Edward Lee West, III (born August 2, 1961), nicknamed "the Toolbox",[1] is a former professional American football player. A 6'1", 243-pound tight end from Auburn University, West was never drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team but played in over 200 NFL games in 14 seasons from 1984 to 1997 for the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Atlanta Falcons.
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Colbert County, Alabama, U.S. | August 2, 1961||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Colbert County | ||||||||
College: | Auburn | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1984 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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NFL career statistics
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Regular season
editYear | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1984 | GNB | 16 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 29 | 4 |
1985 | GNB | 16 | 0 | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 30 | 1 |
1986 | GNB | 16 | 6 | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 46 | 1 |
1987 | GNB | 12 | 11 | 19 | 261 | 13.7 | 40 | 1 |
1988 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 30 | 276 | 9.2 | 35 | 3 |
1989 | GNB | 13 | 12 | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 31 | 5 |
1990 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 27 | 356 | 13.2 | 50 | 5 |
1991 | GNB | 16 | 16 | 15 | 151 | 10.1 | 21 | 3 |
1992 | GNB | 16 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
1993 | GNB | 16 | 7 | 25 | 253 | 10.1 | 24 | 0 |
1994 | GNB | 14 | 12 | 31 | 377 | 12.2 | 26 | 2 |
1995 | PHI | 16 | 14 | 20 | 190 | 9.5 | 26 | 1 |
1996 | PHI | 16 | 4 | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 29 | 0 |
1997 | ATL | 12 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 23 | 1 |
211 | 125 | 237 | 2,665 | 11.2 | 50 | 27 |
Playoffs
editYear | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1993 | GNB | 2 | 2 | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 23 | 0 |
1994 | GNB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | PHI | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
1996 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | 4 | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 23 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ Hendricks, Martin (March 15, 2012). "'The Toolbox' was a throwback TE". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved November 22, 2020.