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Deion Sanders

Deion Luwynn Sanders (Prime Time, Neon Deion or Leon Sandcastle)

Position: DB-WR

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, FL

College: Florida St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 127 (30th overall since 1960)

High School: North Fort Myers (FL)

Draft: Atlanta Falcons in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2011 (Full List)

Twitter: @DeionSanders · Instagram: deionsanders

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SUMMARY

Career

G

188

AV

163

Rec

60

Yds

784

Y/R

13.1

TD

3

FantPt

131.9

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro

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	AV	Awards
1989	22	ATL	RCB	21	15	10	5	52	0	22		2	2	1	0	0	0.0	39						5
1990	23	ATL	RCB	21	16	16	3	153	2	82			4	2	0	0	0.0	50						8
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	21	15	15	6	119	1	55		2	1	1	0	0	1.0	49						14	AP2, PB
1992*+	25	ATL	RCB	21	13	12	3	105	0	55		2	3	2	0	0	0.0	66						13	AP1, PB
1993*+	26	ATL	RCB	21	11	10	7	91	0	41		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	34						13	AP DPoY-3, AP1, PB
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	21	14	12	6	303	3	93		0	0	1	0	0	0.0	36	34	2				18	AP MVP-3, AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
1995	28	DAL	LCB	21	9	9	2	34	0	34							0.0	26	25	1				5
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	21	16	15	2	3	0	2		1	2	3	15	1	0.0	33	31	2				23	AP1, PB
1997*+	30	DAL	RCB	21	13	12	2	81	1	50		0	1	0	0	0	0.0	33	30	3				17	AP1, PB
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	21	11	11	5	153	1	71		0	1	1	0	0	0.0	25	22	3				18	AP DPoY-5, AP1, PB
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	21	14	14	3	2	0	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	42	40	2	3			15	AP2, PB
2000	33	WAS	RCB	21	16	15	4	91	0	32	9	1	3	2	0	0	0.0	41	38	3	0			8
2001		Missed season - Retired
2002		Missed season - Retired
2003		Missed season - Retired
2004	37	BAL		37	9	2	3	87	1	48	5						0.0	8	7	1	0			2
2005	38	BAL		37	16	4	2	57	0	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	30	27	3	1			4
Career					188	157	53	1331	9	93	25	10	19	13	15	1	1.0	512	254	20	4			163
5 yrs		ATL			70	63	24	520	3	82		7	10	6	0	0	1.0	238		0				53
5 yrs		DAL			63	61	14	273	2	71	6	2	5	4	15	1	0.0	159	148	11	3			78
2 yrs		BAL			25	6	5	144	1	48	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	38	34	4	1			6
1 yr		SFO			14	12	6	303	3	93		0	0	1	0	0	0.0	36	34	2				18
1 yr		WAS			16	15	4	91	0	32	9	1	3	2	0	0	0.0	41	38	3	0			8

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	2	2	1	31	0	31	0						0.0
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	3	3	2	15	0	15	0						0.0	6	5	1
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	1	12	0	12	0						0.0	3	3	0
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	2	2	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	1	1	0
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	1	1											0.0	2	2	0
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
Career				12	12	5	80	0	31	1	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	14	13	1	0
4 yrs		DAL		7	7	2	34	0	22	1	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	8	8	0	0
1 yr		ATL		2	2	1	31	0	31	0						0.0
1 yr		SFO		3	3	2	15	0	15	0						0.0	6	5	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro

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
1989	22	ATL	RCB	21	15	10	28	307	1	68	11.0	35	725	0	72	20.7	1076
1990	23	ATL	RCB	21	16	16	29	250	1	79	8.6	39	851	0	50	21.8	1254
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	21	15	15	21	170	0	23	8.1	26	576	1	100	22.2	882
1992*+	25	ATL	RCB	21	13	12	13	41	0	14	3.2	40	1067	2	99	26.7	1254
1993*+	26	ATL	RCB	21	11	10	2	21	0	16	10.5	7	169	0	31	24.1	387
1995	28	DAL	LCB	21	9	9	1	54	0	43	54.0	1	15	0	15	15.0	137
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	21	16	15	1	4	0	4	4.0						499
1997*+	30	DAL	RCB	21	13	12	33	407	1	83	12.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	495
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	21	11	11	24	375	2	69	15.6	1	16	0	16	16.0	644
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	21	14	14	30	344	1	76	11.5	4	87	0	31	21.8	457
2000	33	WAS	RCB	21	16	15	25	185	0	57	7.4	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	275
2004	37	BAL		37	9	2	5	41	0	23	8.2						118
Career					188	157	212	2199	6	83	10.4	155	3523	3	100	22.7	7838
5 yrs		ATL			70	63	93	789	2	79	8.5	147	3388	3	100	23.0	4853
5 yrs		DAL			63	61	89	1184	4	83	13.3	7	136	0	31	19.4	2232
2 yrs		BAL			25	6	5	41	0	23	8.2						175
1 yr		SFO			14	12											303
1 yr		WAS			16	15	25	185	0	57	7.4	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	275

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
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	2	2	3	33	0	22	11.0	6	124	0	32	20.7	188
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	3	3						1	25	0	25	25.0	25
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	4	38	0	11	9.5						168
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	2	2						1	28	0	28	28.0	44
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	1	1	2	41	0	41	20.5						41
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	1	1	2	6	0	7	3.0						6
Career				12	12	11	118	0	41	10.7	8	177	0	32	22.1	512
4 yrs		DAL		7	7	8	85	0	41	10.6	1	28	0	28	28.0	284
1 yr		ATL		2	2	3	33	0	22	11.0	6	124	0	32	20.7	188
1 yr		SFO		3	3						1	25	0	25	25.0	40

