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RICKY SANDERS

Sanders, Richard Wayne
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180
Born: September 30, 1960 Temple, TX
High School: Belton (TX)

Year	College	Status
1980	Texas State
1981	Texas State	Lettered
1982	Texas State	Lettered
1983	Texas State	Lettered

Draft: Territorial Selection 1984 Houston Gamblers

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	80	SB	18	18
1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL	80	SB	10	2
1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL	46	WR	10	3
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	83	WR	12	5
1988 Washington Redskins (NFL)1988 WAS NFL	83	WR	16	4
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	83	WR	16	12
1990 Washington Redskins (NFL)1990 WAS NFL	83	WR	16	6
1991 Washington Redskins (NFL)1991 WAS NFL	83	WR	16	7
1992 Washington Redskins (NFL)1992 WAS NFL	83	WR	15	5
1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL	83	WR	16	11
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	6	WR	14	12
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL	83	WR	3	1
10 Years (NFL)10 Years NFL			134	66

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/4/1984	1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL
Signed	1/26/1984	1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL
1-16	6/5/1984	1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	8/7/1986	1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL
Negotiation Rights Traded	8/11/1986	1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL
Signed	8/13/1986	1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL
Injured Reserve	9/2/1986	1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL
Activated	10/11/1986	1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL
Exemption	9/23/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Activated	10/20/1987	1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1992	1991 Washington Redskins (NFL)1991 WAS NFL
Signed	7/21/1992	1992 Washington Redskins (NFL)1992 WAS NFL
Free Agent	2/17/1994	1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL
Signed	7/19/1994	1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL
Free Agent	2/17/1995	1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL
Signed	7/13/1995	1995 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1995 MIA NFL
Released	10/10/1995	1995 Miami Dolphins (NFL)1995 MIA NFL
Signed	10/25/1995	1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL
Free Agent	2/16/1996	1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	11	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	66
1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL	7	0	0		1	1	-	0	0		-	0	44
1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1988 Washington Redskins (NFL)1988 WAS NFL	12	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	72
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1990 Washington Redskins (NFL)1990 WAS NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1991 Washington Redskins (NFL)1991 WAS NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1992 Washington Redskins (NFL)1992 WAS NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	38	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	228

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	10	58	5.8	11	0		0	0
1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL	5	32	6.4	13	0		0	0
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0	0	0
1988 Washington Redskins (NFL)1988 WAS NFL	2	14	7.0	7	0		0	0	0
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	4	19	4.8	13	0		0	0	0
1990 Washington Redskins (NFL)1990 WAS NFL	4	17	4.3	12	0		0	0	0
1991 Washington Redskins (NFL)1991 WAS NFL	7	47	6.7	17	1	2	0	0	0
1992 Washington Redskins (NFL)1992 WAS NFL	4	-6	-1.5	3	0	0	0	0	0
1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	23	94	4.1	17	1	2	0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	1	1	100.0	0	32	32.0	32.0	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		1	0	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	1	100.0	0	32	32.0	32.0	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0		1	0	118.8

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL		101		1378	13.6	77t	11
1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL		48		538	11.2	43	7
1986 Washington Redskins (NFL)1986 WAS NFL		14		286	20.4	71	2				0
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL		37		630	17.0	57	3				0
1988 Washington Redskins (NFL)1988 WAS NFL		73		1148	15.7	55t	12				0
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL		80		1138	14.2	68	4				0
1990 Washington Redskins (NFL)1990 WAS NFL		56		727	13.0	38	3			0	0
1991 Washington Redskins (NFL)1991 WAS NFL		45		580	12.9	45	5	34	5	2	0
1992 Washington Redskins (NFL)1992 WAS NFL		51		707	13.9	62t	3	42	10	2	0
1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL		58		638	11.0	50	4	34	5	1	1
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL		67		599	8.9	28	1	33	3	0	0
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL		2		24	12.0	21	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		483		6477	13.4	71	37	144	24	5	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	19	1	148	7.8	29	0		0
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	2	2	12	6.0	7	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	2	12	6.0	7	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	2		28	14.0	16	0	0	0
1987 Washington Redskins (NFL)1987 WAS NFL	4	0	118	29.5	39	0		0	0
1988 Washington Redskins (NFL)1988 WAS NFL	19	0	362	19.1	31	0		0	0
1989 Washington Redskins (NFL)1989 WAS NFL	9	0	134	14.9	29	0		0	0
1990 Washington Redskins (NFL)1990 WAS NFL	1	0	22	22.0	22	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	33	0	636	19.3	39	0	1	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1984 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1984 HOU USFL	3		2	0	2	0	0
1993 Washington Redskins (NFL)1993 WAS NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	1	1	2	0	0

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