Steve Papin

Steve Papin
Born: February 28, 1972
San Jose, CA
Position: WR/DB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 190
College: Portland State
High School: Piedmont Hills (San Jose, CA)
Career: 1997-2003

Steve Papin played from 1997 to 2003 during his career with the New York Dragons and San Jose SaberCats. Papin caught 453 passes for 5,521 yards and 83 receiving touchdowns in his career.


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Rating
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats11100.088.01100.000.0139.6
Totals11100.088.01100.000.0

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1997Arena San Jose SaberCats19321.7 7
1998Arena San Jose SaberCats391002.6 9
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats481072.2 13
2000Arena San Jose SaberCats26532.0 11
2001Arena San Jose SaberCats12282.3 3
2002Arena New York Dragons630.5 2
2003Arena New York Dragons1-4-4.0 0
Totals1513192.145

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1997Arena San Jose SaberCats3748213.0 7
1998Arena San Jose SaberCats84125815.0 19
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats91103111.3 12
2000Arena San Jose SaberCats90123313.7 23
2001Arena San Jose SaberCats2529211.7 4
2002Arena New York Dragons979449.7 15
2003Arena New York Dragons292819.7 3
Totals453552112.283

Kick Returns:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1997Arena San Jose SaberCats2861321.9 2
1998Arena San Jose SaberCats83183422.1 4
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats87199723.0 7
2000Arena San Jose SaberCats75165822.1 4
2001Arena San Jose SaberCats3162320.1 1
2002Arena New York Dragons102220021.6 5
2003Arena New York Dragons3764817.5 1
Totals443957321.624

Defense and Fumbles:

Year Team Tackle Solo Ast Brup Fum F Rec FYds FTD FF
1998Arena San Jose SaberCats7.5471000
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats2200000
2001Arena San Jose SaberCats1100000
2002Arena New York Dragons2200000
Totals12.597100000

Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1997Arena San Jose SaberCats770200000096
1998Arena San Jose SaberCats91904000000192
1999Arena San Jose SaberCats131207000000192
2000Arena San Jose SaberCats112304000000228
2001Arena San Jose SaberCats340100000048
2002Arena New York Dragons21505000000132
2003Arena New York Dragons030100000024
Totals4583024000000000912

Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1997ArenaSan Jose SaberCats5
1998ArenaSan Jose SaberCats14
1999ArenaSan Jose SaberCats14
2000ArenaSan Jose SaberCats14
2001ArenaSan Jose SaberCats5
2002ArenaNew York Dragons1414
2003ArenaNew York Dragons55

Awards

1998 - Arena Player of the Year
1999 - Arena Player of the Year

Honors

1999 - Arena All-Arena (Second-Team)
2000 - Arena All-Arena (Second-Team)


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