Receiver, Minnesota, 2006–09
Eric Decker
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Cold Spring, MN
- Born
- Mar 15, 1987, in Cold Spring, Minnesota
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Eric Decker played receiver at Minnesota (2006–09). The Denver Broncos took Decker in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13catches, career highvs. Indiana, 2008190receiving yards, career highvs. Indiana, 20082receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Northwestern, 2009Honors
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Tkl | PBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| On file | 10 | 10 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Minnesota 8 games, 50 catches, 758 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Syracuse | W 23–20 | 9 | 183 | 0 | 53 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. Air Force | W 20–13 | 10 | 113 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. California | L 21–35 | 8 | 119 | 2 | 26 | – |
| Sep 26 | at Northwestern | W 35–24 | 8 | 84 | 2 | 21 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. Wisconsin | L 28–31 | 8 | 140 | 1 | 40 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. Purdue | W 35–20 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 47 | – |
| Oct 17 | at Penn State | L 0–20 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | – |
| Oct 24 | at Ohio State | L 7–38 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 16 | – |
2008 Minnesota 12 games, 84 catches, 1,074 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 31–27 | 10 | 89 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Sep 6 | at Bowling Green | W 42–17 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 28 | 31 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Montana State | W 35–23 | 9 | 157 | 1 | 44 | 26 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 37–3 | 7 | 122 | 1 | 31 | 14 |
| Sep 27 | atOhio State | L 21–34 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Indiana | W 16–7 | 13 | 190 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| Oct 11 | at Illinois | W 27–20 | 9 | 86 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Oct 25 | atPurdue | W 17–6 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Northwestern | L 17–24 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 24 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. Michigan | L 6–29 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. Iowa | L 0–55 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Kansas | L 21–42 | 8 | 149 | 1 | 75 | 5 |
2007 Minnesota 12 games, 67 catches, 909 yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs.Bowling Green | L 31–32 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 41–35 | 7 | 128 | 2 | 59 | – |
| Sep 15 | atFlorida Atlantic | L 39–42 | 12 | 165 | 1 | 24 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs.Purdue | L 31–45 | 7 | 79 | 1 | 21 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs.Ohio State | L 7–30 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Oct 6 | atIndiana | L 20–40 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 42 | – |
| Oct 13 | atNorthwestern | L 48–49 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Oct 20 | vs. North Dakota State | L 21–27 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Oct 27 | atMichigan | L 10–34 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Nov 3 | vs.Illinois | L 17–44 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 33 | 22 |
| Nov 10 | atIowa | L 16–21 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs.Wisconsin | L 34–41 | 6 | 125 | 2 | 29 | – |
2006 Minnesota 11 games, 26 catches, 378 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Kent State | W 44–0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 | – |
| Sep 9 | atCalifornia | L 17–42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. Temple | W 62–0 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Sep 23 | atPurdue | L 21–27 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Oct 7 | vs.Penn State | L 27–28 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Oct 14 | atWisconsin | L 12–48 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs.North Dakota State | W 10–9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Oct 28 | atOhio State | L 0–44 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 4 | vs.Indiana | W 63–26 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Nov 18 | vs.Iowa | W 34–24 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Texas Tech | L 41–44 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 26 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅛″ |
| Weight | 217 lb |
| Arm length | 31″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 sW |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 107 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 6 | 106 | 1 |
| 2011 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 44 | 612 | 8 |
| 2012 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 85 | 1,064 | 13 |
| 2013 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 87 | 1,288 | 11 |
| 2014 | New York Jets | 15 | 74 | 962 | 5 |
| 2015 | New York Jets | 15 | 80 | 1,027 | 12 |
| 2016 | New York Jets | 3 | 9 | 194 | 2 |
| 2017 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 54 | 563 | 1 |
| NFL career | 107 | 439 | 5,816 | 53 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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