David Patten

David Patten

Position: WR

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: August 19, 1974 in Columbia, SC

Died: September 2, 2021 in Columbia, SC

College: Western Carolina

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 41 (2420th overall since 1960)

High School: Lower Richland (SC)

3x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

147

Rec

324

Yds

4715

Y/R

14.6

FantPt

638.5

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	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	AV
1997	23	NYG	wr	83	16	3	33	13	226	17.4	2	9	40	0.8	14.1	39.4%	6.8	1	2	0	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	14	16.3	228	2	2	2
1998	24	NYG	wr	83	12	0	27	11	119	10.8	1	6	39	0.9	9.9	40.7%	4.4									11	10.8	119	1	0	2
1999	25	NYG	wr	85	16	0	28	9	115	12.8	0	6	19	0.6	7.2	32.1%	4.1	1	27	0	1	27	27.0	1.7	0.1	10	14.2	142	0	0	1
2000	26	CLE	WR	82	14	11	72	38	546	14.4	1	20	65	2.7	39.0	52.8%	7.6									38	14.4	546	1	2	4
2001	27	NWE	WR	86	16	14	94	51	749	14.7	4	34	91	3.2	46.8	54.3%	8.0	5	67	1	3	29	13.4	4.2	0.3	56	14.6	816	5	1	9
2002	28	NWE	WR	86	16	14	120	61	824	13.5	5	39	39	3.8	51.5	50.8%	6.9	2	6	0	0	7	3.0	0.4	0.1	63	13.2	830	5	0	8
2003	29	NWE	wr	86	6	5	22	9	140	15.6	0	6	42	1.5	23.3	40.9%	6.4	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	0.7	0.2	10	14.4	144	0	0	1
2004	30	NWE	WR	86	16	11	95	44	800	18.2	7	36	48	2.8	50.0	46.3%	8.4	1	5	0	0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	45	17.9	805	7	0	10
2005	31	WAS	WR	80	9	7	53	22	217	9.9	0	10	32	2.4	24.1	41.5%	4.1									22	9.9	217	0	0	2
2006	32	WAS	wr	80	5	0	4	1	25	25.0	0	1	25	0.2	5.0	25.0%	6.3									1	25.0	25	0	0	0
2007	33	NOR	wr	81	16	5	87	54	792	14.7	3	37	58	3.4	49.5	62.1%	9.1	2	-5	0	0	1	-2.5	-0.3	0.1	56	14.1	787	3	2	7
2008	34	NOR	wr	81	5	3	20	11	162	14.7	1	7	39	2.2	32.4	55.0%	8.1									11	14.7	162	1	0	2
Career					147	73	655	324	4715	14.6	24	211	91	2.2	32.1	49.5%	7.2	13	106	1	4	29	8.2	0.7	0.1	337	14.3	4821	25	7	48
4 yrs		NWE			54	44	331	165	2513	15.2	16	115	91	3.1	46.5	49.8%	7.6	9	82	1	3	29	9.1	1.5	0.2	174	14.9	2595	17	1	28
3 yrs		NYG			44	3	88	33	460	13.9	3	21	40	0.8	10.5	37.5%	5.2	2	29	0	1	27	14.5	0.7	0.0	35	14.0	489	3	2	5
2 yrs		NOR			21	8	107	65	954	14.7	4	44	58	3.1	45.4	60.7%	8.9	2	-5	0	0	1	-2.5	-0.2	0.1	67	14.2	949	4	2	9
2 yrs		WAS			14	7	57	23	242	10.5	0	11	32	1.6	17.3	40.4%	4.2									23	10.5	242	0	0	2
1 yr		CLE			14	11	72	38	546	14.4	1	20	65	2.7	39.0	52.8%	7.6									38	14.4	546	1	2	4

