Ricky Watters

Richard James Watters (Running Watters or Thunder)

Position: RB

6-1, 217lb (185cm, 98kg)

Born: April 7, 1969 in Harrisburg, PA

College: Notre Dame (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 100 (145th overall since 1960)

High School: Bishop McDevitt (PA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

144

122

Rush

2622

Yds

10643

Y/A

4.1

FantPt

1992.1

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	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1992*	23	SFO	RB	32	14	13	206	1013	9		43	4.9	72.4	14.7	52	43	405	9.4	2		35	3.1	28.9	82.7%	7.8	249	5.7	1418	11	2	15	AP OPoY-6, PB
1993*	24	SFO	RB	32	13	13	208	950	10		39	4.6	73.1	16.0	45	31	326	10.5	1		48	2.4	25.1	68.9%	7.2	239	5.3	1276	11	5	13	PB
1994*	25	SFO	RB	32	16	16	239	877	6	49	23	3.7	54.8	14.9	88	66	719	10.9	5	27	65	4.1	44.9	75.0%	8.2	305	5.2	1596	11	8	18	PB
1995*	26	PHI	RB	32	16	16	337	1273	11	76	57	3.8	79.6	21.1	93	62	434	7.0	1	19	24	3.9	27.1	66.7%	4.7	399	4.3	1707	12	6	11	PB
1996*	27	PHI	RB	32	16	16	353	1411	13	72	56	4.0	88.2	22.1	70	51	444	8.7	0	19	36	3.2	27.8	72.9%	6.3	404	4.6	1855	13	5	14	PB
1997	28	PHI	RB	32	16	16	285	1110	7	53	28	3.9	69.4	17.8	73	48	440	9.2	0	20	37	3.0	27.5	65.8%	6.0	333	4.7	1550	7	3	10
1998	29	SEA	RB	32	16	16	319	1239	9	76	39	3.9	77.4	19.9	73	52	373	7.2	0	15	24	3.3	23.3	71.2%	5.1	371	4.3	1612	9	4	12
1999	30	SEA	RB	32	16	16	325	1210	5	51	45	3.7	75.6	20.3	62	40	387	9.7	2	17	25	2.5	24.2	64.5%	6.2	365	4.4	1597	7	4	11
2000	31	SEA	RB	32	16	16	278	1242	7	60	55	4.5	77.6	17.4	92	63	613	9.7	2	28	59	3.9	38.3	68.5%	6.7	341	5.4	1855	9	5	15	AP CPoY-12
2001	32	SEA		32	5	4	72	318	1	15	40	4.4	63.6	14.4	22	11	107	9.7	0	4	34	2.2	21.4	50.0%	4.9	83	5.1	425	1	1	3
Career					144	142	2622	10643	78	452	57	4.1	73.9	18.2	670	467	4248	9.1	13	149	65	3.2	29.5	69.7%	6.3	3089	4.8	14891	91	43	122
4 yrs		SEA			53	52	994	4009	22	202	55	4.0	75.6	18.8	249	166	1480	8.9	4	64	59	3.1	27.9	66.7%	5.9	1160	4.7	5489	26	14	41
3 yrs		PHI			48	48	975	3794	31	201	57	3.9	79.0	20.3	236	161	1318	8.2	1	58	37	3.4	27.5	68.2%	5.6	1136	4.5	5112	32	14	35
3 yrs		SFO			43	42	653	2840	25	49	43	4.3	66.0	15.2	185	140	1450	10.4	8	27	65	3.3	33.7	75.7%	7.8	793	5.4	4290	33	15	46

