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Wes Welker

Wesley Carter Welker

Position: WR

5-9, 185lb (175cm, 83kg)

Born: May 1, 1981 in Oklahoma City, OK

College: Texas Tech (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 91 (247th overall since 1960)

High School: Heritage Hall (OK)

Twitter: @WesWelker

SUMMARY

Career

175

109

Rec

903

Yds

9924

Y/R

11.0

FantPt

1312.5

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	Awards
2004	23	2TM	WR		15	0					0									0									0	4	1
		MIA	WR	83	14	0					0									0									0	4	1
		SDG	WR	83	1	0					0									0									0	0	0
2005	24	MIA	WR	83	16	1	52	29	434	15.0	0	19	47	1.8	27.1	55.8%	8.3	1	5	0	0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	30	14.6	439	0	5	4
2006	25	MIA	WR	83	16	2	100	67	687	10.3	1	33	38	4.2	42.9	67.0%	6.9			0						67	10.3	687	1	3	5
2007	26	NWE	WR	83	16	13	145	112	1175	10.5	8	65	42	7.0	73.4	77.2%	8.1	4	34	0	1	27	8.5	2.1	0.3	116	10.4	1209	8	3	16	AP OPoY-3, AP2
2008*	27	NWE	WR	83	16	14	149	111	1165	10.5	3	57	64	6.9	72.8	74.5%	7.8	3	26	0	1	19	8.7	1.6	0.2	114	10.4	1191	3	1	13	AP2, PB
2009*+	28	NWE	WR	83	14	13	162	123	1348	11.0	4	71	58	8.8	96.3	75.9%	8.3	5	36	0	3	11	7.2	2.6	0.4	128	10.8	1384	4	2	14	AP1, PB
2010*	29	NWE	WR	83	15	11	123	86	848	9.9	7	47	35	5.7	56.5	69.9%	6.9			0						86	9.9	848	7	1	11	AP CPoY-4, PB
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	83	16	15	173	122	1569	12.9	9	77	99	7.6	98.1	70.5%	9.1	4	30	0	2	19	7.5	1.9	0.3	126	12.7	1599	9	1	17	AP1, PB
2012*	31	NWE	WR	83	16	12	174	118	1354	11.5	6	71	59	7.4	84.6	67.8%	7.8	2	20	0	2	11	10.0	1.3	0.1	120	11.5	1374	6	3	15	PB
2013	32	DEN	WR	83	13	13	111	73	778	10.7	10	49	33	5.6	59.8	65.8%	7.0			0						73	10.7	778	10	1	7
2014	33	DEN	WR	83	14	8	64	49	464	9.5	2	24	39	3.5	33.1	76.6%	7.3			0						49	9.5	464	2	0	5
2015	34	STL	WR	19	8	0	22	13	102	7.8	0	5	14	1.6	12.8	59.1%	4.6			0						13	7.8	102	0	0	1
Career					175	102	1275	903	9924	11.0	50	518	99	5.2	56.7	70.8%	7.8	19	151	0	9	27	7.9	0.9	0.1	922	10.9	10075	50	24	109
6 yrs		NWE			93	78	926	672	7459	11.1	37	388	99	7.2	80.2	72.6%	8.1	18	146	0	9	27	8.1	1.6	0.2	690	11.0	7605	37	11	86
3 yrs		MIA			46	3	152	96	1121	11.7	1	52	47	2.1	24.4	63.2%	7.4	1	5	0	0	5	5.0	0.1	0.0	97	11.6	1126	1	12	10
2 yrs		DEN			27	21	175	122	1242	10.2	12	73	39	4.5	46.0	69.7%	7.1			0						122	10.2	1242	12	1	12
1 yr		SDG			1	0					0									0									0		0
1 yr		STL			8	0	22	13	102	7.8	0	5	14	1.6	12.8	59.1%	4.6			0						13	7.8	102	0		1

