Deion Sanders

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

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 (31st 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

SUMMARY

Career

188

163

Rec

Yds

784

Y/R

13.1

FantPt

131.9

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						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/LCB	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	0	0	0	0.0	26	25	1				5
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB/WR	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	DB	37	9	2	3	87	1	48	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0			2
2005	38	BAL	DB	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	0	0	0	0.0
1994*+	27	SFO	RCB	3	3	2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	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	0.0
1 yr		SFO		3	3	2	15	0	15	0					0	0.0	6	5	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

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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/LCB	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/WR	21	16	15	1	4	0	4	4.0			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	DB	37	9	2	5	41	0	23	8.2			0			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			0			175
1 yr		SFO			14	12			0					0			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			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	25
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	4	38	0	11	9.5			0			168
1996*+	29	DAL	RCB	2	2			0			1	28	0	28	28.0	44
1998*+	31	DAL	RCB	1	1	2	41	0	41	20.5			0			41
1999*	32	DAL	RCB	1	1	2	6	0	7	3.0			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			0			1	25	0	25	25.0	40

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
1989	22	ATL	RCB/LCB	21	15	10		1	-8	-8.0	0		-8	0.1	-0.5					0						1	-8.0	-8	0	2
1990	23	ATL	RCB	21	16	16					0									0									0	4
1991*	24	ATL	RCB	21	15	15		1	17	17.0	0		17	0.1	1.1					0						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			0						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
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/WR	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			0						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			0						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	3
2004	37	BAL	DB	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	DB	37	16	4					0							1	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1	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
1 yr		WAS			16	15	2	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
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	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					64.3%	10.8			0									0
1 yr		SFO		3	3	1	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, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1989	22	ATL	RCB/LCB	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/WR	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	DB	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	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1995	28	DAL	LCB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				12	12	1	1	6	.5
4 yrs		DAL		7	7	1	1	6	.9
1 yr		ATL		2	2			0	0.0
1 yr		SFO		3	3			0	0.0

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Deion Sanders is 55 years old.

When was Deion Sanders born?

Deion Sanders was born on August 9, 1967.

Where was Deion Sanders born?

Deion Sanders was born in Fort Myers, FL.

How tall is Deion Sanders?

Deion Sanders is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Deion Sanders weigh when playing?

Deion Sanders weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Is Deion Sanders in the Hall of Fame?

Deion Sanders was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 2011.

How many games did Deion Sanders play?

Deion Sanders played 188 games over his career.

How many receptions did Deion Sanders have?

Deion Sanders had 60 receptions over his career.

How many receiving yards did Deion Sanders have?

Deion Sanders had 784 receiving yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Deion Sanders won?

Deion Sanders has won 2 Super Bowls.

When did Deion Sanders retire?

Deion Sanders last played in 2005.

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Deion Sanders is on Twitter at DeionSanders.

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Prime Time, Neon Deion, Leon Sandcastle, Coach Prime are nicknames for Deion Sanders.

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