Keith Byars

Keith Alan Byars (Tank or Sweet Sixteen)

Position: RB-TE

6-1, 245lb (185cm, 111kg)

Born: October 14, 1963 in Dayton, OH

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1040th overall since 1960)

High School: Nettie Lee Roth (OH)

Draft: Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

189

Rush

865

Yds

3109

Y/A

3.6

FantPt

1201.7

Rec

610

Yds

5661

Y/R

9.3

FantPt

1201.7

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1986	23	PHI	RB	42	16	8	177	577	1		32	3.3	36.1	11.1		11	44	4.0	0		17	0.7	2.8			188	3.3	621	1	3	4
1987	24	PHI	RB	41	10	8	116	426	3		30	3.7	42.6	11.6		21	177	8.4	1		30	2.1	17.7			137	4.4	603	4	3	4
1988	25	PHI	RB	41	16	16	152	517	6		52	3.4	32.3	9.5		72	705	9.8	4		37	4.5	44.1			224	5.5	1222	10	5	10
1989	26	PHI	RB	41	16	15	133	452	5		16	3.4	28.3	8.3		68	721	10.6	0		60	4.3	45.1			201	5.8	1173	5	4	10
1990	27	PHI	RB	41	16	15	37	141	0		23	3.8	8.8	2.3		81	819	10.1	3		54	5.1	51.2			118	8.1	960	3	4	10
1991	28	PHI	FB	41	16	16	94	383	1		28	4.1	23.9	5.9		62	564	9.1	3		37	3.9	35.3			156	6.1	947	4	5	7
1992	29	PHI	TE/FB	41	15	15	41	176	1		23	4.3	11.7	2.7	81	56	502	9.0	2		46	3.7	33.5	69.1%	6.2	97	7.0	678	3	1	7
1993*	30	MIA	FB	41	16	16	64	269	3		77	4.2	16.8	4.0	84	61	613	10.0	3		27	3.8	38.3	72.6%	7.3	125	7.1	882	6	3	8	PB
1994	31	MIA	FB	41	9	9	19	64	2	4	12	3.4	7.1	2.1	65	49	418	8.5	5	21	34	5.4	46.4	75.4%	6.4	68	7.1	482	7	0	4
1995	32	MIA	FB	41	16	16	15	44	1	6	15	2.9	2.8	0.9	70	51	362	7.1	2	18	26	3.2	22.6	72.9%	5.2	66	6.2	406	3	0	4
1996	33	2TM	TE		14	10	2	2	0		3	1.0	0.1	0.1	48	32	289	9.0	2		27	2.3	20.6	66.7%	6.0	34	8.6	291	2	0	3
		MIA	TE	41	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	5	40	8.0	0	1	16	1.3	10.0	71.4%	5.7	5	8.0	40	0	0	0
		NWE	TE	41	10	6	2	2	0	0	3	1.0	0.2	0.2	41	27	249	9.2	2	12	27	2.7	24.9	65.9%	6.1	29	8.7	251	2	0	3
1997	34	NWE	FB	41	16	8	11	24	0	4	5	2.2	1.5	0.7	40	20	189	9.5	3	8	51	1.3	11.8	50.0%	4.7	31	6.9	213	3	1	2
1998	35	NYJ	FB	41	13	8	4	34	0	3	13	8.5	2.6	0.3	40	26	258	9.9	3	15	29	2.0	19.8	65.0%	6.5	30	9.7	292	3	0	3
Career					189	160	865	3109	23	17	77	3.6	16.4	4.6	428	610	5661	9.3	31	75	60	3.2	30.0	68.9%	6.1	1475	5.9	8770	54	29	76
7 yrs		PHI			105	93	750	2672	17	0	52	3.6	25.4	7.1	81	371	3532	9.5	13	0	60	3.5	33.6	69.1%	6.2	1121	5.5	6204	30	25	52
4 yrs		MIA			45	45	98	377	6	10	77	3.8	8.4	2.2	226	166	1433	8.6	10	40	34	3.7	31.8	73.5%	6.3	264	6.9	1810	16	3	16
2 yrs		NWE			26	14	13	26	0	4	5	2.0	1.0	0.5	81	47	438	9.3	5	20	51	1.8	16.8	58.0%	5.4	60	7.7	464	5	1	5
1 yr		NYJ			13	8	4	34	0	3	13	8.5	2.6	0.3	40	26	258	9.9	3	15	29	2.0	19.8	65.0%	6.5	30	9.7	292	3	0	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1988	25	PHI	RB	1	1	7	34	0	0	13	4.9	34.0	7.0		9	103	11.4	0	0	24	9.0	103.0			16	8.6	137	0	0
1989	26	PHI		1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0		9	68	7.6	0	0	17	9.0	68.0			9	7.6	68	0	1
1990	27	PHI	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0		2	18	9.0	0	0	10	2.0	18.0			2	9.0	18	0	0
1992	29	PHI	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	9	68	7.6	0	0	15	4.5	34.0	64.3%	4.9	9	7.6	68	0	0
1995	32	MIA	FB	1	1	4	22	0	1	10	5.5	22.0	4.0	7	4	30	7.5	0	2	12	4.0	30.0	57.1%	4.3	8	6.5	52	0	0
1996	33	NWE	TE	3	3	3	9	0	0	7	3.0	3.0	1.0	16	12	111	9.3	2	4	34	4.0	37.0	75.0%	6.9	15	8.0	120	2	0
1997	34	NWE	FB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	2	1	0.5	0	0	2	1.0	0.5	50.0%	0.3	2	0.5	1	0	0
1998	35	NYJ	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	5	44	8.8	0	2	19	2.5	22.0	45.5%	4.0	5	8.8	44	0	1
Career				13	11	14	65	0	1	13	4.6	5.0	1.1	52	52	443	8.5	2	8	34	4.0	34.1	68.9%	6.1	66	7.7	508	2	2
4 yrs		PHI		5	4	7	34	0	0	13	4.9	6.8	1.4	14	29	257	8.9	0	0	24	5.8	51.4	69.1%	6.2	36	8.1	291	0	1
2 yrs		NWE		5	4	3	9	0	0	7	3.0	1.8	0.6	20	14	112	8.0	2	4	34	2.8	22.4	70.0%	5.6	17	7.1	121	2	0
1 yr		MIA		1	1	4	22	0	1	10	5.5	22.0	4.0	7	4	30	7.5	0	2	12	4.0	30.0	57.1%	4.3	8	6.5	52	0	0
1 yr		NYJ		2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	5	44	8.8	0	2	19	2.5	22.0	45.5%	4.0	5	8.8	44	0	1

