Player Detail

STERLING SHARPE
Wide Receiver
1983 / 1987
Glenville, GA

Prior Schools
School	Location

Roster Listings
Year	Roster	Num	Pos	Ht	Wt	Yr	Gms	GS
1983	1983 Media Guide	85	WR	6-1	185	Fr
1983	Program vs Notre Dame	85	WR	6-1	185	Fr	0	0
1984	Program vs Florida State	26	WR	5-11	193	So
1984	Gator Bowl Media Guide	26	WR	5-11	193	So	0	0
1985	Media Guide	2	WR	6-1	193	So
1985	Program vs Michigan	2	WR	6-1	193	So	8	8
1986	Spring 1986	2	FL	6-1	193	Jr
1986	Spring Game 1986	2	WB	6-1	193	Jr
1986	Media Guide	2	WB	6-1	196	Jr
1986	Game Program vs NC State	2	WB	6-1	196	Jr	5	5
1987	1987 Spring Game	2	WB	6-1	196	Sr
1987	1987 Media Guide	2	WB	6-1	200	Sr
1987	Program vs NC State	2	WB	6-1	200	Sr	6	6
9999	Gamecock Archives All-Time By #	2	WR	6-1	200		0	0

Depth Chart Appearances
Description	Position	Rank
1985 Media Guide	Flanker	Starter
9/28/1985 vs. Georgia	Flanker	Starter
Pre-Spring 1986 (Media Guide)	Flanker	Starter
1986 Media Guide	Wingback	Starter
11/1/1986 vs NC State	Kick Off Returns	2nd String
11/1/1986 vs NC State	Punt Returns	Starter
11/1/1986 vs NC State	Wingback	Starter
1987 Media Guide	Wingback	Starter

Honors
Award	Year
1986	All South Independent
1986	All-America 2nd Team (Football News)
1986	All-America 2nd Team (Sporting News)
1986	All-America 3rd Team (AP)
1987	All South Independent
1987	All-America (Football Writers)
1987	All-America (Sporting News)
1987	All-America 2nd Team (Football News)
1987	All-America 2nd Team (UPI)
1987	All-America 3rd Team (AP)
1987	East-West Shrine Game
1987	Rex Enright - Captain's Cup
1987	Senior Bowl

Passing
Year	Att	Com	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	I%	3D Att	3D Conv%	NEWS	Rtg
1986	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0				0.00
Tot

Rushing
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1985	3	36	12.0	0
1986	23	104	4.5	2
1987	15	65	4.3	3
Tot	41	205	5.0	5

Rushing from Play-by-Play
Year	Att	Yds	Avg	1D	Neg Rush	NR%	Stuff%	10+ Yds	10+ %	20+ Yds	3D Conv%	TD
1985	1	48	48.0	1	0	0.00	0.0	1	100.0	1		0
1986	5	32	6.4	1	0	40.00	20.0	1	20.0	0		0

Receiving
Year	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Com%	1D	CDT	CD%	BP%
1983	1	5	5.0	0
1985	32	471	14.7	2
1986	74	1106	14.9	10
1987	62	915	14.8	5
Tot	169	2497	14.8	17

Receiving by QB
Year	QB	Rec	Throws	Com%	Yds	1D	TD	Success Rate
1985
	Mike Hold	7	13	53.8	94	4	1	46.15
1986
	Todd Ellis	39	59	66.1	536	22	3	50.85
1987
	Todd Ellis	28	44	63.6	376	16	1	59.09

Success Rate from Official Play-By-Play Stats
Year	Pass Plays	Pass SR	Pass SPP	Rush Plays	Rush SR	Rush SPP	Recv Plays	Recv SR	Recv SPP	Recv FC%	Tot SPP	SPP/Play
1985				1	100.00	12	13	46.2	12.6	14	24.6	1.76
1986				9	55.60	6.76	59	50.8	131.63	23	138.39	2.04
1987				10	60.00	8.94	48	54.2	89.64	10	98.58	1.7

Defense
Year	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Int	PBU	QBH	FR	FF	BK	IP	CDS	RZS	IPP	YPT
1983	3	1	4	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
1986	1	0	1	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
1987	3	0	3	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0
Tot	7	1	8	0.0	0.0		0	0	0	0	0

