Rick Sanford
Richard Francis Sanford
Born: January 9, 1957
Rock Hill, SC USA
Position: DB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 192
College: South Carolina
High School: Northwestern (Rock Hill, SC)
Career: 1979-1985
Drafted: 1979 in Round 1, #25 overall by the New England Patriots
Rick Sanford played from 1979 to 1985 during his career with the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Sanford intercepted 16 passes for 198 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New England Patriots | 10 | 179 | 17.9 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New England Patriots | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 261 | 18.6 | 27 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL New England Patriots | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 99 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 198 | 12.4 | 99 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1981 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1979 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL New England Patriots | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL New England Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | New England Patriots | 16 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL | New England Patriots | 16 | 10 |
| 1981 | NFL | New England Patriots | 16 | 14 |
| 1982 | NFL | New England Patriots | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | New England Patriots | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | New England Patriots | 16 | 7 |
| 1985 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 0 |
