Rich Caster
Richard C. Caster
Born: October 16, 1948
Mobile, AL USA
Deceased: February 2, 2024
Position: TE-WR
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 228
College: Jackson St.
High School: L.B. Williamson (Mobile, AL)
Career: 1970-1982
Drafted: 1970 in Round 2, #46 overall by the New York Jets
Rich Caster played from 1970 to 1982 during his career with the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets and Washington Redskins. Caster caught 322 passes for 5,515 yards and 45 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 60 | 0 |
1977 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | -6 | 0 |
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 11 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 119 | 5.2 | 60 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 19 | 393 | 20.7 | 72 | 3 |
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 26 | 454 | 17.5 | 57 | 6 |
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 39 | 833 | 21.4 | 80 | 10 |
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 35 | 593 | 16.9 | 49 | 4 |
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 38 | 745 | 19.6 | 89 | 7 |
1975 | NFL New York Jets | 47 | 820 | 17.4 | 91 | 4 |
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 31 | 391 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 |
1977 | NFL New York Jets | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 58 | 1 |
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 20 | 316 | 15.8 | 47 | 5 |
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 18 | 239 | 13.3 | 36 | 1 |
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 27 | 341 | 12.6 | 68 | 3 |
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 31 | 0 |
1981 | NFL Washington Redskins | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 26 | 0 |
Totals | 322 | 5515 | 17.1 | 91 | 45 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1977 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 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 |
1970 | NFL New York Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1971 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1972 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
1973 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1974 | NFL New York Jets | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
1975 | NFL New York Jets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1976 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1977 | NFL New York Jets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1978 | NFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1980 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1973 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1974 | NFL | New York Jets | 13 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1976 | NFL | New York Jets | 14 | 0 |
1977 | NFL | New York Jets | 10 | 0 |
1978 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |
1979 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 0 |
1980 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 1 |
1981 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 |
1981 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 3 | 1 |
1982 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1972 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1974 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1975 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1975 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)