IP - Impact Plays; CDS - Conversion Down Stops (3rd & 4th Down); RZS - Red Zone Stops; IPP - Impact Play Points; YPT - Yards Per Tackle

Kickoff Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1985	10	262	26.2	1
1986	15	345	23.0	0
1987	12	269	22.4	0
Tot	37	876	23.7	1

Punt Returns
Year	Ret	Yds	Avg	TD
1986	21	190	9.0	0
1987	21	179	8.5	1
Tot	42	369	8.8	1

Games Started
Date	Opponent	Position
1985-08-31	Citadel	Flanker
1985-09-07	Appalachian State	Flanker
1985-09-21	Michigan	Flanker
1985-09-28	Georgia	Flanker
1985-10-05	Pittsburgh	Flanker
1985-11-02	N.C. State	Flanker
1985-11-09	Florida State	Flanker
1985-11-16	Navy	Flanker
1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	Wingback
1986-09-13	Western Carolina	Wingback
1986-09-27	Georgia	Wingback
1986-11-01	N.C. State	Wingback
1986-11-22	Clemson	Wingback
1987-09-26	Georgia	Wingback
1987-10-03	Nebraska	Wingback
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	Wingback
1987-10-17	Virginia	Wingback
1987-10-31	N.C. State	Wingback
1987-11-21	Clemson	Wingback

Single Game Rushing Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Att	Yds	TD
1985	1985-08-31	Citadel	1	-5	0
	1985-11-23	Clemson	1	48	0
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	1	0	0
	1986-09-07	Virginia	3	23	1
	1986-09-13	Western Carolina	7	21	1
	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	5	0
	1986-10-04	Nebraska	1	5	0
	1986-11-01	N.C. State	1	5	0
	1986-11-08	Florida State	2	6	0
	1986-11-15	Wake Forest	2	13	0
	1986-11-22	Clemson	4	27	0
1987	1987-09-05	Appalachian State	2	22	0
	1987-10-03	Nebraska	1	3	0
	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	6	27	0
	1987-10-31	N.C. State	3	14	0
	1987-11-14	Wake Forest	1	2	0
	1987-12-31	LSU	2	-2	0

Single Game Passing Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Att	Com	Yds	TD	Int
1986	1986-10-11	Virginia Tech	1	0	0	0	0

Single Game Receiving Stats
Season	Game Date	Opponent	Rec	Yds	TD
1983	1983-09-10	Miami (Ohio)	1	5	0
1984	1984-09-22	Duke	1	5	0
1985	1985-08-31	Citadel	2	23	0
	1985-09-07	Appalachian State	2	34	0
	1985-09-21	Michigan	1	16	0
	1985-09-28	Georgia	2	41	1
	1985-10-05	Pittsburgh	3	28	0
	1985-10-12	Duke	3	38	0
	1985-10-26	East Carolina	4	104	1
	1985-11-02	N.C. State	4	59	0
	1985-11-09	Florida State	4	40	0
	1985-11-16	Navy	2	35	0
	1985-11-23	Clemson	5	53	0
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	8	79	1
	1986-09-07	Virginia	3	14	0
	1986-09-13	Western Carolina	5	58	2
	1986-09-27	Georgia	6	119	1
	1986-10-04	Nebraska	10	98	0
	1986-10-11	Virginia Tech	8	146	0
	1986-10-25	East Carolina	8	157	2
	1986-11-01	N.C. State	6	50	1
	1986-11-08	Florida State	5	124	0
	1986-11-15	Wake Forest	6	94	2
	1986-11-22	Clemson	2	167	1
1987	1987-09-05	Appalachian State	9	87	0
	1987-09-12	Western Carolina	4	74	1
	1987-09-26	Georgia	11	144	0
	1987-10-03	Nebraska	3	87	1
	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	4	41	0
	1987-10-17	Virginia	6	106	1
	1987-10-24	East Carolina	4	107	1
	1987-10-31	N.C. State	8	118	0
	1987-11-14	Wake Forest	2	23	0
	1987-11-21	Clemson	1	6	0
	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	4	69	1
	1987-12-31	LSU	6	53	0