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1997	23	NYG	WR	1	1	8	5	86	17.2	0	3	37	5.0	86.0	62.5%	10.8									5	17.2	86	0	0
2001	27	NWE	WR	3	3	31	13	154	11.8	2	12	25	4.3	51.3	41.9%	5.0	1	22	0	1	22	22.0	7.3	0.3	14	12.6	176	2	0
2004	30	NWE	WR	3	0	10	2	20	10.0	0	2	12	0.7	6.7	20.0%	2.0									2	10.0	20	0	0
Career				7	4	49	20	260	13.0	2	17	37	2.9	37.1	40.8%	5.3	1	22	0	1	22	22.0	3.1	0.1	21	13.4	282	2	0
2 yrs		NWE		6	3	41	15	174	11.6	2	14	25	2.5	29.0	36.6%	4.2	1	22	0	1	22	22.0	3.7	0.2	16	12.3	196	2	0
1 yr		NYG		1	1	8	5	86	17.2	0	3	37	5.0	86.0	62.5%	10.8									5	17.2	86	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1997	23	NYG	wr	83	16	3						8	123	0	26	15.4	351
1998	24	NYG	wr	83	12	0						43	928	1	90	21.6	1047
1999	25	NYG	wr	85	16	0						33	673	0	45	20.4	815
2000	26	CLE	WR	82	14	11						22	469	0	62	21.3	1015
2001	27	NWE	WR	86	16	14						2	44	0	24	22.0	860
2004	30	NWE	WR	86	16	11						1	16	0	16	16.0	821
2007	33	NOR	wr	81	16	5						2	20	0	10	10.0	807
Career					147	73						111	2273	1	90	20.5	7094
4 yrs		NWE			54	44						3	60	0	24	20.0	2655
3 yrs		NYG			44	3						84	1724	1	90	20.5	2213
2 yrs		NOR			21	8						2	20	0	10	10.0	969
2 yrs		WAS			14	7											242
1 yr		CLE			14	11						22	469	0	62	21.3	1015

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2001	27	NWE	WR	86	16	14	1	2	50	60	1	50	1	50	1	60	30.0	17.5	60.0	3.8	95.8	0	30.00	17.50
2002	28	NWE	WR	86	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
Career					147	73	1	3	33.3	60	1	33.3	1	33.3	1	60	20.0	11.7	60.0	0.4	81.9	0	20.00	11.67
4 yrs		NWE			54	44	1	3	33.3	60	1	33.3	1	33.3	1	60	20.0	11.7	60.0	1.1	81.9	0	20.00	11.67
3 yrs		NYG			44	3	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0
2 yrs		NOR			21	8	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0
2 yrs		WAS			14	7	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0
1 yr		CLE			14	11	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0

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
1997	23	NYG	wr	83	16	3						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
1999	25	NYG	wr	85	16	0											0.0	4	2	2	0
2000	26	CLE	WR	82	14	11						0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
2001	27	NWE	WR	86	16	14						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2007	33	NOR	wr	81	16	5						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					147	73						0	7	1	0	0	0.0	6	4	2	0	0
4 yrs		NWE			54	44						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		NYG			44	3						0	2	1	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
2 yrs		NOR			21	8						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			14	7											0.0
1 yr		CLE			14	11						0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1997	23	NYG	wr	83	16	3		2		2		12	0.8
1998	24	NYG	wr	83	12	0		1	1	2		12	1.0
2000	26	CLE	WR	82	14	11		1		1		6	0.4
2001	27	NWE	WR	86	16	14	1	4		5		30	1.9
2002	28	NWE	WR	86	16	14		5		5		30	1.9
2004	30	NWE	WR	86	16	11		7		7		42	2.6
2007	33	NOR	wr	81	16	5		3		3		18	1.1
2008	34	NOR	wr	81	5	3		1		1		6	1.2
Career					147	73	1	24	1	26	0	156	1.1
4 yrs		NWE			54	44	1	16		17	0	102	1.9
3 yrs		NYG			44	3		3	1	4	0	24	.5
2 yrs		NOR			21	8		4		4	0	24	1.1
2 yrs		WAS			14	7					0	0	0.0
1 yr		CLE			14	11		1		1	0	6	.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2001	27	NWE	WR	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
Career				7	4	2	2	12	1.7
2 yrs		NWE		6	3	2	2	12	2.0
1 yr		NYG		1	1			0	0.0

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