Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 1, Pk 23
- College
- Florida State
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1985
- Draft
- 1985Rd 1, Pk 23
- College
- Florida State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 147
- REC
- 373
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 5,850
- AVG
- 15.7
- TD
- 29
- LNG
- 81
- FD
- 175
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (REC, TGTS, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 30+ TGTS; AVG: 4+ games, 30+ REC) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  LV | 16 | 32 | 0 | 665 | 20.8 | 4 | 59 | 0 |
| 1986 | LV | 13 | 23 | 0 | 632 | 27.5 | 6 | 81 | 0 |
| 1987 | LV | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 |  ATL | 16 | 12 | 0 | 176 | 14.7 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1990 | IND | 16 | 54 | 0 | 924 | 17.1 | 6 | 64 | 0 |
| 1991 | IND | 16 | 60 | 0 | 753 | 12.6 | 5 | 49 | 44 |
| 1992 | IND | 16 | 52 | 0 | 792 | 15.2 | 1 | 81 | 39 |
| 1993 | IND | 16 | 64 | 0 | 835 | 13.0 | 1 | 58 | 41 |
| 1994 | LAR | 16 | 45 | 0 | 644 | 14.3 | 3 | 41 | 32 |
| 1995 | LAR | 12 | 30 | 0 | 399 | 13.3 | 3 | 38 | 19 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- REC
- 1
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 16
- AVG
- 16.0
- TD
- 1
- LNG
- 16
- FD
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 147
- REC
- 2.5
- TGTS
- 0
- YDS
- 39.8
- AVG
- 15.7
- TD
- 0.2
- LNG
- 81
- FD
- 1.2
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | LV | 16 | 2 | 0 | 41.6 | 20.8 | 0.3 | 59 | 0 |
| 1986 | LV | 13 | 1.8 | 0 | 48.6 | 27.5 | 0.5 | 81 | 0 |
| 1987 | LV | 10 | 0.1 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 | ATL | 16 | 0.8 | 0 | 11 | 14.7 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1990 | IND | 16 | 3.4 | 0 | 57.8 | 17.1 | 0.4 | 64 | 0 |
| 1991 | IND | 16 | 3.8 | 0 | 47.1 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 49 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | IND | 16 | 3.3 | 0 | 49.5 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 81 | 2.4 |
| 1993 | IND | 16 | 4 | 0 | 52.2 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 58 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | LAR | 16 | 2.8 | 0 | 40.3 | 14.3 | 0.2 | 41 | 2 |
| 1995 | LAR | 12 | 2.5 | 0 | 33.3 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 38 | 1.6 |
What were Jessie Hester's career stats?
Jessie Hester played 10 seasons for the Raiders, the Falcons, the Colts and the Rams. He had 373 receptions for 5,850 yards and 29 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 1993: 64 receptions, 835 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1985 to 1995
All-time career rank
- 158th in receiving yards (5,850)
- 254th in receptions (373)
Among the 3,371 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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