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro

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
1989	22	ATL	RCB	21	15	10		1	-8	-8.0	0		-8	0.1	-0.5											1	-8.0	-8	0	2
1990	23	ATL	RCB	21	16	16		0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0											0		0	0	4
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	21	15	15		1	17	17.0	0		17	0.1	1.1											1	17.0	17	0	1
1992*+	25	ATL	RCB	21	13	12	4	3	45	15.0	1		37	0.2	3.5	75.0%	11.3	1	-4	0		-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	4	10.3	41	1	3
1993*+	26	ATL	RCB	21	11	10	10	6	106	17.7	1		70	0.5	9.6	60.0%	10.6									6	17.7	106	1	0
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	21	14	12	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0
1995	28	DAL	LCB	21	9	9	5	2	25	12.5	0	1	19	0.2	2.8	40.0%	5.0	2	9	0	1	8	4.5	1.0	0.2	4	8.5	34	0	0
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	21	16	15	67	36	475	13.2	1	24	41	2.3	29.7	53.7%	7.1	3	2	0	0	3	0.7	0.1	0.2	39	12.2	477	1	2
1997*+	30	DAL	RCB	21	13	12	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	1	-11	0		-11	-11.0	-0.8	0.1	1	-11.0	-11	0	1
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	21	11	11	11	7	100	14.3	0	4	55	0.6	9.1	63.6%	9.1									7	14.3	100	0	1
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	21	14	14	9	4	24	6.0	0	1	9	0.3	1.7	44.4%	2.7									4	6.0	24	0	1
2000	33	WAS	RCB	21	16	15	2	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	3
2004	37	BAL		37	9	2	2	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	1	-10	0		-10	-10.0	-1.1	0.1	1	-10.0	-10	0	0
2005	38	BAL		37	16	4	0	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%		1	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1	0.0	0	0	1
Career					188	157	112	60	784	13.1	3	30	70	0.3	4.2	51.8%	6.9	9	-14	0	1	8	-1.6	-0.1	0.0	69	11.2	770	3	19
5 yrs		ATL			70	63	14	11	160	14.5	2	0	70	0.2	2.3	64.3%	10.8	1	-4	0	0	0	-4.0	-0.1	0.0	12	13.0	156	2	10
5 yrs		DAL			63	61	93	49	624	12.7	1	30	55	0.8	9.9	52.7%	6.7	6	0	0	1	8	0.0	0.0	0.1	55	11.3	624	1	5
2 yrs		BAL			25	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	2	-10	0	0	0	-5.0	-0.4	0.1	2	-5.0	-10	0	1
1 yr		SFO			14	12	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0
1 yr		WAS			16	15	2	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	3

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
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	5	3	95	31.7	0	2	47	1.0	31.7	60.0%	19.0	3	23	1	1	21	7.7	7.7	1.0	6	19.7	118	1	0
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	1	16	0	1	16	16.0	16.0	1.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0											0		0	0	1
Career				12	12	7	3	95	31.7	0	2	47	0.3	7.9	42.9%	13.6	4	39	1	2	21	9.8	3.3	0.3	7	19.1	134	1	1
4 yrs		DAL		7	7	6	3	95	31.7	0	2	47	0.4	13.6	50.0%	15.8	4	39	1	2	21	9.8	5.6	0.6	7	19.1	134	1	1
1 yr		ATL		2	2		0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	64.3%	10.8									0		0	0	0
1 yr		SFO		3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0									0		0	0	0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1993*+	26	ATL	RCB	21	11	10		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	21	14	14		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career					188	157		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5 yrs		ATL			70	63		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
5 yrs		DAL			63	61		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
2 yrs		BAL			25	6		0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		SFO			14	12		0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		WAS			16	15		0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro

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
1989	22	ATL	RCB	21	15	10			1					1									6	0.4
1990	23	ATL	RCB	21	16	16			1			2		3									18	1.1
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	21	15	15				1		1		2									12	0.8
1992*+	25	ATL	RCB	21	13	12		1		2				3									18	1.4
1993*+	26	ATL	RCB	21	11	10		1						1									6	0.5
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	21	14	12						3		3									18	1.3
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	21	16	15		1			1			2									12	0.8
1997*+	30	DAL	RCB	21	13	12			1			1		2									12	0.9
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	21	11	11			2			1		3									18	1.6
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	21	14	14			1					1									6	0.4
2004	37	BAL		37	9	2						1		1									6	0.7
Career					188	157		3	6	3	1	9		22			0						132	.7
5 yrs		ATL			70	63		2	2	3		3		10			0						60	.9
5 yrs		DAL			63	61		1	4		1	2		8			0						48	.8
2 yrs		BAL			25	6						1		1			0						6	.2
1 yr		SFO			14	12						3		3			0						18	1.3
1 yr		WAS			16	15											0						0	0.0

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
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	1							1			0						6	2.0
Career				12	12	1							1			0						6	.5
4 yrs		DAL		7	7	1							1			0						6	.9
1 yr		ATL		2	2											0						0	0.0
1 yr		SFO		3	3											0						0	0.0

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