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Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1986	23	PHI	RB	42	16	8	1	2	50.0	55	1	50.0	0	0.0		55	27.5	37.5	55.0	3.4	135.4	1	7	33.3	16.00	22.67
1988	25	PHI	RB	41	16	16	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1990	27	PHI	RB	41	16	15	4	4	100.0	53	4	100.0	0	0.0		18	13.3	33.3	13.3	3.3	158.3	0	0	0.0	13.25	33.25
1991	28	PHI	FB	41	16	16	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
1992	29	PHI	TE/FB	41	15	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	0.00	0.00
1993*	30	MIA	FB	41	16	16	1	2	50.0	11	1	50.0	0	0.0		11	5.5	15.5	11.0	0.7	106.2	0	0	0.0	5.50	15.50
Career					189	160	6	13	46.2	119	6	46.2	1	7.7	0	55	9.2	14.9	19.8	0.6	86.2	1	7	7.1	8.00	13.36
7 yrs		PHI			105	93	5	11	45.5	108	5	45.5	1	9.1	0	55	9.8	14.8	21.6	1.0	82.6	1	7	8.3	8.42	13.00
4 yrs		MIA			45	45	1	2	50.0	11	1	50.0	0	0.0	0	11	5.5	15.5	11.0	0.2	106.2	0	0	0.0	5.50	15.50
2 yrs		NWE			26	14	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		NYJ			13	8	0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		0	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	Sfty
1986	23	PHI	RB	42	16	8							3	2	0	0	0.0
1987	24	PHI	RB	41	10	8							3	2	0	0	0.0
1988	25	PHI	RB	41	16	16							5	2	14	0	0.0
1989	26	PHI	RB	41	16	15							4	4	6	0	0.0
1990	27	PHI	RB	41	16	15							4	1	0	0	0.0
1991	28	PHI	FB	41	16	16							5	0	0	0	0.0
1992	29	PHI	TE/FB	41	15	15							1	1	0	0	0.0
1993*	30	MIA	FB	41	16	16						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1997	34	NWE	FB	41	16	8						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					189	160						0	29	12	20	0	0.0
7 yrs		PHI			105	93							25	12	20	0	0.0
4 yrs		MIA			45	45						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NWE			26	14						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYJ			13	8											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	Sfty
1989	26	PHI		1	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1997	34	NWE	FB	2	1						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1998	35	NYJ	FB	2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				13	11						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		PHI		5	4						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NWE		5	4						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIA		1	1											0.0
1 yr		NYJ		2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1986	23	PHI	RB	42	16	8						2	47	0	31	23.5	668
1988	25	PHI	RB	41	16	16						2	20	0	14	10.0	1256
1989	26	PHI	RB	41	16	15						1	27	0	27	27.0	1206
Career					189	160						5	94	0	31	18.8	8884
7 yrs		PHI			105	93						5	94	0	31	18.8	6318
4 yrs		MIA			45	45											1810
2 yrs		NWE			26	14											464
1 yr		NYJ			13	8											292

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1986	23	PHI	RB	42	16	8	1		1			6	0.4
1987	24	PHI	RB	41	10	8	3	1	4			24	2.4
1988	25	PHI	RB	41	16	16	6	4	10			60	3.8
1989	26	PHI	RB	41	16	15	5		5			30	1.9
1990	27	PHI	RB	41	16	15		3	3			18	1.1
1991	28	PHI	FB	41	16	16	1	3	4			24	1.5
1992	29	PHI	TE/FB	41	15	15	1	2	3			18	1.2
1993*	30	MIA	FB	41	16	16	3	3	6			36	2.3
1994	31	MIA	FB	41	9	9	2	5	7			42	4.7
1995	32	MIA	FB	41	16	16	1	2	3			18	1.1
1996	33	2TM	TE		14	10		2	2	1	0	14	1.0
		NWE	TE	41	10	6		2	2	1		14	1.4
1997	34	NWE	FB	41	16	8		3	3			18	1.1
1998	35	NYJ	FB	41	13	8		3	3			18	1.4
Career					189	160	23	31	54	1	0	326	1.7
7 yrs		PHI			105	93	17	13	30		0	180	1.7
4 yrs		MIA			45	45	6	10	16		0	96	2.1
2 yrs		NWE			26	14		5	5	1	0	32	1.2
1 yr		NYJ			13	8		3	3		0	18	1.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1996	33	NWE	TE	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
Career				13	11	2	2	12	.9
4 yrs		PHI		5	4			0	0.0
2 yrs		NWE		5	4	2	2	12	2.4
1 yr		MIA		1	1			0	0.0
1 yr		NYJ		2	2			0	0.0

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