Scoring Plays
Date	Opponent	Qtr	Time	USC	Opp	Play
1985-09-28	Georgia	2	02:08	14	21	Sterling Sharpe, 33-yd pass from Mike Hold (Scott Hagler kick)
1985-10-12	Duke	3	14:43	21	7	Sterling Sharpe, 100-yd kickoff return (Scott Hagler kick)
1985-10-26	East Carolina	4	14:12	31	10	Sterling Sharpe, 70-yd pass from Mike Hold (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	4	03:41	14	34	Sterling Sharpe, 29-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-09-07	Virginia	1	03:46	6	6	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd run (kick failed)
1986-09-13	Western Carolina	1	02:26	14	0	Sterling Sharpe, 5-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-09-13	Western Carolina	2	00:30	21	17	Sterling Sharpe, 15-yd pass from Kevin White (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-09-13	Western Carolina	3	11:24	28	17	Sterling Sharpe, 5-yd run (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-09-27	Georgia	4	07:52	26	28	Sterling Sharpe, 23-yd pass from Todd Ellis (pass failed)
1986-10-25	East Carolina	1	07:50	7	0	Sterling Sharpe, 11-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-10-25	East Carolina	3	06:48	28	3	Sterling Sharpe, 45-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-11-01	N.C. State	3	09:14	13	17	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-11-15	Wake Forest	1	10:56	7	0	Sterling Sharpe, 13-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-11-15	Wake Forest	3	11:52	45	7	Sterling Sharpe, 43-yd pass from Pat Turner (Scott Hagler kick)
1986-11-22	Clemson	2	04:35	21	15	Sterling Sharpe, 72-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Scott Hagler kick)
1987-09-12	Western Carolina	2	01:46	21	0	Sterling Sharpe, 34-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-03	Nebraska	3	11:18	14	13	Sterling Sharpe, 80-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	00:07	14	0	Sterling Sharpe, 3-yd run (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	2	03:51	21	7	Sterling Sharpe, 3-yd run (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	4	10:30	37	10	Sterling Sharpe, 17-yd run (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-17	Virginia	4	09:16	37	10	Sterling Sharpe, 59-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-17	Virginia	4	09:16	44	10	Sterling Sharpe, 59-yd punt return (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-10-24	East Carolina	1	12:48	7	0	Sterling Sharpe, 51-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Collin Mackie kick)
1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	2	09:55	13	7	Sterling Sharpe, 47-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Collin Mackie kick)

