Rickey Dudley
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | July 15, 1972 Henderson, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Henderson (TX) Fork Union Military Academy (VA) | ||||||||
| College | Ohio State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1996: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||
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Rickey Deshun Dudley (born July 15, 1972) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). A 6'6", 252-lb. tight end from Ohio State University (where he played basketball before playing football), Dudley was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.[1] He played in nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1996 to 2004 for the Raiders, the Cleveland Browns, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he won Super Bowl XXXVII. A thumb injury that required surgery ended his career after the 2004 season.[2]
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
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| Won the Super Bowl | |
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1996 | OAK | 16 | 15 | 70 | 34 | 386 | 11.4 | 62 | 4 |
| 1997 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 91 | 48 | 787 | 16.4 | 76 | 7 |
| 1998 | OAK | 16 | 15 | 77 | 36 | 549 | 15.3 | 32 | 5 |
| 1999 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 59 | 39 | 555 | 14.2 | 35 | 9 |
| 2000 | OAK | 16 | 16 | 49 | 29 | 350 | 12.1 | 30 | 4 |
| 2001 | CLE | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002 | TAM | 14 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 192 | 12.0 | 35 | 3 |
| 2003 | TAM | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2004 | TAM | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career | 108 | 87 | 403 | 221 | 3,024 | 13.7 | 76 | 33 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | OAK | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | TAM | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Career | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 1 | |
References
- ↑ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ↑ "ESPN.com: NFL - Dudley looks to revitalize career in Tampa". a.espncdn.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
External links
- Career statistics from Pro Football Reference
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American football tight ends
- Cleveland Browns players
- Fork Union Military Academy alumni
- Oakland Raiders players
- Ohio State Buckeyes football players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Sportspeople from Henderson, Texas
- Players of American football from Rusk County, Texas
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football tight end, 1970s birth stubs