Phil Epps
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | November 11, 1958 Atlanta, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Atlanta | ||||||||
| College | TCU | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: 12th round, 321st overall pick | ||||||||
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Phillip Earl Epps (born November 11, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers from 1982 to 1988 and the New York Jets in 1989. He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs.[1]
One of his more memorable catches was a 1985 game against the Minnesota Vikings in which he caught a pass from Lynn Dickey on the 21-yard line. His momentum from contact with a Vikings defender caused him to nearly fall out of bounds and he attempted to hop on one foot along the sidelines for nearly 15 yards to score the touchdown but was ruled out of bounds at the 5-yard line.[2] The Packers scored a touchdown on the drive and won 27–17.
Epps was also a world class sprinter. His personal best of 20.19 seconds in the 200 meters was the second fastest time in the world in 1982. He also competed in the 55 meters and 100 meters, posting personal bests of 6.08 seconds and 10.16 seconds.
Epps was an All-American for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team, finishing 5th in the 200 meters at the 1982 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and 1983 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[3]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1982 | GNB | 9 | 1 | 10 | 226 | 22.6 | 50 | 2 |
| 1983 | GNB | 16 | 0 | 18 | 313 | 17.4 | 45 | 0 |
| 1984 | GNB | 16 | 4 | 26 | 435 | 16.7 | 56 | 3 |
| 1985 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 44 | 683 | 15.5 | 63 | 3 |
| 1986 | GNB | 12 | 12 | 49 | 612 | 12.5 | 53 | 4 |
| 1987 | GNB | 10 | 9 | 34 | 516 | 15.2 | 40 | 2 |
| 1988 | GNB | 6 | 3 | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | NYJ | 10 | 0 | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 95 | 45 | 200 | 2,992 | 15.0 | 63 | 14 | ||
Playoffs
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1982 | GNB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||
References
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Atlanta, Texas
- American football wide receivers
- American football return specialists
- TCU Horned Frogs football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- New York Jets players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American men sprinters
- TCU Horned Frogs men's track and field athletes
- American football wide receiver, 1950s birth stubs