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Desmond Howard

Desmond Kevin Howard

Position: WR
Height: 5-10    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 15, 1970 in Cleveland, OH
College: Michigan

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1992 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1992 22 WAS 16 1 6 84 1 55 14.0 22 462 0 42 21.0 580
1993 23 WAS wr 16 5 4 25 0 13 6.3 21 405 0 33 19.3 733
1994 24 WAS WR 16 15 731
1995 25 JAX wr 13 6 24 246 0 40 10.3 10 178 0 24 17.8 708
1996 26 GNB RET 16 0 58 875 3 92 15.1 22 460 0 40 20.9 1430
1997 27 OAK RET 15 0 27 210 0 32 7.8 61 1318 0 45 21.6 1558
1998 28 OAK RET 15 1 45 541 2 75 12.0 49 1040 0 42 21.2 1597
1999 29 2TM /RET 13 0 18 208 1 68 11.6 34 662 0 35 19.5 870
GNB RET 8 0 12 93 0 20 7.8 19 364 0 31 19.2 457
DET 5 0 6 115 1 68 19.2 15 298 0 35 19.9 413
2000* 30 DET RET 15 0 31 457 1 95 14.7 57 1401 0 70 24.6 1872
2001 31 DET RET 14 1 22 201 0 34 9.1 57 1446 0 91 25.4 1805
2002 32 DET 7 0 9 48 0 14 5.3 26 587 0 70 22.6 635
Career 156 29 244 2895 8 95 11.9 359 7959 0 91 22.2 12519
4 yrs DET 41 1 68 821 2 95 12.1 155 3732 0 91 24.1 4725
3 yrs WAS 48 21 10 109 1 55 10.9 43 867 0 42 20.2 2044
2 yrs GNB 24 0 70 968 3 92 13.8 41 824 0 40 20.1 1887
2 yrs OAK 30 1 72 751 2 75 10.4 110 2358 0 45 21.4 3155
1 yr JAX 13 6 24 246 0 40 10.3 10 178 0 24 17.8 708

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · 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
1992 22 WAS 16 1 3 20 6.7 0 8 0.2 1.3 3 14 0 7 4.7 0.9 0.2 34 0 1
1993 23 WAS wr 16 5 23 286 12.4 0 27 1.4 17.9 2 17 0 9 8.5 1.1 0.1 303 0 0
1994 24 WAS WR 16 15 40 727 18.2 5 81 2.5 45.4 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 731 5 0
1995 25 JAX wr 13 6 26 276 10.6 1 24 2.0 21.2 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 284 1 0
1996 26 GNB RET 16 0 13 95 7.3 0 12 0.8 5.9 95 0 2
1997 27 OAK RET 15 0 4 30 7.5 0 9 0.3 2.0 30 0 2
1998 28 OAK RET 15 1 2 16 8.0 0 10 0.1 1.1 16 0 4
2000* 30 DET RET 15 0 2 14 7.0 0 10 0.1 0.9 14 0 2
2001 31 DET RET 14 1 10 133 13.3 1 36 0.7 9.5 5 25 0 7 5.0 1.8 0.4 158 1 1
Career 156 29 123 1597 13.0 7 81 0.8 10.2 12 68 0 9 5.7 0.4 0.1 1665 7 12
4 yrs DET 41 1 12 147 12.3 1 36 0.3 3.6 5 25 0 7 5.0 0.6 0.1 172 1 3
3 yrs WAS 48 21 66 1033 15.7 5 81 1.4 21.5 6 35 0 9 5.8 0.7 0.1 1068 5 1
2 yrs GNB 24 0 13 95 7.3 0 12 0.5 4.0 95 0 2
2 yrs OAK 30 1 6 46 7.7 0 10 0.2 1.5 46 0 6
1 yr JAX 13 6 26 276 10.6 1 24 2.0 21.2 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 284 1 0

