Hank Poteat
Henry Major Poteat II
Born: August 30, 1977
Philadelphia, PA USA
Position: DB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 192
College: Pittsburgh
High School: Harrisburg (PA); Maine Central Institute (Pittsfield, ME)
Career: 2000-2009
Drafted: 2000 in Round 3, #77 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Hank Poteat played from 2000 to 2009 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Poteat intercepted 4 passes for 58 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 36 | 467 | 13.0 | 54 | 1 |
| 2001 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 36 | 292 | 8.1 | 39 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2006 | NFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 77 | 788 | 10.2 | 54 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 465 | 19.4 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 250 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 45 | 818 | 18.2 | 31 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 2008 | NFL New York Jets | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 41 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | NFL New England Patriots | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2008 | NFL New York Jets | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2009 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 17.5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2005 | NFL New England Patriots | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | NFL New England Patriots | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2006 | NFL New York Jets | 27.5 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | NFL New York Jets | 33 | 29 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 2008 | NFL New York Jets | 31 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 31 | 27 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Totals | 167.5 | 145 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 2000 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
| 2002 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
| 2003 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | NFL | New England Patriots | 10 | 1 |
| 2006 | NFL | New England Patriots | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | NFL | New York Jets | 11 | 6 |
| 2007 | NFL | New York Jets | 16 | 9 |
| 2008 | NFL | New York Jets | 13 | 1 |
| 2009 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 2 |
