Receiving & Rushing
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| Games | Receiving | Rushing | Total Yds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | |||||||
| 1978* | 22 | SDG | WR | 83 | 14 | 14 | 56 | 1001 | 17.9 | 13 | 46 | 4.0 | 71.5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 57 | 17.7 | 1008 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| 1979*+ | 23 | SDG | WR | 83 | 15 | 15 | 61 | 1090 | 17.9 | 10 | 65 | 4.1 | 72.7 | 61 | 17.9 | 1090 | 10 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1980*+ | 24 | SDG | WR | 83 | 16 | 16 | 82 | 1340 | 16.3 | 13 | 58 | 5.1 | 83.8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 83 | 16.3 | 1356 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 1981 | 25 | GNB | WR | 83 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 632 | 16.2 | 4 | 41 | 3.0 | 48.6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 41 | 16.0 | 654 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1982* | 26 | GNB | WR | 83 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 452 | 16.7 | 0 | 50 | 3.4 | 56.5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 29 | 16.1 | 468 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1983 | 27 | GNB | WR | 83 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 830 | 14.6 | 7 | 36 | 3.6 | 51.9 | 57 | 14.6 | 830 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 1984 | 28 | GNB | WR | 83 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 339 | 13.0 | 0 | 33 | 2.0 | 26.1 | 26 | 13.0 | 339 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 1985 | 29 | CLE | 89 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 10.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 102 | 96 | 351 | 5714 | 16.3 | 47 | 65 | 3.4 | 56.0 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 16 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 357 | 16.2 | 5775 | 47 | 1 | 61 | ||||
| 4 yrs | GNB | 50 | 49 | 149 | 2253 | 15.1 | 11 | 50 | 3.0 | 45.1 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 153 | 15.0 | 2291 | 11 | 1 | 25 | |||
| 3 yrs | SDG | 45 | 45 | 199 | 3431 | 17.2 | 36 | 65 | 4.4 | 76.2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 201 | 17.2 | 3454 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |||
| 1 yr | CLE | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 3 | 10.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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