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Irving Fryar

Irving Dale Fryar

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: September 28, 1962 in Mount Holly, NJ
College: Nebraska

5-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1984 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1984 22 NWE RET 14 2 11 164 14.9 1 26 0.8 11.7 2 -11 0 0 -5.5 -0.8 0.1 153 1 4
1985* 23 NWE WR 16 14 39 670 17.2 7 56 2.4 41.9 7 27 1 13 3.9 1.7 0.4 697 8 4
1986 24 NWE WR 14 13 43 737 17.1 6 69 3.1 52.6 4 80 0 31 20.0 5.7 0.3 817 6 4
1987 25 NWE WR 12 12 31 467 15.1 5 40 2.6 38.9 9 52 0 16 5.8 4.3 0.8 519 5 2
1988 26 NWE WR 15 14 33 490 14.8 5 80 2.2 32.7 6 12 0 6 2.0 0.8 0.4 502 5 2
1989 27 NWE wr 11 5 29 537 18.5 3 52 2.6 48.8 2 15 0 11 7.5 1.4 0.2 552 3 2
1990 28 NWE WR 16 15 54 856 15.9 4 56 3.4 53.5 2 -4 0 -1 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 852 4 1
1991 29 NWE WR 16 15 68 1014 14.9 3 56 4.3 63.4 2 11 0 9 5.5 0.7 0.1 1025 3 2
1992 30 NWE WR 15 14 55 791 14.4 4 54 3.7 52.7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 797 4 0
1993* 31 MIA WR 16 16 64 1010 15.8 5 65 4.0 63.1 3 -4 0 2 -1.3 -0.3 0.2 1006 5 0
1994* 32 MIA WR 16 16 73 1270 17.4 7 54 4.6 79.4 1270 7 0
1995 33 MIA WR 16 16 62 910 14.7 8 67 3.9 56.9 910 8 0
1996* 34 PHI WR 16 16 88 1195 13.6 11 42 5.5 74.7 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 1191 11 0
1997* 35 PHI WR 16 16 86 1316 15.3 6 72 5.4 82.3 1316 6 1
1998 36 PHI WR 16 16 48 556 11.6 2 61 3.0 34.8 3 46 0 32 15.3 2.9 0.2 602 2 0
1999 37 WAS 16 1 26 254 9.8 2 30 1.6 15.9 254 2 0
2000 38 WAS wr 14 5 41 548 13.4 5 34 2.9 39.1 2 16 0 15 8.0 1.1 0.1 564 5 0
Career 255 206 851 12785 15.0 84 80 3.3 50.1 44 242 1 32 5.5 0.9 0.2 13027 85 22
9 yrs NWE 129 104 363 5726 15.8 38 80 2.8 44.4 35 188 1 31 5.4 1.5 0.3 5914 39 21
3 yrs MIA 48 48 199 3190 16.0 20 67 4.1 66.5 3 -4 0 2 -1.3 -0.1 0.1 3186 20 0
3 yrs PHI 48 48 222 3067 13.8 19 72 4.6 63.9 4 42 0 32 10.5 0.9 0.1 3109 19 1
2 yrs WAS 30 6 67 802 12.0 7 34 2.2 26.7 2 16 0 15 8.0 0.5 0.1 818 7 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1984 22 NWE RET 14 2 36 347 0 55 9.6 5 95 0 22 19.0 595
1985* 23 NWE WR 16 14 37 520 2 85 14.1 3 39 0 24 13.0 1256
1986 24 NWE WR 14 13 35 366 1 59 10.5 10 192 0 33 19.2 1375
1987 25 NWE WR 12 12 18 174 0 36 9.7 6 119 0 31 19.8 812
1988 26 NWE WR 15 14 38 398 0 30 10.5 1 3 0 3 3.0 903
1989 27 NWE wr 11 5 12 107 0 20 8.9 1 47 0 47 47.0 706
1990 28 NWE WR 16 15 28 133 0 17 4.8 985
1991 29 NWE WR 16 15 2 10 0 10 5.0 1035
1993* 31 MIA WR 16 16 1 10 0 10 10.0 1016
Career 255 206 206 2055 3 85 10.0 27 505 0 47 18.7 15587
9 yrs NWE 129 104 206 2055 3 85 10.0 26 495 0 47 19.0 8464
3 yrs MIA 48 48 1 10 0 10 10.0 3196

