HALL OF FAME
RAIDERS WIDE RECEIVER, 1972-85; NFL VETERAN, 1972-85 BRANCH CLIFF
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 6, 2022…Played 14 years in the NFL, all with the Raiders…Part of three Super Bowl championship teams with the Silver and Black…Finished his career with 501 receptions for 8,685 yards and 67 touchdowns…Averaged a remarkable 17.3 yards per reception…Played in 183 career games with 150 starts as the NFL’s premier deep threat…Named to four consecutive Pro Bowls (1974-77) and was named All-Pro in three straight years (1974-76)…Excelled in the postseason, playing in 22 games with 18 starts and retiring as the NFL’s all-time leader with 73 catches and 1,289 yards in the playoffs…Averaged 17.7 yards per catch in the postseason…In three Super Bowl games, totaled 14 catches for 181 yards and three touchdowns…Recorded two touchdown receptions in the win over Philadelphia in Super Bowl XV…Totaled six catches for 94 yards and one touchdown as the Raiders posted a 38-9 rout of Washington in Super Bowl XVIII… Earned a starting role in 1974 and produced first All-Pro season with a career-high 60 receptions for 1,092 yards and 13 touchdowns… In 1976, registered 46 catches for a career-high 1,111 yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging an NFL-best 24.2 yards per catch…Over a three-year period from 1974-76, totaled 157 receptions for 3,096 yards and 34 touchdowns, the highest consecutive three-year total for any receiver in the 1970s including eight Hall of Famers…Led the NFL in yards per game in both 1974 (78.0) and 1976 (79.4)…Also led the league in touchdown receptions in both 1974 (13) and 1976 (12)…Set the Raiders record and shares the NFL mark for longest pass reception, a 99-yard strike from quarterback Jim Plunkett against Washington on Oct. 2, 1983…In 88 games against AFC West foes, totaled 228 receptions for 3,984 yards and 27 touchdowns… Joined the Raiders as a fourth-round draft pick (98th overall) out of Colorado, where he also ran track…Set an NCAA championship meet record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.0 seconds in 1972.
INDUCTED INTO pro football hall of fame AUG. 6 2022
Las Vegas Raiders 2022
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