Stephen Starring

Starring, Stephen Dale
Position: WR
Height: 5-10 Weight: 172
Born: July 30, 1961 Baton Rouge, LA
Died: October 19, 2025
High School: Vinton (LA)

Year	College	Participation
1979	McNeese State	Lettered
1980	McNeese State	Lettered
1981	McNeese State	Lettered
1982	McNeese State	Lettered

Draft: 3rd round (74th overall) 1983 New England Patriots; 3rd round (28th overall) 1983 Washington Federals

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL	81	WR	15	3
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL	81	WR	16	16
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL	81	WR	16	1
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	81	WR	14	2
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	81	WR	11	1
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)1988 TB NFL	81	WR	6	0
1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL	81	WR	6	0
1988 Year (NFL)1988 Year NFL			12	0
6 Years (NFL)6 Years NFL			84	23

Team	Date	Transaction
1983 Washington Federals (USFL)1983 WAS USFL	1/4/1983	Draft
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL	4/26/1983	Draft
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL	5/16/1983	Signed
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	9/23/1987	Exemption
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	10/20/1987	Activated
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	2/1/1988	Free Agent
1988 New England Patriots (NFL)1988 NE NFL	8/26/1988	Signed
1988 New England Patriots (NFL)1988 NE NFL		Exemption
1988 New England Patriots (NFL)1988 NE NFL		Activated
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)1988 TB NFL	8/26/1988	Traded
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)1988 TB NFL	10/18/1988	Injured Reserve
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)1988 TB NFL	11/8/1988	Released
1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL	11/9/1988	Assigned on Waivers
1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL	6/3/1989	Released
1989 Los Angeles Raiders (NFL)1989 LARI NFL		Signed
1989 Los Angeles Raiders (NFL)1989 LARI NFL	8/28/1989	Released

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	66

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL	2	-16	-8.0	0	0	0	0	0
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	2	13	6.5	10	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	-3	-0.6	10	0	0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL		17		389	22.9	76t	2
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL		46		657	14.3	65t	4
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL		16		235	14.7	40	0
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL		16		295	18.4	47	2
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL		17		289	17.0	34t	3			0
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)1988 TB NFL		3		75	25.0	53	0					0
1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL		5		89	17.8	40	0					0
1988 Year (NFL)1988 Year NFL		8		164	20.5	53	0					0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		120		2029	16.9	76t	11			0		0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL	10	1	73	7.3	16	0	0	0
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	6	0	18	3.0	12	0	0	0
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	1	1	17	17.0	17	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	19	2	108	5.7	17	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL	48	0	1012	21.1	53	0
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	36	0	802	22.3	52	0
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	23	0	445	19.3	43	0
1988 Detroit Lions (NFL)1988 DET NFL	8	0	130	16.3	22	0		0	0
1988 Year (NFL)1988 Year NFL	8	0	130	16.3	22	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	115	0	2389	20.8	53	0		0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1983 New England Patriots (NFL)1983 NE NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1984 New England Patriots (NFL)1984 NE NFL	1		1	0	1	8	0
1985 New England Patriots (NFL)1985 NE NFL	4		1	0	1	0	0
1986 New England Patriots (NFL)1986 NE NFL	4		1	1	2	-5	0
1987 New England Patriots (NFL)1987 NE NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	12		4	1	5	3	0