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Ray Zellars

Retired

Cincinnati Bengals · RB

Ray Zellars recorded 48 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 4 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints.

▶Best highlights

28.1

rush yds/gm

8.1

rec yds/gm

0

playoff games

48

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Ray Zellars's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 13, 1996

Chicago Bears vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 13, 1996

174 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Regular Season
1997
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NOV 30, 1997

New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Nov 30, 1997

95 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 3 rec

Regular Season
1997
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 16, 1997

Seattle Seahawks vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1997

49 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 2 rec

Regular Season
1998
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
SEP 13, 1998

Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Sep 13, 1998

83 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Regular Season
1996
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
OCT 20, 1996

New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Oct 20, 1996

61 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Ray Zellars's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 174 rushing yards

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
OCT 13, 1996

Chicago Bears vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Oct 13, 1996

174 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Career high: 2 rushing touchdowns

Regular Season
1997
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
NOV 16, 1997

Seattle Seahawks vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Nov 16, 1997

49 rush yds · 2 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 58 receiving yards

Regular Season
1997
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
NOV 30, 1997

New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Nov 30, 1997

95 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 3 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Ray Zellars's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1987–1999

01
NOZELLARS—Ray Zellars
NOJACKSON—Rickey Jackson
NOMILLS51Sam Mills

Linebacker defense delivers the first winners

New Orleans Saints · The Dome Patrol

Jim Mora's defense sent four linebackers to the Pro Bowl and ended the franchise's wait for winning seasons and playoff football.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

02
CINZELLARS—Ray Zellars
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Career accomplishments

4 NFL seasons48 career games1,351 career rushing yards11 career rushing touchdowns57 career receptions391 career receiving yardsJersey: 340 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 3, 1995Most recent: Nov 22, 1998

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