Irving Fryar
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Receiver, Nebraska, 1981–⁠83

Irving Fryar

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Irving Fryar played receiver at Nebraska (1981–⁠83). He was a consensus All‑American in 1983. The New England Patriots took Fryar first overall in the 1984 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1983
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Big Eight
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 1984 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Honors

Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1981, 1982 and 1983

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTeamReceivingRushing
RecYdsAvgTDAttYdsAvgTD
1981337023.117304.31
1982242434617.322025312.72
1983404078019.582331813.82
Career671,19611506015

From the college statistics table in Fryar’s Wikipedia article (Irving Fryar, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 5 (1985, 1993–⁠94, 1996–⁠97) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1985, 1994)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 1985, 1994.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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