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
1992 22 WAS 16 1 1 0 0 0
1996 26 GNB RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
1997 27 OAK RET 15 0 2 2 0 0
1998 28 OAK RET 15 1 4 0 0 0
2000* 30 DET RET 15 0 2 1 0 0
2001 31 DET RET 14 1 1 0 0 0
Career 156 29 12 4 0 0
4 yrs DET 41 1 3 1 0 0
3 yrs WAS 48 21 1 0 0 0
2 yrs GNB 24 0 2 1 0 0
2 yrs OAK 30 1 6 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1992 22 WAS 16 1 1 6
1994 24 WAS WR 16 15 5 1 32
1995 25 JAX wr 13 6 1 6
1996 26 GNB RET 16 0 3 18
1998 28 OAK RET 15 1 2 12
1999 29 2TM /RET 13 0 1 6
DET 5 0 1 6
2000* 30 DET RET 15 0 1 6
2001 31 DET RET 14 1 1 6
Career 156 29 7 8 1 92
4 yrs DET 41 1 1 2 18
3 yrs WAS 48 21 5 1 1 38
2 yrs GNB 24 0 3 18
2 yrs OAK 30 1 2 12
1 yr JAX 13 6 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1996 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls

2000

Long Reception

1994 NFL 81 (9)

Yds/Reception

1994 NFL 18.2 (7)

Non-Offensive TDs

1996 NFL 3 (1-- 23)
1998 NFL 2 (6)
2000 NFL 1 (10)
Career 8 (25)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (134)

All-Purpose Yds

2000 NFL 1872 (9)
2001 NFL 1805 (8)
Career 12519 (58)

Yds/Touch

Career 17.0 (24)

Kick Returns

1997 NFL 61 (1-- 30)
1998 NFL 49 (9)
2000 NFL 57 (5-- 53)
2001 NFL 57 (3-- 53)
Career 359 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1997 NFL 1318 (2-- 67)
2000 NFL 1401 (5-- 47)
2001 NFL 1446 (3-- 37)
Career 7959 (7)

Long Kick Return

2001 NFL 91 (7)

Yds/Kick Return

2000 NFL 24.6 (8)
2001 NFL 25.4 (3)

Punt Returns

1996 NFL 58 (1-- 3)
1998 NFL 45 (2-- 73)
Career 244 (22)

Punt Return Yds

1996 NFL 875 (1-- 1)
1998 NFL 541 (2-- 41)
2000 NFL 457 (6-- 99)
Career 2895 (12)

Punt Return TD

1992 NFL 1 (5-- 89)
1996 NFL 3 (1-- 4)
1998 NFL 2 (1-- 15)
1999 NFL 1 (3-- 89)
2000 NFL 1 (3-- 89)
Career 8 (3)

Long Punt Return

1996 NFL 92 (1-- 30)
1998 NFL 75 (6)
2000 NFL 95 (1-- 7)

Yds/Punt Return

1996 NFL 15.1 (2-- 53)
1998 NFL 12.0 (9)
2000 NFL 14.7 (4-- 65)
Career 11.9 (12)

Kick & Punt Returns

1996 NFL 80 (4-- 95)
1997 NFL 88 (4-- 49)
1998 NFL 94 (4-- 24)
2000 NFL 88 (4-- 49)
2001 NFL 79 (5)
Career 603 (7)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1996 NFL 1335 (6)
1997 NFL 1528 (6-- 74)
1998 NFL 1581 (5-- 60)
2000 NFL 1858 (3-- 16)
2001 NFL 1647 (3-- 43)
Career 10854 (6)

 

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
1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
2000 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1992 22 16 WR 3 136
1993 23 16 WR 30 85
1994 24 16 WR 103 32
1995 25 13 WR 34 92
1996 26 16 WR 10 125
1997 27 15 WR 3 144
1998 28 15 WR 2 150
2000 30 15 WR 1 152
2001 31 14 WR 22 111
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