Personal
- Parents are Ned and June
- Both parents attended BYU
- Studied secondary education at BYU
Career Highlights
- Played on four Western Athletic Conference Championship teams in his career
- Was named first-team All-WAC his senior year
- Closed his college career earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic
- Ranked 14th nationally in pass receptions at the end of season play 1976
- Had 51 receptions for 510 yards leading returning rusher with 353 yards in 91 1976
- Became number three rusher (59 carries, 273 yards) for 4.63 average 1975
- Led the team in pass receiving (30 cates, 319 yards) and three TDs 1975
- One of the few BYU football players to start the first game of his freshman year
Before BYU
- A three-year starter at Sheldon High in Eugene
- Won a total of nine letters in four sports plus three as halfback in football
- Was all-league, honorable mention all-state and played in the shrine All-Star game
- Played some nose guard in high school
After BYU
- Was a second-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys but after suffering a broken foot in the final exhibition game that season, he was released
- Was picked up by the L.A. Raiders
- Played in five Pro Bowl games
- Retired from football after the 1987 season
- Worked as a color commentator for NFL on NBC from 1990-94
- He has also done color commentary fro ESPN's college football coverage
- Moved to Mountain West Sports Network
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Was a special teams captain on the 1981 team that defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 in Super Bowl XV
- Won another Super Bowl in 1983
- Led the NFL in receptions in 1983 with 92 catches, more than any other tight end in a single season
- Led the Raiders in receptions from 1982-86
- Was a consensus All-Pro pick for four years
- Retired as number three on the Raiders' all-time pass-receving and yardage-gained list
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1992
- Inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
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Year | No | Gain | Loss | New | Avg | Long | TD | No | Yds | Avg | TD |
1974 | 41 | 156 | 6 | 150 | 3.7 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 134 | 6.4 | 2 |
1975 | 59 | 278 | 5 | 273 | 4.6 | 54 | 1 | 30 | 319 | 10.6 | 3 |
1976 | 91 | 357 | 4 | 353 | 3.9 | 15 | 2 | 51 | 510 | 10.0 | 3 |
1977 | 79 | 298 | 8 | 290 | 3.7 | 15 | 3 | 50 | 603 | 12.1 | 5 |
TOTALS | 270 | 1089 | 23 | 1066 | 3.9 | 54 | 7 | 152 | 1566 | 10.3 | 13 |