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Ricky Proehl

Retired

Indianapolis Colts · WR

Ricky Proehl recorded 233 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 17 rostered seasons with Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, SL, St. Louis Rams, Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Cardinals, PHO.

▶Best highlights

38.0

rec yds/gm

0.5

rush yds/gm

9

playoff games

233

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Ricky Proehl's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXVIII
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
FEB 1, 2004

Carolina Panthers vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XXXVIII · Feb 1, 2004

4 rec · 71 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
NOV 27, 1997

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 27, 1997

4 rec · 164 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Super Bowl
XXXVI
ST. LOUISRAMS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
FEB 3, 2002

St. Louis Rams vs New England Patriots

Super Bowl XXXVI · Feb 3, 2002

3 rec · 71 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1998
LOS ANGELESRAMS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
DEC 27, 1998

Los Angeles Rams vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Dec 27, 1998

7 rec · 100 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
CHICAGOBEARS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NOV 9, 1997

Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1997

9 rec · 132 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Ricky Proehl's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 164 receiving yards

Regular Season
1997
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
NOV 27, 1997

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 27, 1997

4 rec · 164 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career highs: 11 receptions · 16 targets

Regular Season
1997
NEW YORKJETS
CHICAGOBEARS
NOV 16, 1997

New York Jets vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1997

11 rec · 118 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 2 receiving touchdowns

Regular Season
2001
ATLANTAFALCONS
ST. LOUISRAMS
JAN 6, 2002

Atlanta Falcons vs St. Louis Rams

Regular Season · Jan 6, 2002

4 rec · 31 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 1 reception of 40+ yards

Regular Season
2005
DALLASCOWBOYS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
DEC 24, 2005

Dallas Cowboys vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Dec 24, 2005

2 rec · 104 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Ricky Proehl's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1988–2003

01
ARIPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1983–1998

02
SEAPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Franchise era

1993–2003

03
CHIPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
CHICOX52Bryan Cox
CHICONWAY80Curtis Conway

A proud identity waits for another core

Chicago Bears · Between great defenses

Chicago searched for offensive stability while gradually assembling the line and linebackers that would power its next contender.

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Franchise era

1990–1998

04
LARPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
LAREVERETT11Jim Everett
LARBETTIS36Jerome Bettis

A franchise changes cities while rebuilding

Los Angeles Rams · Decline and the move to St. Louis

The final Anaheim teams faded before Georgia Frontiere moved the club to St. Louis, where Bruce became the first piece of a sudden offensive leap.

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Franchise era

1999–2004

05
LARPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
LARWARNER13Kurt Warner
LARFAULK28Marshall Faulk

Speed and spacing transform the league

Los Angeles Rams · The Greatest Show on Turf

Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

06
CARPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
CARSMITH89Steve Smith
CARPEPPERS90Julius Peppers

Defense, Steve Smith and a Super Bowl run

Carolina Panthers · Cardiac Cats

John Fox's physical team won three road playoff games in 2003 and pushed New England to the final seconds of Super Bowl XXXVIII.

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Franchise era

1998–2011

07
INDPROEHL—Ricky Proehl
INDMANNING18Peyton Manning
INDHARRISON88Marvin Harrison

Pre-snap command creates a perennial contender

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Manning and a precisely constructed offense won at least twelve games seven straight times and captured Super Bowl XLI after a defining comeback against New England.

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Career accomplishments

Super Bowl champion · 1999, 200617 NFL seasons233 career games115 career rushing yards667 career receptions8,854 career receiving yards54 career receiving touchdowns8 career solo tacklesDrafted by: PHXDraft pick: 58Jersey: 119 playoff appearances3 Super Bowl appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 9, 1990Most recent: Dec 18, 2006

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history