Art Monk

James Arthur Monk

Position: WR

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: December 5, 1957 in White Plains, NY

College: Syracuse (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 90 (256th overall since 1960)

High School: White Plains (NY)

Draft: Washington Redskins in the 1st round (18th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2008 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

224

125

Rec

940

Yds

12721

Y/R

13.5

FantPt

1702.1

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	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1980	23	WAS	WR	81	16	11		58	797	13.7	3		54	3.6	49.8											58	13.7	797	3	0	6
1981	24	WAS	WR	81	16	16		56	894	16.0	6		79	3.5	55.9			1	-5	0		-5	-5.0	-0.3	0.1	57	15.6	889	6	0	8
1982	25	WAS	WR	81	9	9		35	447	12.8	1		43	3.9	49.7			7	21	0		14	3.0	2.3	0.8	42	11.1	468	1	3	8
1983	26	WAS	WR	81	12	11		47	746	15.9	5		43	3.9	62.2			3	-19	0		2	-6.3	-1.6	0.3	50	14.5	727	5	0	9
1984*+	27	WAS	WR	81	16	16		106	1372	12.9	7		72	6.6	85.8			2	18	0		18	9.0	1.1	0.1	108	12.9	1390	7	1	14	AP1, PB
1985*	28	WAS	WR	81	15	14		91	1226	13.5	2		53	6.1	81.7			7	51	0		16	7.3	3.4	0.5	98	13.0	1277	2	2	9	AP2, PB
1986*	29	WAS	WR	81	16	16		73	1068	14.6	4		69	4.6	66.8			4	27	0		21	6.8	1.7	0.3	77	14.2	1095	4	2	10	PB
1987	30	WAS	WR	81	9	9		38	483	12.7	6		62	4.2	53.7			6	63	0		26	10.5	7.0	0.7	44	12.4	546	6	0	5
1988	31	WAS	WR	81	16	13		72	946	13.1	5		46	4.5	59.1			7	46	0		23	6.6	2.9	0.4	79	12.6	992	5	0	8
1989	32	WAS	WR	81	16	12		86	1186	13.8	8		60	5.4	74.1			3	8	0		14	2.7	0.5	0.2	89	13.4	1194	8	2	10
1990	33	WAS	WR	81	16	16		68	770	11.3	5		44	4.3	48.1			7	59	0		26	8.4	3.7	0.4	75	11.1	829	5	0	8
1991	34	WAS	WR	81	16	16		71	1049	14.8	8		64	4.4	65.6			9	19	0		14	2.1	1.2	0.6	80	13.4	1068	8	2	14
1992	35	WAS	WR	81	16	14	89	46	644	14.0	3		49	2.9	40.3	51.7%	7.2	6	45	0		16	7.5	2.8	0.4	52	13.3	689	3	1	7
1993	36	WAS	wr	81	16	5	75	41	398	9.7	2		29	2.6	24.9	54.7%	5.3	1	-1	0		-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	42	9.5	397	2	0	3
1994	37	NYJ	WR	81	16	15	65	46	581	12.6	3	23	69	2.9	36.3	70.8%	8.9									46	12.6	581	3	0	5
1995	38	PHI		85	3	1	12	6	114	19.0	0	5	36	2.0	38.0	50.0%	9.5									6	19.0	114	0	0	1
Career					224	194	241	940	12721	13.5	68	28	79	4.2	56.8	57.7%	7.2	63	332	0	0	26	5.3	1.5	0.3	1003	13.0	13053	68	13	125
14 yrs		WAS			205	178	164	888	12026	13.5	65	0	79	4.3	58.7	53%	6.4	63	332	0	0	26	5.3	1.6	0.3	951	13.0	12358	65	13	119
1 yr		NYJ			16	15	65	46	581	12.6	3	23	69	2.9	36.3	70.8%	8.9									46	12.6	581	3	0	5
1 yr		PHI			3	1	12	6	114	19.0	0	5	36	2.0	38.0	50.0%	9.5									6	19.0	114	0	0	1

