Hart Lee Dykes

{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Hart Lee Dykes

| number = 88

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|2}}

| birth_place = Bay City, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 218

| high_school = Bay City

| college = Oklahoma State

| draftyear = 1989

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 16

| pastteams =

• New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1989|1992}})

| highlights =

• Consensus All-American (1988)
• 3× First-team All-Big Eight (1986, 1987, 1988)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 83

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 1,344

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 7

| pfr = DykeHa00

}}

Hart Lee Dykes Jr.[https://vault.si.com/vault/1977/08/08/faces-in-the-crowd "Faces in the Crowd," Sports Illustrated, August 8, 1977.] Retrieved December 19, 2020 (born September 2, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for two seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, earning consensus All-American honors in 1988. Dykes was selected in the first round of the 1989 NFL draft with the 16th overall pick. His career was cut short when he fractured his kneecap[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/25/AR2007062501972.html NFL Disability Plan Draws Congressional Attention - washingtonpost.com] and because of an eye injury which occurred during a bar room fight that also involved teammate Irving Fryar in 1990.[https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/readers/worstNFL.html ESPN.com - Page2 - Readers: Worst NFL team] He was also drafted into the Chicago White Sox minor league system in 1989.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D9133CF93BA25754C0A96F948260 SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; White Sox Sign Dykes - New York Times]