Ricky Sanders

Ricky Wayne Sanders

Position: WR

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: September 30, 1960 in Temple, TX

College: Texas St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1590th overall since 1960)

High School: Belton (TX)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft.

2x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

134

Rec

483

Yds

6477

Y/R

13.4

FantPt

885.4

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
1986	26	WAS	WR	46	10	3		14	286	20.4	2		71	1.4	28.6					0						14	20.4	286	2	0	3
1987	27	WAS	WR	83	12	5		37	630	17.0	3		57	3.1	52.5			1	-4	0		-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	38	16.5	626	3	0	7
1988	28	WAS	WR	83	16	4		73	1148	15.7	12		55	4.6	71.8			2	14	0		7	7.0	0.9	0.1	75	15.5	1162	12	0	9
1989	29	WAS	WR	83	16	12		80	1138	14.2	4		68	5.0	71.1			4	19	0		13	4.8	1.2	0.3	84	13.8	1157	4	0	9
1990	30	WAS	WR	83	16	6		56	727	13.0	3		38	3.5	45.4			4	17	0		12	4.3	1.1	0.3	60	12.4	744	3	0	8
1991	31	WAS	WR	83	16	7		45	580	12.9	5		45	2.8	36.3			7	47	1		17	6.7	2.9	0.4	52	12.1	627	6	0	8
1992	32	WAS	WR	83	15	5	91	51	707	13.9	3		62	3.4	47.1	56.0%	7.8	4	-6	0		3	-1.5	-0.4	0.3	55	12.7	701	3	0	7
1993	33	WAS	WR	83	16	11	103	58	638	11.0	4		50	3.6	39.9	56.3%	6.2	1	7	0		7	7.0	0.4	0.1	59	10.9	645	4	1	5
1994	34	ATL	WR	83	14	12	103	67	599	8.9	1	32	28	4.8	42.8	65.0%	5.8			0						67	8.9	599	1	0	5
1995	35	ATL	WR	83	3	1	5	2	24	12.0	0	1	21	0.7	8.0	40.0%	4.8			0						2	12.0	24	0	0	0
Career					134	66	302	483	6477	13.4	37	33	71	3.6	48.3	58.9%	6.5	23	94	1	0	17	4.1	0.7	0.2	506	13.0	6571	38	1	61
8 yrs		WAS			117	53	194	414	5854	14.1	36	0	71	3.5	50.0	56.2%	6.9	23	94	1	0	17	4.1	0.8	0.2	437	13.6	5948	37	1	56
2 yrs		ATL			17	13	108	69	623	9.0	1	33	28	4.1	36.6	63.9%	5.8			0						69	9.0	623	1		5

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
1986	26	WAS		2	0		2	15	7.5	0	0	10	1.0	7.5					0						2	7.5	15	0	0
1987	27	WAS	WR	3	2		15	285	19.0	2	0	80	5.0	95.0		25.9	2	24	0	0	28	12.0	8.0	0.7	17	18.2	309	2	1
1990	30	WAS	WR	2	1		6	100	16.7	0	0	19	3.0	50.0			1	3	0	0	3	3.0	1.5	0.5	7	14.7	103	0	0
1991	31	WAS		3	0		4	79	19.8	0	0	41	1.3	26.3		26.3	1	1	0	0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	5	16.0	80	0	0
1992	32	WAS		2	0	11	4	38	9.5	0	0	13	2.0	19.0	36.4%	3.5			0						4	9.5	38	0	0
Career				12	3	25	31	517	16.7	2	0	80	2.6	43.1	58.9%	6.5	4	28	0	0	28	7.0	2.3	0.3	35	15.6	545	2	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1987	27	WAS	WR	83	12	5			0			4	118	0	39	29.5	744
1988	28	WAS	WR	83	16	4			0			19	362	0	31	19.1	1524
1989	29	WAS	WR	83	16	12	2	12	0	7	6.0	9	134	0	29	14.9	1303
1990	30	WAS	WR	83	16	6			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	766
Career					134	66	2	12	0	7	6.0	33	636	0	39	19.3	7219
8 yrs		WAS			117	53	2	12	0	7	6.0	33	636	0	39	19.3	6596
2 yrs		ATL			17	13			0					0			623

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
1987	27	WAS	WR	3	2			0			7	101	0	26	14.4	410
Career				12	3			0			7	101	0	26	14.4	646

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/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1989	29	WAS	WR	83	16	12	1	1	100.0	32	0.0	0	0.0		32	32.0	32.0	32.0	2.0	118.7	0	0	0.0	32.00	32.00
Career					134	66	1	1	100.0	32	0.0	0	0.0	0	32	32.0	32.0	32.0	0.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	32.00	32.00
8 yrs		WAS			117	53	1	1	100.0	32	0.0	0	0.0	0	32	32.0	32.0	32.0	0.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	32.00	32.00
2 yrs		ATL			17	13

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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	Sfty
1993	33	WAS	WR	83	16	11			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1994	34	ATL	WR	83	14	12			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					134	66			0			0	1	2	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		WAS			117	53			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		ATL			17	13			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0

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	Sfty
1987	27	WAS	WR	3	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				12	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1986	26	WAS	WR	46	10	3		2	2		12	1.2
1987	27	WAS	WR	83	12	5		3	3		18	1.5
1988	28	WAS	WR	83	16	4		12	12		72	4.5
1989	29	WAS	WR	83	16	12		4	4		24	1.5
1990	30	WAS	WR	83	16	6		3	3		18	1.1
1991	31	WAS	WR	83	16	7	1	5	6		36	2.3
1992	32	WAS	WR	83	15	5		3	3		18	1.2
1993	33	WAS	WR	83	16	11		4	4		24	1.5
1994	34	ATL	WR	83	14	12		1	1		6	0.4
Career					134	66	1	37	38	0	228	1.7
8 yrs		WAS			117	53	1	36	37	0	222	1.9
2 yrs		ATL			17	13		1	1	0	6	.4

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
1987	27	WAS	WR	3	2		2						2			0						12	4.0
Career				12	3		2						2			0						12	1.0

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