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
2007	26	NWE	WR	3	3	33	27	213	7.9	2	11	19	9.0	71.0	81.8%	6.5	1	13	0	1	13	13.0	4.3	0.3	28	8.1	226	2	0
2010*	29	NWE	WR	1	0	9	7	57	8.1	0	5	13	7.0	57.0	77.8%	6.3			0						7	8.1	57	0	0
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	3	3	23	19	168	8.8	1	9	19	6.3	56.0	82.6%	7.3	2	21	0	2	11	10.5	7.0	0.7	21	9.0	189	1	1
2012*	31	NWE	WR	2	2	25	16	248	15.5	1	9	47	8.0	124.0	64.0%	9.9			0						16	15.5	248	1	0
2013	32	DEN	WR	3	3	24	18	160	8.9	1	7	22	6.0	53.3	75.0%	6.7			0						18	8.9	160	1	0
2014	33	DEN	WR	1		2	1	20	20.0	0	1	20	1.0	20.0	50.0%	10.0			0						1	20.0	20	0	0
Career				13	11	116	88	866	9.8	5	42	47	6.8	66.6	75.9%	7.5	3	34	0	3	13	11.3	2.6	0.2	91	9.9	900	5	1
4 yrs		NWE		9	8	90	69	686	9.9	4	34	47	7.7	76.2	76.7%	7.6	3	34	0	3	13	11.3	3.8	0.3	72	10.0	720	4	1
2 yrs		DEN		4	3	26	19	180	9.5	1	8	22	4.8	45.0	73.1%	6.9			0						19	9.5	180	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
2004	23	2TM	WR		15	0	43	464	0	71	10.8	61	1415	1	95	23.2	1879
		MIA	WR	83	14	0	43	464	0	71	10.8	57	1313	1	95	23.0	1777
		SDG	WR	83	1	0			0			4	102	0	33	25.5	102
2005	24	MIA	WR	83	16	1	43	390	0	47	9.1	61	1379	0	46	22.6	2208
2006	25	MIA	WR	83	16	2	41	378	0	47	9.2	48	1064	0	46	22.2	2129
2007	26	NWE	WR	83	16	13	25	249	0	35	10.0	7	176	0	33	25.1	1634
2008*	27	NWE	WR	83	16	14	24	237	0	44	9.9	1	26	0	26	26.0	1454
2009*+	28	NWE	WR	83	14	13	27	338	0	69	12.5	2	45	0	27	22.5	1767
2010*	29	NWE	WR	83	15	11	5	36	0	22	7.2			0			884
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	83	16	15	8	82	0	25	10.3			0			1681
2012*	31	NWE	WR	83	16	12	25	243	0	31	9.7	3	33	0	17	11.0	1650
2013	32	DEN	WR	83	13	13	10	70	0	27	7.0			0			848
2014	33	DEN	WR	83	14	8	11	74	0	19	6.7			0			538
2015	34	STL	WR	19	8	0	2	23	0	13	11.5			0			125
Career					175	102	264	2584	0	71	9.8	183	4138	1	95	22.6	16797
6 yrs		NWE			93	78	114	1185	0	69	10.4	13	280	0	33	21.5	9070
3 yrs		MIA			46	3	127	1232	0	71	9.7	166	3756	1	95	22.6	6114
2 yrs		DEN			27	21	21	144	0	27	6.9			0			1386
1 yr		SDG			1	0			0			4	102	0	33	25.5	102
1 yr		STL			8	0	2	23	0	13	11.5			0			125

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
2007	26	NWE	WR	3	3	2	29	0	15	14.5			0			199
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	3	3	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			53
2012*	31	NWE	WR	2	2	5	56	0	28	11.2			0			304
2014	33	DEN	WR	1		1	-1	0	-1	-1.0			0			19
Career				13	11	9	84	0	28	9.3			0			984
4 yrs		NWE		9	8	8	85	0	28	10.6			0			805
2 yrs		DEN		4	3	1	-1	0	0	-1.0			0			179

