Kick & Punt Returns

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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 AV Awards
198625NORKR37160031866110127.99402
198726NORRB371212435208014.73063604321.210551
198827NORRB371402530516612.23267003920.99751
198928DETWR2310111760156.92464005726.77851
1990*+29DETKR231603436103910.64193906522.913000AP1, PB
1991*+30DETKR231602538517815.43692907125.813672AP1, PB
1992*31DETKR23150181751589.742100618924.011812AP2, PB
199332DETKR23110231970358.62868819524.68851
1994*+33DETKR231602123302411.1451276310228.415223AP1, PB
199534HOUKR211503030302010.153118305422.314860
199635HOUKR21140222050409.350122408824.514290
1997362TMKR140191610308.5919303321.43540
TENKR21110171440308.5818503323.13290
PHIKR28302170118.518088.0250
Career1692252275338010.942110250610224.31327913
6 yrsDET841132142727810.82165478510225.470409
3 yrsHOU-TEN400696520409.4111259208823.432440
3 yrsNOR4214965718013.4932172110123.429704
1 yrPHI302170118.518088.0250
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
198726NOR1010000.011601616.016
1991*+30DET205390137.8716905524.1208
199332DET1012202222.044401911.066
1994*+33DET1011701717.0415906839.8176
Career58780229.81638806824.3466
3 yrsDET4077802211.11537206824.8450
1 yrNOR1010000.011601616.016
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Rushing & Receiving

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Regular Season
Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1986 25 NOR NFL KR 16 0 6 29 0 11 4.8 1.8 0.4 2 45 22.5 0 38 0.1 2.8 8 9.3 74 0 0
1987 26 NOR NFL RB 12 1 8 37 1 12 4.6 3.1 0.7 6 30 5.0 0 12 0.5 2.5 14 4.8 67 1 3
1989 28 DET NFL WR 10 1 3 22 0 14 7.3 2.2 0.3 2 47 23.5 0 30 0.2 4.7 5 13.8 69 0 0
1991 30 DET NFL KR 16 0 2 11 0 6 5.5 0.7 0.1 3 42 14.0 0 31 0.2 2.6 5 10.6 53 0 3 PB,AP-1
1992 31 DET NFL KR 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 PB,AP-2
12 Yrs 169 2 19 99 1 14 5.2 0.6 0.1 1 13 164 12.6 0 38 0.1 1.0 0.0 164.0 32 8.2 263 1 31
17 Game Avg 17 0 2 10 0 14 5.2 0.6 0.1 1 16 12.6 0 38 0.1 1.0 3 0.8 26 0 3
DET (6 Yrs) 84 1 5 33 0 14 6.6 0.4 0.1 1 5 89 17.8 0 31 0.1 1.1 0.0 89.0 10 12.2 122 0 13
NOR (3 Yrs) 42 1 14 66 1 12 4.7 1.6 0.3 8 75 9.4 0 38 0.2 1.8 22 6.4 141 1 8
HOU (3 Yrs) 40 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 10
PHI (1 Yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Solo Ast Sfty Awards
1987 26 NOR NFL RB 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.0 0
1988 27 NOR NFL RB 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.0 0
1990 29 DET NFL KR 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.0 0 PB,AP-1
1991 30 DET NFL KR 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.0 0 PB,AP-1
1994 33 DET NFL KR 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 PB,AP-1
1995 34 HOU NFL KR 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 169 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 11 13 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.0 0
DET (6 Yrs) 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 13 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NOR (3 Yrs) 42 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0.0 0
HOU (3 Yrs) 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 Yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season
Scoring Summary Table
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM 2PA D2P XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G
198625NORKR371601160.4
198726NORRB371211160.5
198827NORRB371401160.4
1991*+30DETKR231601160.4
1992*31DETKR23150112120.8
199332DETKR231101160.5
1994*+33DETKR2316033181.1
Career169213610060.4
6 yrsDET841257042.5
3 yrsHOU-TEN400000.0
3 yrsNOR4211113018.4
1 yrPHI30000.0

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Hall of Fame Monitor

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