Eric Moulds

Moulds with the Texans in 2006

No. 80, 84, 83

Position:

Wide receiver

Personal information

Date of birth:

July 17, 1973

Place of birth:

Lucedale, Mississippi

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

225 lb (102 kg)

Career information

College:

Mississippi State

NFL draft:

1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Receptions:	764
Receiving yards:	9,995
Touchdowns:	49
Player stats at NFL.com

Eric Shannon Moulds (born July 17, 1973) is a former American football wide receiver who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Mississippi State University. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills 24th overall in the 1996 NFL Draft. In 2009, Moulds was one of three receivers named to the Buffalo Bills 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.^[1]

College career

At Mississippi State University, Moulds caught 117 passes for 2,022 yards (averaging 17.1 per catch). He ranks fourth in yards and third in touchdowns on Mississippi State's career receiving list. 1993, he had 17 catches for 398 yards and 4 TD while being utilized as a vertical receiver. In 1994, he had 39 catches for 845 yards and 7 TD. He followed that up in 1995 with 62 catches for 779 yards and 6 TD.

In 1994, Moulds led the NCAA Division I-A in kickoff returns with a 32.8 yds/return average.^[2]

Professional career

Buffalo Bills

Moulds was the Bills' first round draft pick (24th overall) in 1996. For his first two seasons, Moulds was stuck on the depth chart behind receivers Andre Reed and Quinn Early.

Moulds finally had his breakout season in 1998, where set a single-season team record with 1,368 receiving yards, a total that led the AFC and was second in the league.^[3] (Moulds also has the Bills' second-highest single-season total, with 1,326 in 2002.) Moulds's 20.4 yards per catch was second in the NFL in 1998.

In his eight seasons as the number one receiver for the Bills (1998-2005), Moulds had 626 receptions for 8,523 yards, an average of 78.25 catches and 1,065 yards per season. Moulds's yardage was 7th-most in the NFL over that span.

In 2002, Moulds became the first player in Bills history to log 100 receptions in a single season.^[4]

In the playoffs Moulds had NFL playoff record 240 receiving yards against the Miami Dolphins, though he notably lost a fumble on the Bills' first play, a 65-yard pass from Flutie. Buffalo lost 24-17.^[5]

Moulds established himself as one of the premier receivers in football in the late 1990s and early 2000s, amassing 675 career receptions (as of the end of 2005) and being selected to three Pro Bowls (1998, 2000, 2002).

2006 and 2007 seasons

On April 4, 2006, Moulds was traded to the Houston Texans, in exchange for their fifth round draft pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. Moulds was released from the Texans after the 2006 season. After his release, Moulds criticized then-Texans quarterback David Carr, saying "[t]he quarterback has to show that he can carry [the team]."

The Tennessee Titans signed Moulds on July 25, 2007,^[6] and at the beginning of the season he had earned a starting position. Moulds played in all 16 games in 2007, having the 4th most receptions on his team, 2nd most by wide receivers, with 32 catches for 342 yards. The Titans released Eric Moulds after the 2007 season.

Stats

Year	Team	Games	Receptions	Yards	Yards per Reception	Longest Reception	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1996	BUF	16	20	279	14.0	47	2	11	0	0
1997	BUF	16	29	294	10.1	32	0	18	1	0
1998	BUF	16	67	1,368	20.4	84	9	54	0	0
1999	BUF	14	65	994	15.3	54	7	44	1	1
2000	BUF	16	94	1,326	14.1	52	5	62	1	0
2001	BUF	16	67	904	13.5	80	5	42	1	1
2002	BUF	16	100	1,292	12.9	70	10	64	1	0
2003	BUF	13	64	780	12.2	49	1	35	0	0
2004	BUF	16	88	1,043	11.9	49	5	53	1	1
2005	BUF	15	81	816	10.1	55	4	38	0	0
2006	HOU	16	57	557	9.8	29	1	33	1	0
2007	TEN	16	32	342	10.7	46	0	21	0	0
Career		186	764	9,995	13.0	84	49	475	7	3

^[7]

References

↑ Buffalo Bills All-Time Team
↑ "Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: 1998 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Buffalo Bills Receiving Single-season Register
↑ CNNSI.com: Dolphins sink Flutie Flakes in 24-17 wild-card win
↑ "Titans agree to terms with Eric Moulds". USA Today. July 25, 2007. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
↑ "Eric Moulds Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

External links

Eric Moulds at ESPN.com

Eric Moulds at Pro-Football-Reference.com

Buffalo Bills 50th Anniversary Team (2009)

Offense: Jim Kelly (QB); Thurman Thomas (RB); Andre Reed (WR); Eric Moulds (WR); James Lofton (WR); Pete Metzelaars (TE); Jim Ritcher (G); Ruben Brown (G); Joe DeLamielleure (G); Billy Shaw (G); Kent Hull (C)

Defense: Bruce Smith (DE); Tom Sestak (DT); Fred Smerlas (DT); Darryl Talley (LB); Mike Stratton (LB); Cornelius Bennett (LB); Shane Conlan (LB); Butch Byrd (CB); Nate Odomes (CB); George Saimes (S); Henry Jones (S)

