Webster Melvin Slaughter was born on October 19,1964 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League from 1986 to 1998.
31 Facts About Webster Slaughter
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Webster Slaughter played college football for the San Diego State Aztecs.
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Webster Slaughter was raised alongside five siblings by his mother after his father died at the age of 13.
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Webster Slaughter worked as a nurse to support the family.
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Webster Slaughter excelled in the sports of basketball, baseball, and track alongside the band and speech teams at high school.
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Webster Slaughter was a second-team All-America selection as a senior.
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Cleveland Browns general manager Ernie Accorsi drafted Webster Slaughter in the second round of the 1986 NFL draft, based on the strong recommendation of the Browns' Hall of Fame receiver Paul Warfield, who was an unofficial scout for the team in 1986.
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Webster Slaughter played in both games of the postseason for the Browns.
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Webster Slaughter caught just four passes for 53 yards, but one of them was a 4-yard catch for a touchdown that made the game tied at 31 in the fourth quarter.
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Webster Slaughter played just eight games in 1988, catching 30 passes for 462 yards and three touchdowns while dealing with a broken arm.
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Webster Slaughter had a breakout year in 1989, playing in all sixteen games and catching 65 passes for 1,236 yards and six touchdowns.
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Webster Slaughter caught a pass from the 43 against the Chicago Bears when the Browns were at the 3-yard line in a 1989 game and ran all the way to the end zone to set a new record for longest Browns passing touchdown in team history that stood for a number of years.
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Webster Slaughter's receiving yards in a season was a Cleveland record until Braylon Edwards passed him in 2007.
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Webster Slaughter caught a touchdown pass from 52 yards to give Cleveland a lead in the second quarter before catching another pass in the third for 44 yards and a ten-point lead.
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Webster Slaughter caught 59 passes for 847 yards in 1990 for four touchdowns and played much of the same in his final year with Cleveland in 1991 with 64 catches for 906 yards and three scores.
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Webster Slaughter left for the Houston Oilers after the 1991 season ended due to a contract dispute that led to a lawsuit that went in favor of Webster Slaughter and made him a free agent.
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Webster Slaughter caught 39 passes for 486 yards for four touchdowns.
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Webster Slaughter caught eight passes for 73 yards while scoring a touchdown that was the first of three touchdowns in the second quarter for Houston.
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The Bills stormed into the lead by three with 3:08 to go, but Webster Slaughter caught an 18-yard pass on fourth down at the 34 to help set up a tying field goal.
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Webster Slaughter received his second and final Pro Bowl selection.
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Webster Slaughter suffered an knee injury late in the season, which resulted in him being placed on injured reserve by the final game of the year that cost him a chance to play in the playoffs.
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Webster Slaughter played in sixteen games with twelve starts in the 1994 season, his last in Houston.
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Webster Slaughter caught 68 passes for 846 yards and two touchdowns.
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Webster Slaughter moved over to the Kansas City Chiefs and started seven games in 1995.
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Webster Slaughter caught 34 passes for 514 yards and four touchdowns.
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Webster Slaughter made his final postseason appearance in the 1996 playoffs for Kansas City.
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Webster Slaughter moved to the New York Jets for 1996, where he played sparingly after being inactive for six weeks in the middle of the year, which resulted in 32 catches for 434 yards and two touchdowns.
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Webster Slaughter retired after the 1996 season but returned with the San Diego Chargers in 1998.
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Webster Slaughter participated in the 1999 training camp of the Baltimore Ravens, but he did not make the cut and retired afterwards.
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Webster Slaughter finished his career with 563 receptions for 8,111 yards and 44 touchdowns, along with nine carries for 50 yards.
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Webster Slaughter currently serves as an ordained minister, where he goes to senior living facilities and reads the Bible to residents.