:Wayne Capers

{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Wayne Capers

| number = 80, 87

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 198

| high_school = South Miami (Miami, Florida)

| college = Kansas

| draftyear = 1983

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 52

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1983|1984}})
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1985|1986}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1987}})*

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Eight (1981)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 51

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 822

| statlabel3 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 5

| pfr = CapeWa00

}}

Wayne Erwin Capers (born May 17, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts. Prior to his professional career Capers was an All-Big Eight receiver at the University of Kansas.{{cite web|last1=Duquesne|first1=University of|title=The Duquesne University Official Athletic Site|url=http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wayne_capers_jr_894553.html|website=www.goduquesne.com/|access-date=2015-03-05|archive-date=2018-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145602/http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wayne_capers_jr_894553.html|url-status=dead}} Caper's wife, the former Robbin Smith, played in 82 games for the Kansas women's basketball team from 1979–80 through 1981–82. Robbin attended Pittsburgh's Schenley High School and majored in: communication studies.{{cite web|last1=Capers|first1=Wayne|title=Wayne Capers Jr.|url=http://footba11ran.weebly.com/|website=www.weebly.com}} Caper's son, Wayne Capers Jr. played in 14 games for the University of Arizona in 2012 and 2013 and transferred to Duquesne University in the spring of 2014.{{cite web|url=http://footba11ran.weebly.com/|title=My Site}}