Special teams: Steve Christie (PK); Brian Moorman (P); Steve Tasker (Gunner)

Coach: Marv Levy

1996 NFL draft first-round selections

Buffalo Bills 1996 NFL draft selections

Eric Moulds Gabe Northern Matt Stevens Sean Moran Raymond Jackson Leon Neal Dusty Zeigler Dan Brandenburg Jay Riemersma Eric Smedley

Buffalo Bills first-round draft picks

Dennis Pitts Moses Simpson Cowlings Hill Patulski Seymour DeLamielleure Gant Ruud Clark Dokes Miller Cousineau Butler Ritcher Moore Tuttle Hunter Kelly Bell B. Smith Burroughs Harmon Conlan J. Williams Jones Fina T. Smith Burris Brown Moulds A. Smith Winfield Flowers Clements M. Williams McGahee Evans Losman Whitner McCargo Lynch McKelvin Maybin Wood Spiller Dareus Gilmore Manuel Watkins

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Buffalo Bills 50th Anniversary Team (2009)

Offense: Jim Kelly (QB); Thurman Thomas (RB); Andre Reed (WR); Eric Moulds (WR); James Lofton (WR); Pete Metzelaars (TE); Jim Ritcher (G); Ruben Brown (G); Joe DeLamielleure (G); Billy Shaw (G); Kent Hull (C)

Defense: Bruce Smith (DE); Tom Sestak (DT); Fred Smerlas (DT); Darryl Talley (LB); Mike Stratton (LB); Cornelius Bennett (LB); Shane Conlan (LB); Butch Byrd (CB); Nate Odomes (CB); George Saimes (S); Henry Jones (S)

Special teams: Steve Christie (PK); Brian Moorman (P); Steve Tasker (Gunner)

Coach: Marv Levy

SEC Football Legends

Alabama Crimson Tide	Jordan Gilmer Neighbors Hannah Rast Musso Stephenson Namath Mancha Castille C. Bennett Sloan Stabler Langham Starr Baumhower Griffin Homan Crane M. Lyons

Arkansas Razorbacks	Alworth Ferguson Dicus Benton Cl. Scott Montgomery Cavaness Atwater L. Phillips Way. Harris Marshall Grovey Hatfield B. Smith G. Anderson Broyles L. Harris Summerall W. Martin

Auburn Tigers	Newton Bo Jackson Sullivan Rocker Frederickson Cribbs Z. Smith Burkett Danley Kolen Beasley Wallace J. Phillips Dyas Del Greco Riggins Rice Carr McClinton Owens Sanders

Florida Gators	Alvarez Youngblood Bell Reaves N. Anderson Moore Cameron Richardson Culpepper Lar. Smith L. Brown Armstrong Oliver Ortega Anthony Rhett Carter I. Hilliard Tannen Chandler Tebow

Georgia Bulldogs	Tarkenton Walker Trippi Stanfill Hoage Rauch Butler T. Lyons Woerner Patton Stinchcomb M. Wilson Bratkowski Hearst Robinson Zeier Zambiasi Bailey Greene Worley

Kentucky Wildcats	Parilli Ramsey W. Jones Claiborne Gain Meilinger Michaels Ball Still Dawson Blanda W. Bryant Van Note Seiple Kovach I. Goode Couch Bird S. Collins Hackett

LSU Tigers	Cannon J. Taylor D. Hilliard Alexander B. Jones Stovall Winston Hodson M. Anderson E. Martin Dietzel Tittle Casanova M. Brooks Lan. Smith W. Davis Miller Bevan Mawae Faulk

Mississippi State Bulldogs	Baker Webb Corhern Freeman Cooks Lewis Hull Felker H. Davis Keys A. Davis Fortunato Stacy T. Goode Bi. Jackson Way. Harris Moulds Neville Wal. Harris G. Collins

Missouri Tigers	Roland Bradley Winslow Wehrli

Ole Miss Rebels	Conerly A. Manning B. Poole Vaught Dottley C. Flowers Khayat R. Poole B. Williams Adams A. Brown Townsend Gibbs Walls Lear Franklin Lindsay McAllister Griffing Herrod

South Carolina Gamecocks	Rogers Hawkins Sharpe Ellis B. Bryant Sanford Green R. Brooks Grantz D. Harris Reeves Muir W. Scott Staley Brad Edwards Suggs Provence B. Bennett Simpson Runager

Tennessee Volunteers	B. Johnson Atkins Holloway P. Manning Michels R. Flowers Kiner DeLong Morgan White J. Majors Emanuel Seivers Kell Gault Shuler Dickey A. Wilson B. Majors Price I. Johnson

Texas A&M Aggies	Bean Crow Green Nguyen

Vanderbilit Commodores	Wade Asher Hall Curtis Horton Werckle Rich Wolford Jim Arnold W. Taylor Mitchell Gaines E. Jones Ch. Scott Quarles Duncan Chavous C. Harris Hillenmeyer J. Williams

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