Kicking

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

Regular Season

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
2004	23	2TM	WR		15	0			1	1							1	1	29	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	3	158			52.7
		MIA	WR	83	14	0			1	1							1	1	29	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	3	158			52.7
2010*	29	NWE	WR	83	15	11															1	1	100.0%	1	45			45.0
Career					175	102			1	1							1	1	29	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	4	203			50.8
6 yrs		NWE			93	78															1	1	100.0%	1	45			45.0
3 yrs		MIA			46	3			1	1							1	1	29	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	3	158			52.7
2 yrs		DEN			27	21
1 yr		SDG			1	0
1 yr		STL			8	0

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
2004	23	2TM	WR		15	0			0			0	4	1	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
		MIA	WR	83	14	0			0			0	4	1	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
2005	24	MIA	WR	83	16	1			0			0	5	4	0	0	0.0
2006	25	MIA	WR	83	16	2			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
2007	26	NWE	WR	83	16	13			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2008*	27	NWE	WR	83	16	14			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2009*+	28	NWE	WR	83	14	13			0			0	2	2	0	0	0.0
2010*	29	NWE	WR	83	15	11			0			0	1	2	0	0	0.0
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	83	16	15			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2012*	31	NWE	WR	83	16	12			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2013	32	DEN	WR	83	13	13			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2014	33	DEN	WR	83	14	8			0			0	0	3	0	0	0.0
Career					175	102			0			0	24	15	0	0	0.0	7	5	2	0	0
6 yrs		NWE			93	78			0			0	11	6	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
3 yrs		MIA			46	3			0			0	12	6	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0	0
2 yrs		DEN			27	21			0			0	1	3	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
1 yr		SDG			1	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		STL			8	0			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
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	3	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				13	11			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		NWE		9	8			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		DEN		4	3			0							0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
2004	23	2TM	WR		15	0		1	1		0	1	1	1	1	10	0.7
		MIA	WR	83	14	0		1	1			1	1	1	1	10	0.7
2006	25	MIA	WR	83	16	2	1		1							6	0.4
2007	26	NWE	WR	83	16	13	8		8							48	3.0
2008*	27	NWE	WR	83	16	14	3		3	1						20	1.3
2009*+	28	NWE	WR	83	14	13	4		4							24	1.7
2010*	29	NWE	WR	83	15	11	7		7			1	1			43	2.9
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	83	16	15	9		9							54	3.4
2012*	31	NWE	WR	83	16	12	6		6							36	2.3
2013	32	DEN	WR	83	13	13	10		10							60	4.6
2014	33	DEN	WR	83	14	8	2		2							12	0.9
Career					175	102	50	1	51	1	0	2	2	1	1	313	1.8
6 yrs		NWE			93	78	37		37	1	0	1	1			225	2.4
3 yrs		MIA			46	3	1	1	2		0	1	1	1	1	16	.3
2 yrs		DEN			27	21	12		12		0					72	2.7
1 yr		SDG			1	0					0					0	0.0
1 yr		STL			8	0					0					0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts	Pts/G
2007	26	NWE	WR	3	3	2	2		12	4.0
2011*+	30	NWE	WR	3	3	1	1		6	2.0
2012*	31	NWE	WR	2	2	1	1		6	3.0
2013	32	DEN	WR	3	3	1	1	1	8	2.7
Career				13	11	5	5	1	32	2.5
4 yrs		NWE		9	8	4	4		24	2.7
2 yrs		DEN		4	3	1	1	1	8	2.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012*	31	NWE	WR	83	16	12	1076	87%	0	0%	54	11%
2013	32	DEN	WR	83	13	13	770	77%	0	0%	16	4%
2014	33	DEN	WR	83	14	8	744	74%	0	0%	19	4%
2015	34	STL	WR	19	8	0	104	22%	0	0%	10	4%
Career							2694		0		99
2 yrs		DEN			27	21	1514		0		35
1 yr		NWE			16	12	1076		0		54
1 yr		STL			8	0	104		0		10

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