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Ricky Watters

Richard James Watters

Position: RB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: April 7, 1969 in Harrisburg, PA
College: Notre Dame

5-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1991 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1992* 23 SFO RB 14 13 206 1013 9 43 4.9 72.4 14.7 43 405 9.4 2 35 3.1 28.9 1418 11 2
1993* 24 SFO RB 13 13 208 950 10 39 4.6 73.1 16.0 31 326 10.5 1 48 2.4 25.1 1276 11 5
1994* 25 SFO RB 16 16 239 877 6 23 3.7 54.8 14.9 66 719 10.9 5 65 4.1 44.9 1596 11 8
1995* 26 PHI RB 16 16 337 1273 11 57 3.8 79.6 21.1 62 434 7.0 1 24 3.9 27.1 1707 12 6
1996* 27 PHI RB 16 16 353 1411 13 56 4.0 88.2 22.1 51 444 8.7 0 36 3.2 27.8 1855 13 5
1997 28 PHI RB 16 16 285 1110 7 28 3.9 69.4 17.8 48 440 9.2 0 37 3.0 27.5 1550 7 3
1998 29 SEA RB 16 16 319 1239 9 39 3.9 77.4 19.9 52 373 7.2 0 24 3.3 23.3 1612 9 4
1999 30 SEA RB 16 16 325 1210 5 45 3.7 75.6 20.3 40 387 9.7 2 25 2.5 24.2 1597 7 4
2000 31 SEA RB 16 16 278 1242 7 55 4.5 77.6 17.4 63 613 9.7 2 59 3.9 38.3 1855 9 5
2001 32 SEA 5 4 72 318 1 40 4.4 63.6 14.4 11 107 9.7 0 34 2.2 21.4 425 1 1
Career 144 142 2622 10643 78 57 4.1 73.9 18.2 467 4248 9.1 13 65 3.2 29.5 14891 91 43
4 yrs SEA 53 52 994 4009 22 55 4.0 75.6 18.8 166 1480 8.9 4 59 3.1 27.9 5489 26 14
3 yrs PHI 48 48 975 3794 31 57 3.9 79.0 20.3 161 1318 8.2 1 37 3.4 27.5 5112 32 14
3 yrs SFO 43 42 653 2840 25 43 4.3 66.0 15.2 140 1450 10.4 8 65 3.3 33.7 4290 33 15

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1992* 23 SFO RB 14 13 2 1 0 0
1993* 24 SFO RB 13 13 5 1 0 0
1994* 25 SFO RB 16 16 8 2 0 0
1995* 26 PHI RB 16 16 6 0 0 0
1996* 27 PHI RB 16 16 5 0 0 0
1997 28 PHI RB 16 16 3 1 0 0
1998 29 SEA RB 16 16 4 1 0 0
1999 30 SEA RB 16 16 4 0 0 0
2000 31 SEA RB 16 16 5 2 0 0
2001 32 SEA 5 4 1 1 0 0
Career 144 142 43 9 0 0
4 yrs SEA 53 52 14 4 0 0
3 yrs PHI 48 48 14 1 0 0
3 yrs SFO 43 42 15 4 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1992* 23 SFO RB 14 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 29 SEA RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 11.0 1.0 0.1 118.7 0 0 1.0 11.0 0.0
Career 144 142 1 2 50.0 1 1 50.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 5.5 1.0 0.0 95.8 0 0 0.5 5.5 0.0
4 yrs SEA 53 52 1 1 100.0 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 11.0 1.0 0.0 118.7 0 0 1.0 11.0 0.0
3 yrs SFO 43 42 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1992* 23 SFO RB 14 13 9 2 66
1993* 24 SFO RB 13 13 10 1 66
1994* 25 SFO RB 16 16 6 5 66
1995* 26 PHI RB 16 16 11 1 72
1996* 27 PHI RB 16 16 13 78
1997 28 PHI RB 16 16 7 42
1998 29 SEA RB 16 16 9 1 56
1999 30 SEA RB 16 16 5 2 42
2000 31 SEA RB 16 16 7 2 54
2001 32 SEA 5 4 1 6
Career 144 142 78 13 1 548
4 yrs SEA 53 52 22 4 1 158
3 yrs PHI 48 48 31 1 192
3 yrs SFO 43 42 25 8 198

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

Rushing Att

1995 NFL 337 (4-- 82)
1996 NFL 353 (1-- 50)
1997 NFL 285 (8)
1998 NFL 319 (7)
1999 NFL 325 (4)
Career 2622 (17)

Rushing Yds

1995 NFL 1273 (6)
1996 NFL 1411 (4)
1997 NFL 1110 (10)
1998 NFL 1239 (9)
1999 NFL 1210 (9)
Career 10643 (20)

Rushing TD

1992 NFL 9 (5)
1993 NFL 10 (2)
1995 NFL 11 (4)
1996 NFL 13 (3-- 82)
1998 NFL 9 (5)
Career 78 (19)

Yds/Rushing Att

1992 NFL 4.9 (2)
1993 NFL 4.6 (7)
2000 NFL 4.5 (9)
Career 4.1 (191)

Rushing Yds/Game

1992 NFL 72.4 (9)
1993 NFL 73.1 (9)
1995 NFL 79.6 (7)
1996 NFL 88.2 (4)
Career 73.9 (26)

Receptions

Career 467 (129)

Touchdowns

1992 NFL 11 (6)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 11 (6)
1996 NFL 13 (7)
Career 91 (25)

Points Scored

Career 548 (127)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1992 NFL 11 (6)
1993 NFL 11 (4)
1994 NFL 11 (6)
1996 NFL 13 (7)
Career 91 (25)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 1 (134)

Yds From Scrimmage

1992 NFL 1418 (8)
1994 NFL 1596 (5)
1995 NFL 1707 (7)
1996 NFL 1855 (1-- 88)
1997 NFL 1550 (7)
1998 NFL 1612 (8)
1999 NFL 1597 (9)
2000 NFL 1855 (5-- 88)
Career 14891 (18)

All-Purpose Yds

1996 NFL 1855 (5)
Career 14891 (27)

Touches

1995 NFL 399 (2-- 41)
1996 NFL 404 (1-- 35)
1997 NFL 333 (6)
1998 NFL 371 (7)
1999 NFL 365 (5)
2000 NFL 341 (7)
Career 3089 (17)

Fumbles

Career 43 (147)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1994 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1995 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1992 23 14 RB 208 98 8 11
1993 24 13 RB 194 80 4 10
1994 25 16 RB 226 98 6 12
1995 26 16 RB 243 103 5 14
1996 27 16 RB 264 136 3 5
1997 28 16 RB 197 63 9 20
1998 29 16 RB 221 94 7 11
1999 30 16 RB 202 72 9 20
2000 31 16 RB 240 80 9 23
2001 32 5 RB 49 60
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