Receptions
Year	Date	Opponent	Down	To Go	Side	Ydline	Play
1985	1985-09-28	Georgia	3	5	UGA	33	Sterling Sharpe, 33-yd pass from Mike Hold, touchdown
1985	1985-09-28	Georgia	1	10	UGA	48	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Mike Hold
1985	1985-11-23	Clemson	3	11	CLM	25	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Mike Hold
1985	1985-11-23	Clemson	2	9	USC	36	Sterling Sharpe, 11-yd pass from Mike Hold (Perry Williams)
1985	1985-11-23	Clemson	2	7		50	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Mike Hold
1985	1985-11-23	Clemson	1	10	USC	30	Sterling Sharpe, 7-yd pass from Mike Hold (Kevin Brady, Delton Hall)
1985	1985-11-23	Clemson	1	10	USC	24	Sterling Sharpe, 17-yd pass from Mike Hold
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	3	10	USC	30	Sterling Sharpe, 11-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Tolbert Bain)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	3	1	MIA	47	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Todd Ellis, end of first half
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	2	17	USC	9	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Donald Ellis)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	3	5	USC	43	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Randy Shannon)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	1	5	USC	29	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Darrell Fullington)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	1	10	USC	29	Sterling Sharpe, 3-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Darrell Fullington)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	1	10	MIA	29	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Bubba McDowell)
1986	1986-08-30	Miami (Fla.)	3	1	USC	47	Sterling Sharpe, 53-yd pass from Todd Ellis, touchdown
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	6	USC	23	Sterling Sharpe, 23-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Williams)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	10	USC	40	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Boswell)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	13	UGA	41	Sterling Sharpe, 32-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Little, Williams)
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	1	10		50	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Boswell) + UGA personal foul
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	1	10	UGA	23	Sterling Sharpe, 23-yd pass from Todd Ellis, touchdown
1986	1986-09-27	Georgia	2	7	UGA	42	Sterling Sharpe, 20-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Moss)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	1	10	USC	34	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Jeff Tomjack)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	1	10	USC	31	Sterling Sharpe, 19-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Jeff Jamrog)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	11	USC	9	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Chris Spachman)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	3	14	USC	17	Sterling Sharpe, 13-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Brian Davis)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	12	USC	20	Stering Sharpe, 10-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Charles Fryar)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	8	NEB	41	Sterling Sharpe, 2-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Jeff Tomjack)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	10	USC	46	Sterling Sharpe, 14-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Mark Blazek)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	1	10	USC	32	Sterling Sharpe, 11-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Tony Holloway)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	2	9	NEB	29	Sterling Sharpe, 4-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Brian Washington)
1986	1986-10-04	Nebraska	3	5	NEB	25	Sterling Sharpe, 7-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Brian Davis)
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	2	1	USC	45	Sterling Sharpe, 4-yd pass from Todd Ellis
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	2	5	NCS	46	Sterling Sharpe, 1-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Joe Johnson)
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	2	10	USC	34	Sterling Sharpe, 10-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Mark Smith, Pat Teague)
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	4	4	NCS	48	Sterling Sharpe, 15-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Pat Teague ,Michael Brooks)
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	2	8	NCS	8	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis, touchdown
1986	1986-11-01	N.C. State	3	13	USC	8	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Fred Stone, Pat Teague)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	2	7	USC	11	Sterling Sharpe, 3-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Lott)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	3	4	USC	14	Sterling Sharpe, 5-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Lott)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	3	8	USC	25	Sterling Sharpe, 16-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Lott)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	1	10	USC	41	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Earle)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	1	10	USC	28	Sterling Sharpe, 72-yd pass from Todd Ellis, touchdown
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	2	5	USC	25	Sterling Sharpe, 7-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Henry Carter)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	1	10	USC	17	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Lott)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	2	20	USC	31	Sterling Sharpe, 38-yd pass from Todd Ellis (James Lott)
1986	1986-11-22	Clemson	3	15	CLM	36	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Gene Beasley)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	37	Sterling Sharpe, 11-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Brantley)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	UGA	41	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Smith)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	30	Sterling Sharpe loss of 2 on pass from Todd Ellis (Beasley)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	39	Sterling Sharpe, 41-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Beasley)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	42	Sterling Sharpe, 34-yd pass from Todd Ellis
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	19	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Smith)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	30	Sterling Sharpe, 10-yd pass from Todd Ellis
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	2	4	USC	46	Sterling Sharpe, 13-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Smith)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	44	Sterling Sharpe, 6-yd pass from Todd Ellis
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	2	4	USC	49	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Webster)
1987	1987-09-26	Georgia	1	10	USC	24	Sterling Sharpe, 5-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Beasley)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	10	USC	13	Sterling Sharpe, 7-yd pass from Todd Ellis (L.Bailey)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	2	1	USC	38	Sterling Sharpe, 13-yd pass from Todd Ellis (S.Rice)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	1	10	USC	43	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (D.Stokes)
1987	1987-10-10	Virginia Tech	3	10	VAT	44	Sterling Sharpe, 13-yd pass from Todd Ellis (C.Wiley)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	2	7	USC	23	Sterling Sharpe, 15-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Joe Johnson)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	48	Sterling Sharpe, 30-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Joe Johnson)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	2	8	NCS	23	Sterling Sharpe, 2-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Ray Frost)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	2	7	USC	16	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Henry)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	1	10	NCS	20	Sterling Sharpe, 12-yd pass from Todd Ellis (C.Johnson)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	2	3	NCS	40	Sterling Sharpe, 19-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Joe Johnson)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	3	10	NCS	21	Sterling Sharpe, 19-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Izel Jenkins)
1987	1987-10-31	N.C. State	1	10	USC	18	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Bobby Edmond)
1987	1987-11-21	Clemson	2	2	USC	37	Todd Ellis complete to Sterling Sharpe for gain of 6 (John Johnson)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	2	10	USC	28	Sterling Sharpe, 9-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Bubba McDowell)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	2	7	USC	44	Sterling Sharpe, 5-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Randy Shannon)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	3	12	MIA	47	Sterling Sharpe, 47-yd pass from Todd Ellis, touchdown
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	0	0	MIA	35	Benes kicks off to SC 13, Sterling Sharpe returns 23 yards (Dale Dawkins)
1987	1987-12-05	Miami (Fla.)	3	5	MIA	21	Sterling Sharpe, 8-yd pass from Todd Ellis (Tolbert Bain)