Dan Ross
Daniel Richard Ross
Born: February 9, 1957
Malden, MA USA
Deceased: May 16, 2006
Haverhill, MA
Position: TE
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 238
College: Northeastern
High School: Everett (MA)
Career: 1979-1986
Drafted: 1979 in Round 2, #30 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals
Dan Ross played from 1979 to 1986 during his career with the Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Breakers, Portland Breakers and Seattle Seahawks. Ross caught 396 passes for 4,774 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 41 | 516 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 |
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 56 | 724 | 12.9 | 37 | 4 |
1981 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 71 | 910 | 12.8 | 37 | 5 |
1982 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 47 | 508 | 10.8 | 28 | 3 |
1983 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 42 | 483 | 11.5 | 30 | 3 |
1984 | USFL New Orleans Breakers | 65 | 833 | 12.8 | 36 | 2 |
1985 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 12 | 2 |
1985 | USFL Portland Breakers | 41 | 522 | 12.7 | 37t | 5 |
1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 16 | 1 |
NFL | 290 | 3419 | 11.8 | 41 | 19 | |
USFL | 106 | 1355 | 12.8 | 37 | 7 | |
Totals | 396 | 4774 | 12.1 | 41 | 26 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1985 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1979 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1980 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1981 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
1982 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1983 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1984 | USFL New Orleans Breakers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
1985 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1985 | USFL Portland Breakers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
NFL | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
USFL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | |
Totals | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 158 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 0 |
1980 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 16 |
1981 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 15 |
1984 | USFL | New Orleans Breakers | 18 | |
1985 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 0 |
1985 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 5 |
1985 | USFL | Portland Breakers | 17 | |
1986 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 15 | 10 |
Honors
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1984 - USFL USFL (All-USFL)
1984 - USFL The Sporting News (All-USFL)