	0.4	40	14.3	572	4	2	5
1989	30	CHI	WR	29	16	6		39	463	11.9	1	79	2.4	28.9			17	106	0	29	6.2	6.6	1.1	56	10.2	569	1	1	5
1990	31	CHI	WR	29	14	5		23	320	13.9	2	80	1.6	22.9			11	43	0	11	3.9	3.1	0.8	34	10.7	363	2	1	4
1991	32	CHI	WR	29	15	0		16	149	9.3	0	18	1.1	9.9			9	58	0	17	6.4	3.9	0.6	25	8.3	207	0	1	2
1992	33	CHI	WR	29	15	1	30	12	114	9.5	0	18	0.8	7.6	40.0%	3.8	5	2	0	3	0.4	0.1	0.3	17	6.8	116	0	0	1
Career					159	30	30	171	2076	12.1	7	80	1.1	13.1	40%	3.8	137	764	5	58	5.6	4.8	0.9	308	9.2	2840	12	12	28

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving										Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1984	25	CHI		2	0					0								0								0	0
1985	26	CHI		3	0		3	82	27.3	0	41	1.0	27.3		27.3	6	23	0	8	3.8	7.7	2.0	9	11.7	105	0	1
1986	27	CHI		1	0					0								0								0	0
1987	28	CHI		1	0		3	43	14.3	0	24	3.0	43.0			2	5	0	3	2.5	5.0	2.0	5	9.6	48	0	0
1988	29	CHI	WR	2	2		3	16	5.3	0	7	1.5	8.0			1	6	0	6	6.0	3.0	0.5	4	5.5	22	0	0
1990	31	CHI		2	0		4	64	16.0	0	38	2.0	32.0					0					4	16.0	64	0	0
1991	32	CHI	WR	1	0																						0
Career				12	2		13	205	15.8	0	41	1.1	17.1	433.3%	68.3	9	34	0	8	3.8	2.8	0.8	22	10.9	239	0	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1982	23	CHI	RB	29	9	0	17	89	0	16	5.2	9	161	0	23	17.9	280
1983	24	CHI	RB	29	15	0			0			7	130	0	28	18.6	203
1984	25	CHI	RB	29	16	0			0			11	209	0	33	19.0	317
1985	26	CHI	WR	29	16	0	0	47	0	47		18	466	1	94	25.9	750
1986	27	CHI	WR	29	15	2			0			20	576	1	91	28.8	917
1987	28	CHI	WR	29	12	0			0			25	621	1	88	24.8	845
1988	29	CHI	WR	29	16	16			0			27	578	0	51	21.4	1150
1989	30	CHI	WR	29	16	6			0			28	667	0	63	23.8	1236
1990	31	CHI	WR	29	14	5			0			18	388	0	59	21.6	751
1991	32	CHI	WR	29	15	0			0			13	227	0	27	17.5	434
1992	33	CHI	WR	29	15	1			0			16	330	0	66	20.6	446
Career					159	30	17	136	0	47	8.0	192	4353	3	94	22.7	7329

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
1984	25	CHI		2	0			0			3	49	0	18	16.3	49
1985	26	CHI		3	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	31
1986	27	CHI		1	0			0			3	127	0	60	42.3	127
1987	28	CHI		1	0			0			2	74	0	49	37.0	122
1988	29	CHI	WR	2	2			0			5	82	0	23	16.4	104
1990	31	CHI		2	0			0			3	81	0	39	27.0	145
Career				12	2			0			17	435	0	60	25.6	674

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1982	23	CHI	RB	29	9	0			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1983	24	CHI	RB	29	15	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1987	28	CHI	WR	29	12	0			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1988	29	CHI	WR	29	16	16			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1989	30	CHI	WR	29	16	6			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1990	31	CHI	WR	29	14	5			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1991	32	CHI	WR	29	15	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					159	30			0				12	1	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1985	26	CHI		3	0			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				12				0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	OthTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1984	25	CHI	RB	29	16	0	1				1		6	0.4
1985	26	CHI	WR	29	16	0	2		1		3		18	1.1
1986	27	CHI	WR	29	15	2	1		1	1	3		18	1.2
1987	28	CHI	WR	29	12	0		1	1		2		12	1.0
1988	29	CHI	WR	29	16	16	1	3			4		24	1.5
1989	30	CHI	WR	29	16	6		1			1		6	0.4
1990	31	CHI	WR	29	14	5		2			2		12	0.9
Career					159	30	5	7	3	1	16	0	96	.6

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