Rich Caster

Richard C. Caster

Position: TE-WR

6-5, 228lb (196cm, 103kg)

Born: October 16, 1948 in Mobile, AL

College: Jackson St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 55 (1307th overall since 1960)

High School: Williamson (AL)

Draft: New York Jets in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

161

Rec

322

Yds

5515

Y/R

17.1

FantPt

823.4

Receiving & Rushing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1970	22	NYJ	te	88	14	6	19	393	20.7	3	72	1.4	28.1								19	20.7	393	3	0	4
1971	23	NYJ	WR	88	14	14	26	454	17.5	6	57	1.9	32.4	2	10	0	17	5.0	0.7	0.1	28	16.6	464	6	0	7
1972*	24	NYJ	TE	88	14	13	39	833	21.4	10	80	2.8	59.5	2	6	0	6	3.0	0.4	0.1	41	20.5	839	10	0	12	PB
1973	25	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	35	593	16.9	4	49	2.5	42.4	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	36	16.2	584	4	1	6
1974*	26	NYJ	TE	88	13	13	38	745	19.6	7	89	2.9	57.3								38	19.6	745	7	2	10	PB
1975*	27	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	47	820	17.4	4	91	3.4	58.6								47	17.4	820	4	0	10	PB
1976	28	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	31	391	12.6	1	41	2.2	27.9	6	73	0	60	12.2	5.2	0.4	37	12.5	464	1	1	4
1977	29	NYJ	WR	88	10	10	10	205	20.5	1	58	1.0	20.5	2	-15	0	-6	-7.5	-1.5	0.2	12	15.8	190	1	1	2
1978	30	HOU	wr	88	14	6	20	316	15.8	5	47	1.4	22.6	5	32	0	11	6.4	2.3	0.4	25	13.9	348	5	1	4
1979	31	HOU	WR	88	16	14	18	239	13.3	1	36	1.1	14.9	4	25	0	10	6.3	1.6	0.3	22	12.0	264	1	1	3
1980	32	HOU		88	16	0	27	341	12.6	3	68	1.7	21.3								27	12.6	341	3	1	3
1981	33	2TM			7	1	12	185	15.4	0	31	1.7	26.4	1	-3	0	0	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	13	14.0	182	0	2	2
		NOR		86	4	0	7	108	15.4	0	31	1.8	27.0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.8	0.3	8	13.1	105	0	2	1
		WAS		82	3	1	5	77	15.4	0	26	1.7	25.7								5	15.4	77	0	0	1
1982	34	WAS		82	1	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0		0
Career					161	119	322	5515	17.1	45	91	2.0	34.3	23	119	0	60	5.2	0.7	0.1	345	16.3	5634	45	10	67
8 yrs		NYJ			107	98	245	4434	18.1	36	91	2.3	41.4	13	65	0	60	5.0	0.6	0.1	258	17.4	4499	36	5	55
3 yrs		HOU			46	20	65	896	13.8	9	68	1.4	19.5	9	57	0	11	6.3	1.2	0.2	74	12.9	953	9	3	10
2 yrs		WAS			4	1	5	77	15.4	0	26	1.3	19.3								5	15.4	77	0	0	1
1 yr		NOR			4	0	7	108	15.4	0	31	1.8	27.0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.8	0.3	8	13.1	105	0	2	1

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1978	30	HOU		2	2	8	67	8.4	0	21	2.7	22.3								8	8.4	67	0	0
1979	31	HOU	WR	3	3	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1	0.0	0	0	0
1980	32	HOU	TE	1	0															0
1982	34	WAS	TE	1	0															0
Career				8	5	8	67	8.4	0	21	1.0	8.4	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	9	7.4	67	0	0
3 yrs		HOU		7	5	8	67	8.4	0	21	1.1	9.6	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	9	7.4	67	0	0
1 yr		WAS		1	0															0

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1971	23	NYJ	WR	88	14	14							0	1	7	0	0.0
1972*	24	NYJ	TE	88	14	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
1973	25	NYJ	TE	88	14	14							1	1	0	0	0.0
1974*	26	NYJ	TE	88	13	13							2	0	0	0	0.0
1976	28	NYJ	TE	88	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1977	29	NYJ	WR	88	10	10							1	1	0	0	0.0
1978	30	HOU	wr	88	14	6							1	0	0	0	0.0
1979	31	HOU	WR	88	16	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1980	32	HOU		88	16	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1981	33	2TM			7	1							2	0	0	0	0.0
		NOR		86	4	0							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					161	119							10	4	7	0	0.0
8 yrs		NYJ			107	98							5	4	7	0	0.0
3 yrs		HOU			46	20							3	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		WAS			4	1											0.0
1 yr		NOR			4	0							2	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
1970	22	NYJ	te	88	14	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	393
1979	31	HOU	WR	88	16	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	264
Career					161	119						2	0	0	0	0.0	5641
8 yrs		NYJ			107	98						1	0	0	0	0.0	4506
3 yrs		HOU			46	20						1	0	0	0	0.0	953
2 yrs		WAS			4	1											77
1 yr		NOR			4	0											105

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1970	22	NYJ	te	88	14	6	3	3		18	1.3
1971	23	NYJ	WR	88	14	14	6	6		36	2.6
1972*	24	NYJ	TE	88	14	13	10	10		60	4.3
1973	25	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	4	4		24	1.7
1974*	26	NYJ	TE	88	13	13	7	7		42	3.2
1975*	27	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	4	4		24	1.7
1976	28	NYJ	TE	88	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1977	29	NYJ	WR	88	10	10	1	1		6	0.6
1978	30	HOU	wr	88	14	6	5	5		30	2.1
1979	31	HOU	WR	88	16	14	1	1		6	0.4
1980	32	HOU		88	16	0	3	3		18	1.1
Career					161	119	45	45	0	270	1.7
8 yrs		NYJ			107	98	36	36	0	216	2.0
3 yrs		HOU			46	20	9	9	0	54	1.2
2 yrs		WAS			4	1			0	0	0.0
1 yr		NOR			4	0			0	0	0.0

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