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Jay Novacek

Novacek, Jay McKinley
Height: 6-4 Weight: 228
Born: October 24, 1962 Martin, SD
High School: Gothenburg (NE)

Year	College	Status
1981	Wyoming
1982	Wyoming	Lettered
1983	Wyoming	Lettered
1984	Wyoming	Lettered

Draft: 6th round (158th overall) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals; 5th round (69th overall) 1985 Houston Gamblers

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	85	WR	16	0
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL	85	WR	8	0
1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL	85	TE	7	4
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	85	TE	16	1
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	75	TE	16	1
1990 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1990 DAL NFL	84	TE	16	15
1991 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1991 DAL NFL	84	TE	16	12
1992 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1992 DAL NFL	84	TE	16	16
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL	84	TE	16	16
1994 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1994 DAL NFL	84	TE	16	14
1995 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1995 DAL NFL	84	TE	15	15
11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL			158	94

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/3/1985	1985 Houston Gamblers (USFL)1985 HOU USFL
Draft	4/30/1985	1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL
Signed	7/21/1985	1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL
Injured Reserve	8/19/1986	1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL
Activated	10/17/1986	1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL
Injured Reserve	12/10/1986	1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL
Exemption	9/23/1987	1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL
Activated	10/20/1987	1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL
Injured Reserve	11/3/1987	1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL
Activated	12/5/1987	1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1990	1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL
Signed	3/5/1990	1990 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1990 DAL NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1992	1991 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1991 DAL NFL
Signed	8/30/1992	1992 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1992 DAL NFL
Free Agent	2/17/1995	1994 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1994 DAL NFL
Signed	3/13/1995	1995 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1995 DAL NFL
Retired	7/15/1997	1996 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1996 DAL NFL

AWARDS
1991 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1991 United Press International All-NFC
1991 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1992 Associated Press All-NFL
1992 Associated Press All-NFL
1992 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1992 United Press International All-NFC
1992 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1993 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1995 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1995 United Press International All-NFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1990 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1990 DAL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1991 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1991 DAL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1992 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1992 DAL NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1994 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1994 DAL NFL	2	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	12
1995 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1995 DAL NFL	5	0	0		1	1	-	0	0		-	0	32
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	31	0	0		1	1	-	0	0		-	0	188

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	1	10	10.0	10	0		0	0	0
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL	1	2	2.0	2t	1	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	12	6.0	10	1	1	0	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL		1		4	4.0	4	0		0	0		0
1986 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1986 STL NFL		1		2	2.0	2	0		0	0		0
1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL		20		254	12.7	25	3			0
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL		38		569	15.0	42t	4					0
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL		23		225	9.8	30	1			0		0
1990 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1990 DAL NFL		59		657	11.1	41	4
1991 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1991 DAL NFL		59		664	11.3	49	4	37	6	1		0
1992 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1992 DAL NFL		68		630	9.3	34	6	37	5	0		0
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL		44		445	10.1	30	1	25	2	0		3
1994 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1994 DAL NFL		47		475	10.1	27	2	33	2	0		0
1995 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1995 DAL NFL		62		705	11.4	33t	5	40	5	0		1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		422		4630	11.0	49	30	172	20	1		4

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1985 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1985 STL NFL	1	0	20	20.0	20	0	1	0	0
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL	1	0	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	19	9.5	20	0	1	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1987 STL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1990 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1990 DAL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1991 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1991 DAL NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0
1993 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1993 DAL NFL	3		1	0	1	0	0
1995 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1995 DAL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9	0	3	1	4	0	0

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