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Desmond Howard

Desmond Kevin Howard (Magic)

Position: WR

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: May 15, 1970 in Cleveland, OH

College: Michigan (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 18 (5814th overall since 1960)

High School: Villa Angela-St. Joseph (OH)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @DesmondHoward

SUMMARY

Career

156

Rec

123

Yds

1597

Y/R

13.0

FantPt

239.5

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	Awards
1992	22	WAS	wr	80	16	1	6	84	1	55	14.0	22	462	0	42	21.0	580	1	AP ORoY-6
1993	23	WAS	wr	80	16	5	4	25	0	13	6.3	21	405	0	33	19.3	733	2
1994	24	WAS	WR	80	16	15											731	6
1995	25	JAX	wr	81	13	6	24	246	0	40	10.3	10	178	0	24	17.8	708	2
1996	26	GNB	wr	81	16	0	58	875	3	92	15.1	22	460	0	40	20.9	1430	4
1997	27	OAK	wr	80	15	0	27	210	0	32	7.8	61	1318	0	45	21.6	1558	0
1998	28	OAK	wr	80	15	1	45	541	2	75	12.0	49	1040	0	42	21.2	1597	2
1999	29	2TM			13	0	18	208	1	68	11.6	34	662	0	35	19.5	870	1
		DET	wr	18	5	0	6	115	1	68	19.2	15	298	0	35	19.9	413	1
		GNB	wr	82	8	0	12	93	0	20	7.8	19	364	0	31	19.2	457	0
2000*	30	DET	wr	80	15	0	31	457	1	95	14.7	57	1401	0	70	24.6	1872	1	PB
2001	31	DET	wr	80	14	1	22	201	0	34	9.1	57	1446	0	91	25.4	1805	1
2002	32	DET	wr	80	7	0	9	48	0	14	5.3	26	587	0	70	22.6	635	0
Career					156	29	244	2895	8	95	11.9	359	7959	0	91	22.2	12519	20
4 yrs		DET			41	1	68	821	2	95	12.1	155	3732	0	91	24.1	4725	3
3 yrs		WAS			48	21	10	109	1	55	10.9	43	867	0	42	20.2	2044	9
2 yrs		GNB			24	0	70	968	3	92	13.8	41	824	0	40	20.1	1887	4
2 yrs		OAK			30	1	72	751	2	75	10.4	110	2358	0	45	21.4	3155	2
1 yr		JAX			13	6	24	246	0	40	10.3	10	178	0	24	17.8	708	2

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
1996	26	GNB		3	0	9	210	1	71	23.3	9	277	1	99	30.8	487
Career				3		9	210	1	71	23.3	9	277	1	99	30.8	487

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Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

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
1992	22	WAS	wr	80	16	1	4	3	20	6.7	0		8	0.2	1.3	75.0%	5.0	3	14	0		7	4.7	0.9	0.2	6	5.7	34	0	1
1993	23	WAS	wr	80	16	5	52	23	286	12.4	0		27	1.4	17.9	44.2%	5.5	2	17	0		9	8.5	1.1	0.1	25	12.1	303	0	0
1994	24	WAS	WR	80	16	15	103	40	727	18.2	5	33	81	2.5	45.4	38.8%	7.1	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	41	17.8	731	5	0
1995	25	JAX	wr	81	13	6	56	26	276	10.6	1	15	24	2.0	21.2	46.4%	4.9	1	8	0	0	8	8.0	0.6	0.1	27	10.5	284	1	0
1996	26	GNB	wr	81	16	0	23	13	95	7.3	0	5	12	0.8	5.9	56.5%	4.1									13	7.3	95	0	2
1997	27	OAK	wr	80	15	0	5	4	30	7.5	0		9	0.3	2.0	80.0%	6.0									4	7.5	30	0	2
1998	28	OAK	wr	80	15	1	2	2	16	8.0	0	1	10	0.1	1.1	100.0%	8.0									2	8.0	16	0	4
1999	29	2TM			13	0	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0
		GNB	wr	82	8	0	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0
2000*	30	DET	wr	80	15	0	3	2	14	7.0	0		10	0.1	0.9	66.7%	4.7									2	7.0	14	0	2
2001	31	DET	wr	80	14	1	14	10	133	13.3	1	5	36	0.7	9.5	71.4%	9.5	5	25	0	1	7	5.0	1.8	0.4	15	10.5	158	1	1
Career					156	29	263	123	1597	13.0	7	59	81	0.8	10.2	46.8%	6.1	12	68	0	1	9	5.7	0.4	0.1	135	12.3	1665	7	12
4 yrs		DET			41	1	17	12	147	12.3	1	5	36	0.3	3.6	70.6%	8.6	5	25	0	1	7	5.0	0.6	0.1	17	10.1	172	1	3
3 yrs		WAS			48	21	159	66	1033	15.7	5	33	81	1.4	21.5	41.5%	6.5	6	35	0	0	9	5.8	0.7	0.1	72	14.8	1068	5	1
2 yrs		GNB			24	0	24	13	95	7.3	0	5	12	0.5	4.0	54.2%	4.0									13	7.3	95	0	2
2 yrs		OAK			30	1	7	6	46	7.7	0	1	10	0.2	1.5	85.7%	6.6									6	7.7	46	0	6
1 yr		JAX			13	6	56	26	276	10.6	1	15	24	2.0	21.2	46.4%	4.9	1	8	0	0	8	8.0	0.6	0.1	27	10.5	284	1	0

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
1992	22	WAS	wr	80	16	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1996	26	GNB	wr	81	16	0						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
1997	27	OAK	wr	80	15	0						0	2	2	0	0	0.0
1998	28	OAK	wr	80	15	1						0	4	0	0	0	0.0
2000*	30	DET	wr	80	15	0						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2001	31	DET	wr	80	14	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					156	29						0	12	4	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		DET			41	1						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		WAS			48	21						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		GNB			24	0						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		OAK			30	1						0	6	2	0	0	0.0
1 yr		JAX			13	6											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	PR TD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1992	22	WAS	wr	80	16	1		1	1			6	0.4
1994	24	WAS	WR	80	16	15	5		5	1		32	2.0
1995	25	JAX	wr	81	13	6	1		1			6	0.5
1996	26	GNB	wr	81	16	0		3	3			18	1.1
1998	28	OAK	wr	80	15	1		2	2			12	0.8
1999	29	2TM			13	0		1	1		0	6	0.5
		DET	wr	18	5	0		1	1			6	1.2
2000*	30	DET	wr	80	15	0		1	1			6	0.4
2001	31	DET	wr	80	14	1	1		1			6	0.4
Career					156	29	7	8	15	1	0	92	.6
4 yrs		DET			41	1	1	2	3		0	18	.4
3 yrs		WAS			48	21	5	1	6	1	0	38	.8
2 yrs		GNB			24	0		3	3		0	18	.8
2 yrs		OAK			30	1		2	2		0	12	.4
1 yr		JAX			13	6	1		1		0	6	.5

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
1996	26	GNB		3	0			1	1				2			0						12	4.0
Career				3				1	1				2			0						12	4.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 12.30 (406th among WR, average HOF WR is 103.63)

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