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1983	26	WAS	WR	3	3		8	121	15.1	2	0	40	2.7	40.3		12.1									8	15.1	121	2	0
1984*+	27	WAS	WR	1	1		10	122	12.2	0	0	35	10.0	122.0											10	12.2	122	0	0
1986*	29	WAS	WR	3	3		18	241	13.4	2	0	48	6.0	80.3											18	13.4	241	2	0
1987	30	WAS		1	0		1	40	40.0	0	0	40	1.0	40.0		40.0									1	40.0	40	0	0
1990	33	WAS	WR	2	2		12	207	17.3	2	0	40	6.0	103.5			1	9	0	0	9	9.0	4.5	0.5	13	16.6	216	2	0
1991	34	WAS	WR	3	3		15	252	16.8	1	0	45	5.0	84.0		25.2	1	-2	0	0	0	-2.0	-0.7	0.3	16	15.6	250	1	0
1992	35	WAS	WR	2	2	10	5	79	15.8	0	0	37	2.5	39.5	50.0%	7.9	4	10	0	0	7	2.5	5.0	2.0	9	9.9	89	0	0
Career				15	14	31	69	1062	15.4	7	0	48	4.6	70.8	57.7%	7.2	6	17	0	0	9	2.8	1.1	0.4	75	14.4	1079	7	0

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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%	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1983	26	WAS	WR	81	12	11	1	1	100	46	0	0		46	46.0	46.0	46.0	3.8	118.7	0	46.00	46.00
1988	31	WAS	WR	81	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
Career					224	194	1	2	50	46	0	0	0	46	23.0	23.0	46.0	0.2	95.8	0	23.00	23.00
14 yrs		WAS			205	178	1	2	50	46	0	0	0	46	23.0	23.0	46.0	0.2	95.8	0	23.00	23.00
1 yr		NYJ			16	15	0	0		0				0				0.0
1 yr		PHI			3	1	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
1982	25	WAS	WR	81	9	9							3	0	0	0	0.0
1984*+	27	WAS	WR	81	16	16							1	0	0	0	0.0
1985*	28	WAS	WR	81	15	14							2	0	0	0	0.0
1986*	29	WAS	WR	81	16	16							2	2	0	0	0.0
1988	31	WAS	WR	81	16	13							0	1	0	0	0.0
1989	32	WAS	WR	81	16	12							2	0	0	0	0.0
1990	33	WAS	WR	81	16	16							0	1	0	0	0.0
1991	34	WAS	WR	81	16	16							2	0	0	0	0.0
1992	35	WAS	WR	81	16	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					224	194						0	13	4	0	0	0.0
14 yrs		WAS			205	178						0	13	4	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYJ			16	15											0.0
1 yr		PHI			3	1											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
1983	26	WAS	WR	3	3											0.0	1
Career				15	14											0.0	1	1	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
1980	23	WAS	WR	81	16	11						1	10	0	10	10.0	807
Career					224	194						1	10	0	10	10.0	13063
14 yrs		WAS			205	178						1	10	0	10	10.0	12368
1 yr		NYJ			16	15											581
1 yr		PHI			3	1											114

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1980	23	WAS	WR	81	16	11	3	3		18	1.1
1981	24	WAS	WR	81	16	16	6	6		36	2.3
1982	25	WAS	WR	81	9	9	1	1		6	0.7
1983	26	WAS	WR	81	12	11	5	5		30	2.5
1984*+	27	WAS	WR	81	16	16	7	7		42	2.6
1985*	28	WAS	WR	81	15	14	2	2		12	0.8
1986*	29	WAS	WR	81	16	16	4	4		24	1.5
1987	30	WAS	WR	81	9	9	6	6		36	4.0
1988	31	WAS	WR	81	16	13	5	5		30	1.9
1989	32	WAS	WR	81	16	12	8	8		48	3.0
1990	33	WAS	WR	81	16	16	5	5		30	1.9
1991	34	WAS	WR	81	16	16	8	8		48	3.0
1992	35	WAS	WR	81	16	14	3	3		18	1.1
1993	36	WAS	wr	81	16	5	2	2		12	0.8
1994	37	NYJ	WR	81	16	15	3	3		18	1.1
Career					224	194	68	68	0	408	1.8
14 yrs		WAS			205	178	65	65	0	390	1.9
1 yr		NYJ			16	15	3	3	0	18	1.1
1 yr		PHI			3	1			0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1983	26	WAS	WR	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1986*	29	WAS	WR	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1990	33	WAS	WR	2	2	2	2	12	6.0
1991	34	WAS	WR	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				15	14	7	7	42	2.8

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