Kermit Alexander

Kermit Joseph Alexander

Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 187 lbs.

Born: January 4, 1941 in New Iberia, LA
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 62 (916th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 25, 2013 11:25PM

All-Time Rank: #662. Roy Winston… #663. Doug English… #664. Doug Dieken… #665. KERMIT ALEXANDER… #666. Jerry Logan… #667. LeRoy Irvin… #668. Bob Johnson…

All-Time Rank: #662. Roy Winston… #663. Doug English… #664. Doug Dieken… #665. KERMIT ALEXANDER… #666. Jerry Logan… #667. LeRoy Irvin… #668. Bob Johnson…

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd	AV
1963	22	SFO	LCB	39	14	14						24	638	0	48	26.6	638	7
1964	23	SFO	RS	39	14	12	21	189	1	70	9.0	20	483	0	44	24.2	672	9
1965	24	SFO	KR/PR/RS	39	14	9	35	262	0	40	7.5	32	741	0	46	23.2	1003	6
1966	25	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14	30	198	1	44	6.6	37	984	0	56	26.6	1182	8
1967	26	SFO	RCB	39	13	13	6	64	0	31	10.7	1	18	0	18	18.0	82	8
1968*	27	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14	24	87	0	26	3.6	20	360	0	35	18.0	447	12
1969	28	SFO	RCB	39	11	10	4	-18	0	0	-4.5	3	47	0	24	15.7	29	6
1970	29	RAM	RCB	39	14	14	7	38	0	49	5.4	7	126	0	30	18.0	164	10
1971	30	RAM	SS	39	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0						5	8
1972	31	PHI		39	7	0											0	0
1973	32	PHI		39	14		5	10	0	5	2.0	9	189	0	25	21.0	199	1
Career					143	114	133	835	2	70	6.3	153	3586	0	56	23.4	4421	75
7 yrs		SFO			94	86	120	782	2	70	6.5	137	3271	0	56	23.9	4053	56
2 yrs		PHI			21	0	5	10	0	5	2.0	9	189	0	25	21.0	199	1
2 yrs		RAM			28	28	8	43	0	49	5.4	7	126	0	30	18.0	169	18

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1963	22	SFO	LCB	39	14	14		5	72	0	38	0	0	2	1	0	0
1964	23	SFO	RS	39	14	12		5	65	0	24	0	0	3	5	11	0
1965	24	SFO	KR/PR/RS	39	14	9		3	23	0	15	0	0	7	8	2	0
1966	25	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14		4	73	0	55	0	0	4	4	14	1
1967	26	SFO	RCB	39	13	13		5	72	0	48	0	0	0	2	0	0
1968*	27	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14		9	155	1	66	0	0	4	1	0	0
1969	28	SFO	RCB	39	11	10		5	39	0	22	0	0	3	2	0	0
1970	29	RAM	RCB	39	14	14		4	47	1	25	0	0	1	2	0	0
1971	30	RAM	SS	39	14	14		3	122	1	82	0
1973	32	PHI		39	14								0	5	3	4	0
Career					143	114		43	668	3	82	0	0	29	28	31	1
7 yrs		SFO			94	86		36	499	1	66	0	0	23	23	27	1
2 yrs		PHI			21	0							0	5	3	4	0
2 yrs		RAM			28	28		7	169	2	82	0	0	1	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Pts
1964	23	SFO	RS	39	14	12	1			1	6
1966	25	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14	1	1		2	12
1968*	27	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	39	14	14			1	1	6
1970	29	RAM	RCB	39	14	14			1	1	6
1971	30	RAM	SS	39	14	14			1	1	6
Career					143	114	2	1	3	6	36
7 yrs		SFO			94	86	2	1	1	4	24
2 yrs		RAM			28	28			2	2	12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1968	Non-Offensive TDs 1964 NFL 1 (9) 1966 NFL 2 (1) 1968 NFL 1 (9) 1970 NFL 1 (9) 1971 NFL 1 (9) Career 6 (71)	Kick Returns 1963 NFL 24 (6) 1965 NFL 32 (1) 1966 NFL 37 (2) Career 153 (75)	Kick Return Yds 1963 NFL 638 (7) 1965 NFL 741 (1) 1966 NFL 984 (2) Career 3586 (79)
Yds/Kick Return 1963 NFL 26.6 (9) 1966 NFL 26.6 (7) Career 23.4 (160)	Punt Returns 1964 NFL 21 (4) 1965 NFL 35 (2) 1966 NFL 30 (3) 1968 NFL 24 (6) Career 133 (103)	Punt Return Yds 1964 NFL 189 (6) 1965 NFL 262 (4) 1966 NFL 198 (4) Career 835 (187)	Punt Return TD 1964 NFL 1 (2/97) 1966 NFL 1 (1/97) Career 2 (82)
Long Punt Return 1964 NFL 70 (2)	Yds/Punt Return 1964 NFL 9.0 (8) 1965 NFL 7.5 (7) 1966 NFL 6.6 (5)	Kick & Punt Returns 1964 NFL 41 (6) 1965 NFL 67 (1) 1966 NFL 67 (1) 1968 NFL 44 (3) Career 286 (68)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1963 NFL 638 (8) 1964 NFL 672 (9) 1965 NFL 1003 (2) 1966 NFL 1182 (1) Career 4421 (74)
Fumbles 1965 NFL 7 (10)	Fumbles Recovered 1964 NFL 5 (1) 1965 NFL 8 (1/6) 1966 NFL 4 (3) Career 28 (28)	Fumble Return TD 1966 NFL 1 (1/41)	Interceptions 1964 NFL 5 (8) 1968 NFL 9 (2/76) 1969 NFL 5 (7) Career 43 (63)
Intercept. Ret. Yds 1968 NFL 155 (3) 1971 NFL 122 (7) Career 668 (59)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1968 NFL 1 (3) 1970 NFL 1 (3) 1971 NFL 1 (4) Career 3 (117)	Long Intercep. Return 1968 NFL 66 (9) 1971 NFL 82 (2)	Sacks 1963 NFL 0.0 (1) 1964 NFL 0.0 (1) 1965 NFL 0.0 (1) 1966 NFL 0.0 (1) 1967 NFL 0.0 (1) 1968 NFL 0.0 (1) 1969 NFL 0.0 (1) 1970 NFL 0.0 (1) 1971 NFL 0.0 (1) 1972 NFL 0.0 (1) 1973 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1968	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI

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