Gerald Riggs

Gerald Antonio Riggs

Position: RB

6-1, 230lb (185cm, 104kg)

Born: November 6, 1960 in Tullos, LA

College: Arizona St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 55 (1330th overall since 1960)

High School: Bonanza (NV)

Draft: Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

129

Rush

1989

Yds

8188

Y/A

4.1

FantPt

1346.4

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1982	22	ATL	RB	42	9	0	78	299	5	37	3.8	33.2	8.7	23	185	8.0	0	15	2.6	20.6	101	4.8	484	5	1	6
1983	23	ATL	RB	42	14	0	100	437	8	40	4.4	31.2	7.1	17	149	8.8	0	25	1.2	10.6	117	5.0	586	8	7	5
1984	24	ATL	RB	42	15	14	353	1486	13	57	4.2	99.1	23.5	42	277	6.6	0	21	2.8	18.5	395	4.5	1763	13	11	11
1985*	25	ATL	RB	42	16	16	397	1719	10	50	4.3	107.4	24.8	33	267	8.1	0	44	2.1	16.7	430	4.6	1986	10	0	13	AP2, PB
1986*	26	ATL	RB	42	16	15	343	1327	9	31	3.9	82.9	21.4	24	136	5.7	0	11	1.5	8.5	367	4.0	1463	9	6	8	PB
1987*	27	ATL	RB	42	12	12	203	875	2	44	4.3	72.9	16.9	25	199	8.0	0	48	2.1	16.6	228	4.7	1074	2	4	6	PB
1988	28	ATL	RB	42	9	9	113	488	1	34	4.3	54.2	12.6	22	171	7.8	0	30	2.4	19.0	135	4.9	659	1	3	4
1989	29	WAS	RB	37	12	7	201	834	4	58	4.1	69.5	16.8	7	67	9.6	0	13	0.6	5.6	208	4.3	901	4	3	6
1990	30	WAS	RB	37	10	0	123	475	6	20	3.9	47.5	12.3	7	60	8.6	0	18	0.7	6.0	130	4.1	535	6	2	4
1991	31	WAS	RB	37	16	0	78	248	11	32	3.2	15.5	4.9	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.3	79	3.2	253	11	1	2
Career					129	73	1989	8188	69	58	4.1	63.5	15.4	201	1516	7.5	0	48	1.6	11.8	2190	4.4	9704	69	38	65
7 yrs		ATL			91	66	1587	6631	48	57	4.2	72.9	17.4	186	1384	7.4	0	48	2.0	15.2	1773	4.5	8015	48	32	53
3 yrs		WAS			38	7	402	1557	21	58	3.9	41.0	10.6	15	132	8.8	0	18	0.4	3.5	417	4.1	1689	21	6	12

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1982	22	ATL		1	0	9	38	0	16	4.2	38.0	9.0	2	16	8.0	0	16	2.0	16.0	11	4.9	54	0	0
1990	30	WAS		2	0	24	63	0	20	2.6	31.5	12.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.5	4.0	25	2.8	71	0	1
1991	31	WAS		3	0	11	19	6	4	1.7	6.3	3.7				0				11	1.7	19	6	0
Career				6		44	120	6	20	2.7	20.0	7.3	3	24	8.0	0	16	0.5	4.0	47	3.1	144	6	1
2 yrs		WAS		5	0	35	82	6	20	2.3	16.4	7.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.2	1.6	36	2.5	90	6	1
1 yr		ATL		1	0	9	38	0	16	4.2	38.0	9.0	2	16	8.0	0	16	2.0	16.0	11	4.9	54	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
1983	23	ATL	RB	42	14	0			0			17	330	0	35	19.4	916
Career					129				0			17	330	0	35	19.4	10034
7 yrs		ATL			91	66			0			17	330	0	35	19.4	8345
3 yrs		WAS			38	7			0					0			1689

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	22	ATL	RB	42	9	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1983	23	ATL	RB	42	14	0			0				7	1	0	0	0.0
1984	24	ATL	RB	42	15	14			0				11	2	0	0	0.0
1986*	26	ATL	RB	42	16	15			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1987*	27	ATL	RB	42	12	12			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1988	28	ATL	RB	42	9	9			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1989	29	WAS	RB	37	12	7			0				3	0	0	0	0.0
1990	30	WAS	RB	37	10	0			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1991	31	WAS	RB	37	16	0			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					129	73			0				38	6	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		ATL			91	66			0				32	5	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		WAS			38	7			0				6	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
1990	30	WAS		2	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				6				0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS		5	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		ATL		1	0			0							0	0.0

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%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1986*	26	ATL	RB	42	16	15	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					129	73	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
7 yrs		ATL			91	66	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
3 yrs		WAS			38	7

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	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1982	22	ATL	RB	42	9	0	5	5		30	3.3
1983	23	ATL	RB	42	14	0	8	8		48	3.4
1984	24	ATL	RB	42	15	14	13	13		78	5.2
1985*	25	ATL	RB	42	16	16	10	10		60	3.8
1986*	26	ATL	RB	42	16	15	9	9		54	3.4
1987*	27	ATL	RB	42	12	12	2	2		12	1.0
1988	28	ATL	RB	42	9	9	1	1		6	0.7
1989	29	WAS	RB	37	12	7	4	4		24	2.0
1990	30	WAS	RB	37	10	0	6	6		36	3.6
1991	31	WAS	RB	37	16	0	11	11		66	4.1
Career					129	73	69	69	0	414	3.2
7 yrs		ATL			91	66	48	48	0	288	3.2
3 yrs		WAS			38	7	21	21	0	126	3.3

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1991	31	WAS	3	0	6	6	36	12.0
Career			6		6	6	36	6.0
2 yrs		WAS	5	0	6	6	36	7.2
1 yr		ATL	1	0			0	0.0

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