Darren Sharper

Darren Mallory Sharper

Position: DB

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: November 3, 1975 in Richmond, VA

College: William & Mary

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 89 (272nd overall since 1960)

High School: Hermitage (VA)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (60th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Brother Jamie Sharper

SUMMARY

Career

205

119

Int

Yds

1412

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
1997	22	GNB	DB	42	14	0	2	70	2	50		1	1	1	34	1	0.0	13	12	1				3
1998	23	GNB	FS	42	16	16			0			0					0.0	73	53	20				6
1999	24	GNB	FS	42	16	16	3	12	0	9	5	0	0	1	9	0	1.0	113	86	27	2			6
2000*+	25	GNB	FS	42	16	16	9	109	0	47	17	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	92	72	20	5			14	AP CPoY-7, AP1, PB
2001	26	GNB	FS	42	16	16	6	78	0	23	18	1	1	1	17	0	2.0	95	71	24	7			10
2002*	27	GNB	FS	42	13	13	7	233	1	89	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	68	51	17	2			12	AP2, PB
2003	28	GNB	FS	42	15	15	5	78	0	50	13	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	84	71	13	3			8
2004	29	GNB	FS	42	15	13	4	97	2	43	7	2	0	1	15	1	0.0	72	59	13	1			6
2005*	30	MIN	FS	42	14	14	9	276	2	92	16	0	1	1	14	0	0.0	52	42	10	3			11	AP2, PB
2006	31	MIN	SS	42	16	16	4	10	0	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	68	52	16	2	1		7
2007*	32	MIN	SS	42	16	16	4	61	1	41	8	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	63	49	14	1	0		11	AP2, PB
2008	33	MIN	SS	42	16	16	1	12	0	12	5	0	0	2	20	0	0.0	69	60	9	1	0		6
2009*+	34	NOR	FS	42	14	14	9	376	3	99	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	71	51	20	1	2		13	AP DPoY-3, AP1, PB
2010	35	NOR	DB	42	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	0	0.0	16	11	5	0	0		6	AP2
Career					205	182	63	1412	11	99	123	8	3	8	120	2	7.5	949	740	209	28	3		119
8 yrs		GNB			121	105	36	677	5	89	69	6	2	4	75	2	6.0	610	475	135	20			65
4 yrs		MIN			62	62	18	359	3	92	38	2	1	3	34	0	1.0	252	203	49	7	1		35
2 yrs		NOR			22	15	9	376	3	99	16	0	0	1	11	0	0.5	87	62	25	1	2		19

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
1997	22	GNB	DB	3	0							0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
1998	23	GNB	FS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1
2001	26	GNB	FS	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	16	12	4	1
2003	28	GNB	FS	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	19	16	3	1
2004	29	GNB	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0
2008	33	MIN	SS	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0
2009*+	34	NOR	FS	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0.0	15	9	6	0	2
2010	35	NOR	FS	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0	0
Career				14	11	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	13	0	2.0	68	50	18	2	2
5 yrs		GNB		9	6	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	47	38	9	2
2 yrs		NOR		4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0.0	20	12	8	0	2
1 yr		MIN		1	1			0							0	0.0	1	0	1	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	22	GNB	DB	42	14	0	7	32	0	23	4.6	1	3	0	3	3.0	139
1999	24	GNB	FS	42	16	16			0			1	4	0	4	4.0	25
2001	26	GNB	FS	42	16	16	1	18	0	18	18.0			0			113
2002*	27	GNB	FS	42	13	13	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			233
2004	29	GNB	FS	42	15	13	1	9	0	9	9.0			0			121
2009*+	34	NOR	FS	42	14	14	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			382
Career					205	182	11	65	0	23	5.9	2	7	0	4	3.5	1604
8 yrs		GNB			121	105	10	59	0	23	5.9	2	7	0	4	3.5	818
4 yrs		MIN			62	62			0					0			393
2 yrs		NOR			22	15	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			393

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1997	22	GNB	DB	42	14	0	1	2	3		18	1.3
2002*	27	GNB	FS	42	13	13		1	1		6	0.5
2004	29	GNB	FS	42	15	13	1	2	3		18	1.2
2005*	30	MIN	FS	42	14	14		2	2		12	0.9
2007*	32	MIN	SS	42	16	16		1	1		6	0.4
2009*+	34	NOR	FS	42	14	14		3	3		18	1.3
Career					205	182	2	11	13	0	78	.4
8 yrs		GNB			121	105	2	5	7	0	42	.3
4 yrs		MIN			62	62		3	3	0	18	.3
2 yrs		NOR			22	15		3	3	0	18	.8

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