Rick Upchurch

Richard Upchurch

Position: WR

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: May 20, 1952 in Toledo, OH

College: Minnesota (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (2139th overall since 1960)

High School: Springfield (OH)

Draft: Denver Broncos in the 4th round (95th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

119

Rec

267

Yds

4369

Y/R

16.4

FantPt

654.8

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
1975	23	DEN		80	14	0	18	436	24.2	2	90	1.3	31.1	16	97	1	15	6.1	6.9	1.1	34	15.7	533	3	3	5
1976*+	24	DEN	WR	80	13	9	12	340	28.3	1	59	0.9	26.2	6	71	1	25	11.8	5.5	0.5	18	22.8	411	2	5	9	AP1, PB
1977	25	DEN		80	14	1	12	245	20.4	2	45	0.9	17.5	1	19	1	19	19.0	1.4	0.1	13	20.3	264	3	6	5	AP2
1978*+	26	DEN		80	12	0	17	210	12.4	1	29	1.4	17.5	5	31	0	11	6.2	2.6	0.4	22	11.0	241	1	2	3	AP1, PB
1979*	27	DEN	WR	80	16	16	64	937	14.6	7	47	4.0	58.6	3	17	0	18	5.7	1.1	0.2	67	14.2	954	7	5	8	AP2, PB
1980	28	DEN	WR	80	16	14	46	605	13.2	3	35	2.9	37.8	5	49	0	21	9.8	3.1	0.3	51	12.8	654	3	2	6
1981	29	DEN	WR	80	13	10	32	550	17.2	3	63	2.5	42.3	5	56	0	37	11.2	4.3	0.4	37	16.4	606	3	0	5
1982*+	30	DEN	WR	80	9	8	26	407	15.7	3	51	2.9	45.2	2	-10	0	-3	-5.0	-1.1	0.2	28	14.2	397	3	4	7	AP1, PB
1983	31	DEN	WR	80	12	11	40	639	16.0	2	40	3.3	53.3	6	19	0	9	3.2	1.6	0.5	46	14.3	658	2	0	5
Career					119	69	267	4369	16.4	24	90	2.2	36.7	49	349	3	37	7.1	2.9	0.4	316	14.9	4718	27	27	53

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
1977	25	DEN		3	0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	3.0								1	9.0	9	0	0
1978*+	26	DEN		1	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1
1979*	27	DEN		1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
Career				5	1	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.2	1.8	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2	2	6.0	12	0	1

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1975	23	DEN		80	14	0	27	312	0	51	11.6	40	1084	0	58	27.1	1929
1976*+	24	DEN	WR	80	13	9	39	536	4	92	13.7	22	514	0	64	23.4	1461
1977	25	DEN		80	14	1	51	653	1	87	12.8	20	456	0	52	22.8	1373
1978*+	26	DEN		80	12	0	36	493	1	75	13.7	8	222	0	41	27.8	956
1979*	27	DEN	WR	80	16	16	30	304	0	44	10.1	5	79	0	26	15.8	1337
1980	28	DEN	WR	80	16	14	37	353	0	34	9.5						1007
1981	29	DEN	WR	80	13	10	9	63	0	15	7.0						669
1982*+	30	DEN	WR	80	9	8	15	242	2	78	16.1						639
1983	31	DEN	WR	80	12	11	4	52	0	17	13.0						710
Career					119	69	248	3008	8	92	12.1	95	2355	0	64	24.8	10081

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1977	25	DEN		3	0	6	37	0	9	6.2	8	185	0	67	23.1	231
1978*+	26	DEN		1	0	2	30	0	22	15.0	3	47	0	24	15.7	77
1979*	27	DEN		1	1	2	25	0	17	12.5	1	27	0	27	27.0	55
Career				5	1	10	92	0	22	9.2	12	259	0	67	21.6	363

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	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1975	23	DEN		80	14	0	0							1	9	100	-9.00	-9.00
1979*	27	DEN	WR	80	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1982*+	30	DEN	WR	80	9	8	0							1	3	100	-3.00	-3.00
1983	31	DEN	WR	80	12	11	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career					119	69	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	2	12	40	-2.40	-2.40

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
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1975	23	DEN		80	14	0							3	1	0	0	0.0
1976*+	24	DEN	WR	80	13	9							5	3	0	0	0.0
1977	25	DEN		80	14	1							6	2	0	0	0.0
1978*+	26	DEN		80	12	0							2	0	0	0	0.0
1979*	27	DEN	WR	80	16	16							5	1	0	0	0.0
1980	28	DEN	WR	80	16	14							2	1	0	0	0.0
1982*+	30	DEN	WR	80	9	8							4	1	0	0	0.0
Career					119	69							27	9	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1978*+	26	DEN		1	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				5							0	1	0	0	0	0.0

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	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1975	23	DEN		80	14	0	1	2		3		18	1.3
1976*+	24	DEN	WR	80	13	9	1	1	4	6		36	2.8
1977	25	DEN		80	14	1	1	2	1	4		24	1.7
1978*+	26	DEN		80	12	0		1	1	2		12	1.0
1979*	27	DEN	WR	80	16	16		7		7		42	2.6
1980	28	DEN	WR	80	16	14		3		3		18	1.1
1981	29	DEN	WR	80	13	10		3		3		18	1.4
1982*+	30	DEN	WR	80	9	8		3	2	5		30	3.3
1983	31	DEN	WR	80	12	11		2		2		12	1.0
Career					119	69	3	24	8	35	0	210	1.8

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