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1992*	23	SFO	RB	2	2	29	152	0	0	21	5.2	76.0	14.5	11	8	88	11.0	0	0	17	4.0	44.0	72.7%	8.0	37	6.5	240	0	1
1993*	24	SFO	RB	2	2	36	155	6	0	20	4.3	77.5	18.0	14	12	79	6.6	0	0	13	6.0	39.5	85.7%	5.6	48	4.9	234	6	0
1994*	25	SFO	RB	3	3	40	174	1	11	15	4.4	58.0	13.3	12	7	108	15.4	3	4	51	2.3	36.0	58.3%	9.0	47	6.0	282	4	1
1995*	26	PHI	RB	2	2	31	88	1	4	12	2.8	44.0	15.5	11	7	109	15.6	1	3	45	3.5	54.5	63.6%	9.9	38	5.2	197	2	0
1996*	27	PHI	RB	1	1	20	57	0	3	12	2.9	57.0	20.0	6	5	45	9.0	0	3	14	5.0	45.0	83.3%	7.5	25	4.1	102	0	0
1999	30	SEA	RB	1	1	19	40	0	0	8	2.1	40.0	19.0	3	2	22	11.0	0	1	14	2.0	22.0	66.7%	7.3	21	3.0	62	0	0
Career				11	11	175	666	8	18	21	3.8	60.5	15.9	57	41	451	11.0	4	11	51	3.7	41.0	71.9%	7.9	216	5.2	1117	12	2
3 yrs		SFO		7	7	105	481	7	11	21	4.6	68.7	15.0	37	27	275	10.2	3	4	51	3.9	39.3	73.0%	7.4	132	5.7	756	10	2
2 yrs		PHI		3	3	51	145	1	7	12	2.8	48.3	17.0	17	12	154	12.8	1	6	45	4.0	51.3	70.6%	9.1	63	4.7	299	2	0
1 yr		SEA		1	1	19	40	0	0	8	2.1	40.0	19.0	3	2	22	11.0	0	1	14	2.0	22.0	66.7%	7.3	21	3.0	62	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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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	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1992*	23	SFO	RB	32	14	13							2	1	0	0	0.0
1993*	24	SFO	RB	32	13	13						0	5	1	0	0	0.0
1994*	25	SFO	RB	32	16	16						0	8	2	0	0	0.0
1995*	26	PHI	RB	32	16	16						0	6	0	0	0	0.0
1996*	27	PHI	RB	32	16	16						0	5	0	0	0	0.0
1997	28	PHI	RB	32	16	16						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
1998	29	SEA	RB	32	16	16						0	4	1	0	0	0.0
1999	30	SEA	RB	32	16	16						0	4	0	0	0	0.0
2000	31	SEA	RB	32	16	16						0	5	2	0	0	0.0
2001	32	SEA		32	5	4						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					144	142						0	43	9	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		SEA			53	52						0	14	4	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		PHI			48	48						0	14	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		SFO			43	42						0	15	4	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	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1992*	23	SFO	RB	2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1993*	24	SFO	RB	2	2						0	0	1	11	0	0.0
1994*	25	SFO	RB	3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				11	11						0	2	1	11	0	0.0
3 yrs		SFO		7	7						0	2	1	11	0	0.0
2 yrs		PHI		3	3											0.0
1 yr		SEA		1	1											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	TD%	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1992*	23	SFO	RB	32	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
1998	29	SEA	RB	32	16	16	1	1	100	1	1	100	0	1	1	1.0	21.0	1.0	0.1	118.7	0	1.00	21.00
Career					144	142	1	2	50	1	1	50	0	1	1	0.5	10.5	1.0	0.0	95.8	0	0.50	10.50
4 yrs		SEA			53	52	1	1	100	1	1	100	0	1	1	1.0	21.0	1.0	0.0	118.7	0	1.00	21.00
3 yrs		PHI			48	48	0	0		0	0				0				0.0
3 yrs		SFO			43	42	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1992*	23	SFO	RB	32	14	13	9	2	11			66	4.7
1993*	24	SFO	RB	32	13	13	10	1	11			66	5.1
1994*	25	SFO	RB	32	16	16	6	5	11			66	4.1
1995*	26	PHI	RB	32	16	16	11	1	12			72	4.5
1996*	27	PHI	RB	32	16	16	13		13			78	4.9
1997	28	PHI	RB	32	16	16	7		7			42	2.6
1998	29	SEA	RB	32	16	16	9		9	1		56	3.5
1999	30	SEA	RB	32	16	16	5	2	7			42	2.6
2000	31	SEA	RB	32	16	16	7	2	9			54	3.4
2001	32	SEA		32	5	4	1		1			6	1.2
Career					144	142	78	13	91	1	0	548	3.8
4 yrs		SEA			53	52	22	4	26	1	0	158	3.0
3 yrs		PHI			48	48	31	1	32		0	192	4.0
3 yrs		SFO			43	42	25	8	33		0	198	4.6

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1993*	24	SFO	RB	2	2	6		6	36	18.0
1994*	25	SFO	RB	3	3	1	3	4	24	8.0
1995*	26	PHI	RB	2	2	1	1	2	12	6.0
Career				11	11	8	4	12	72	6.5
3 yrs		SFO		7	7	7	3	10	60	8.6
2 yrs		PHI		3	3	1	1	2	12	4.0
1 yr		SEA		1	1				0	0.0

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