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1984 22 NWE RET 14 2 4 1 0 0
1985* 23 NWE WR 16 14 4 0 0 0
1986 24 NWE WR 14 13 4 1 0 0
1987 25 NWE WR 12 12 2 0 0 0
1988 26 NWE WR 15 14 2 0 0 0
1989 27 NWE wr 11 5 2 0 0 0
1990 28 NWE WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
1991 29 NWE WR 16 15 2 0 0 0
1994* 32 MIA WR 16 16 0 1 7 0
1997* 35 PHI WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Career 255 206 22 4 7 0
9 yrs NWE 129 104 21 3 0 0
3 yrs MIA 48 48 0 1 7 0
3 yrs PHI 48 48 1 0 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1991 29 NWE WR 16 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 255 206 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1984 22 NWE RET 14 2 1 6
1985* 23 NWE WR 16 14 1 7 2 60
1986 24 NWE WR 14 13 6 1 42
1987 25 NWE WR 12 12 5 30
1988 26 NWE WR 15 14 5 30
1989 27 NWE wr 11 5 3 18
1990 28 NWE WR 16 15 4 24
1991 29 NWE WR 16 15 3 18
1992 30 NWE WR 15 14 4 24
1993* 31 MIA WR 16 16 5 30
1994* 32 MIA WR 16 16 7 2 46
1995 33 MIA WR 16 16 8 48
1996* 34 PHI WR 16 16 11 66
1997* 35 PHI WR 16 16 6 36
1998 36 PHI WR 16 16 2 12
1999 37 WAS 16 1 2 12
2000 38 WAS wr 14 5 5 30
Career 255 206 1 84 3 2 532
9 yrs NWE 129 104 1 38 3 252
3 yrs MIA 48 48 20 2 124
3 yrs PHI 48 48 19 114
2 yrs WAS 30 6 7 42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1985
1993
1994
1996
1997

Receptions

1996 NFL 88 (9)
1997 NFL 86 (5)
Career 851 (13)

Receiving Yds

1993 NFL 1010 (9)
1994 NFL 1270 (6)
1996 NFL 1195 (7)
1997 NFL 1316 (5)
Career 12785 (12)

Receiving TD

1996 NFL 11 (4)
Career 84 (14)

Long Reception

1988 NFL 80 (8)

Yds/Reception

1994 NFL 17.4 (9)

Receiving Yds/Game

1994 NFL 79.4 (6)
1996 NFL 74.7 (10)
1997 NFL 82.3 (5)
Career 50.1 (134)

Touchdowns

1996 NFL 11 (9)
Career 88 (33)

Points Scored

Career 532 (136)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1996 NFL 11 (9)
Career 85 (37)

Non-Offensive TDs

1985 NFL 2 (2)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 2 (57)

Yds From Scrimmage

Career 13027 (37)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 15587 (17)

Touches

Career 1128 (197)

Yds/Touch

Career 13.8 (130)

Punt Returns

1985 NFL 37 (8)
1986 NFL 35 (8)
1988 NFL 38 (6)
Career 206 (32)

Punt Return Yds

1984 NFL 347 (9)
1985 NFL 520 (2-- 50)
1986 NFL 366 (8)
1988 NFL 398 (5)
Career 2055 (28)

Punt Return TD

1985 NFL 2 (1-- 15)
1986 NFL 1 (2-- 89)
Career 3 (33)

Long Punt Return

1984 NFL 55 (8)
1985 NFL 85 (1-- 98)

Yds/Punt Return

1984 NFL 9.6 (7)
1985 NFL 14.1 (1-- 81)
1986 NFL 10.5 (6)
1988 NFL 10.5 (5)
Career 10.0 (76)

Kick & Punt Returns

Career 233 (87)

Games

Career 255 (26)

Games Started

Career 206 (42)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1985 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1994 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1994 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1984 22 14 WR 21 97
1985 23 16 WR 118 9 23 61
1986 24 14 WR 118 16 22 60
1987 25 12 WR 82 35
1988 26 15 WR 80 43
1989 27 11 WR 73 51
1990 28 16 WR 109 30 76
1991 29 16 WR 121 16 21 53
1992 30 15 WR 104 11 24 62
1993 31 16 WR 131 25 11 44
1994 32 16 WR 169 60 9 23
1995 33 16 WR 139 19 21 56
1996 34 16 WR 185 69 5 20
1997 35 16 WR 168 52 10 29
1998 36 16 WR 72 58
1999 37 16 WR 37 89
2000 38 14 WR 86 51
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