Age: 26 (Nov.
20)
3rd
season in pro football & with Seahawks
College: Ohio
State
Height: 5’11” Weight: 188
Prelude:
Galloway
caught 108 passes for 1894 yards (17.5 avg.) and 19 touchdowns in college. He
was chosen by the Seahawks in the first round of the 1995 NFL draft (eighth
overall), who were looking to add speed at wide receiver, and moved directly
into the starting lineup. Galloway caught 67 passes for 1039 yards (15.5 avg.)
and seven TDs as a rookie and also returned 36 punts for a 10.0 average with
one touchdown. He followed up with 57 receptions for 987 yards (17.3 avg.) and
seven more TDs in 1996.
1997 Season Summary
Appeared in 15
of 16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Pass
Receiving
Receptions – 72
[15, tied with Andre Rison & Shannon Sharpe]
Most
receptions, game – 8 (for 75 yds.) at St. Louis 10/19, (for 98 yds.) at Denver
11/2
Yards – 1049
[16]
Most yards, game
– 117 (on 7 catches) vs. Oakland 10/26
Average gain
– 14.6
TDs – 12 [2,
tied with James Jett, Rod Smith & Antonio Freeman, 1st in AFC]
100-yard
receiving games – 3
Rushing
Attempts – 9
Yards – 72
Yards per
attempt – 8.0
TDs – 0
Scoring
TDs – 12 [5, tied
with four others]
Points – 72
Seahawks went
8-8 to finish third in the AFC West while leading the NFL in passing yards
(3959).
Aftermath:
Galloway had
another strong year in 1998, catching 65 passes for 1047 yards (16.1 avg.) and
10 touchdowns, but a long contract holdout in ’99 cost him half the season, as
well as good will with the organization, and he was traded to the Dallas
Cowboys in 2000. A knee injury suffered in the first week cost him the
remainder of the season and he had a mediocre year in 2001, averaging a then-career-low
13.4 yards on 52 catches. He bounced back in ’02 with 61 receptions for 908
yards (14.9 avg.) and six TDs and led the NFL by averaging 19.8 yards, although
on just 34 catches, in 2003. Traded to Tampa Bay for WR Keyshawn Johnson in
’04, Galloway spent the next five seasons with the Buccaneers and, following an
injury-plagued year in which he was limited to ten games, he achieved career
highs with 83 receptions for 1287 yards in 2005. It was the first of three straight
thousand-yard receiving seasons in his mid-thirties. A foot injury hindered his
performance in 2008 and he was released, finishing up with brief stints with
New England and Washington in 2009 and ’10. Overall, Galloway caught 701 passes
for 10,950 yards (15.6 avg.) and 77 touchdowns, with 283 of those catches for 4457
yards and 37 TDs coming with the Seahawks. He also returned 141 punts for a
9.6-yard average and five TDs.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
