Sammy White stats

Last played for the Minnesota Vikings, 1985

Wide receiver

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Sammy White played 10 NFL seasons, 1976 to 1985.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
128
REC
393
TGTS
728
YDS
6,400
AVG
16.3
TD
50
LNG
69
FD
258
Totals by season
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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1976MIN1451—90617.81056—
1977MIN14418676018.596930
1978MIN165311274114.093340
1979MIN154210871517.045535
1980MIN165310888716.755044
1981MIN16661401,00115.235343
1982MIN7295350317.356524
1983MIN11295941214.244322
1984MIN13214439919.014717
1985MIN6818769.50153

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career Postseason

GP
9
REC
17
TGTS
40
YDS
313
AVG
18.4
TD
5
LNG
36
FD
5

Per game

Career regular season

GP
128
REC
3.1
TGTS
5.7
YDS
50
AVG
16.3
TD
0.4
LNG
69
FD
2.0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
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, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
1976MIN143.6—64.717.80.756—
1977MIN142.96.154.318.50.6692.1
1978MIN163.37.046.314.00.6332.5
1979MIN152.87.247.717.00.3552.3
1980MIN163.36.855.416.70.3502.8
1981MIN164.18.862.615.20.2532.7
1982MIN74.17.671.917.30.7653.4
1983MIN112.65.437.514.20.4432.0
1984MIN131.63.430.719.00.1471.3
1985MIN61.33.012.79.50.0150.5

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Bio

Experience
10 yearsDebut 1976
Offensive Rookie of the Year
1976

What were Sammy White's career stats?

Sammy White played 10 seasons for the Vikings. He had 393 receptions for 6,400 yards and 50 receiving touchdowns. His best season was 1981: 66 receptions, 1,001 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1976 to 1985

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 164th in receiving yards (6,400)
  • 260th in receptions (393)

Among the 3,709 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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