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Donny Anderson

Garry Don Anderson

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: May 16, 1943 in Borger, TX
College: Texas Tech

Career AV: 53 (1204th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1966 23 GNB RET 44 14 0 25 104 2 15 4.2 7.4 1.8 2 33 16.5 0 22 0.1 2.4 137 2 3 1
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 97 402 6 40 4.1 28.7 6.9 22 331 15.0 3 37 1.6 23.6 733 9 3 3
1968* 25 GNB HB 44 14 0 170 761 5 42 4.5 54.4 12.1 25 333 13.3 1 47 1.8 23.8 1094 6 7 9
1969 26 GNB hb 44 14 0 87 288 1 16 3.3 20.6 6.2 14 308 22.0 1 51 1.0 22.0 596 2 4 3
1970 27 GNB RB 44 14 0 222 853 5 54 3.8 60.9 15.9 36 414 11.5 0 34 2.6 29.6 1267 5 8 9
1971 28 GNB RB 44 14 0 186 757 5 31 4.1 54.1 13.3 26 306 11.8 1 39 1.9 21.9 1063 6 6 12
1972 29 STL RB 44 14 0 153 536 4 19 3.5 38.3 10.9 28 298 10.6 2 56 2.0 21.3 834 6 6 7
1973 30 STL RB 44 14 0 167 679 10 54 4.1 48.5 11.9 41 409 10.0 3 44 2.9 29.2 1088 13 7 12
1974 31 STL 44 14 1 90 316 3 16 3.5 22.6 6.4 15 116 7.7 3 25 1.1 8.3 432 6 2 5
Career 126 1 1197 4696 41 54 3.9 37.3 9.5 209 2548 12.2 14 56 1.7 20.2 7244 55 46 61
6 yrs GNB 84 0 787 3165 24 54 4.0 37.7 9.4 125 1725 13.8 6 51 1.5 20.5 4890 30 31 37
3 yrs CRD 42 1 410 1531 17 54 3.7 36.5 9.8 84 823 9.8 8 56 2.0 19.6 2354 25 15 24

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1966 23 GNB RET 44 14 0 2 89 49 0 44.5
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 65 2378 63 1 36.6
1968* 25 GNB HB 44 14 0 59 2359 65 0 40.0
1969 26 GNB hb 44 14 0 58 2329 58 0 40.2
1970 27 GNB RB 44 14 0 81 3302 62 0 40.8
1971 28 GNB RB 44 14 0 50 2022 58 0 40.4
1972 29 STL RB 44 14 0 72 2847 61 0 39.5
Career 126 1 387 15326 65 1 39.6
6 yrs GNB 84 0 315 12479 65 1 39.6
3 yrs CRD 42 1 72 2847 61 0 39.5

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
1966 23 GNB RET 44 14 0 6 124 1 77 20.7 23 533 0 61 23.2 794
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 9 98 0 43 10.9 11 226 0 40 20.5 1057
Career 126 1 15 222 1 77 14.8 34 759 0 61 22.3 8225

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 1 2 50.0 19 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 9.5 9.5 19.0 1.4 83.3
1968* 25 GNB HB 44 14 0 1 3 33.3 12 1 33.3 0 0.0 12 4.0 10.7 12.0 0.9 86.1
1970 27 GNB RB 44 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1971 28 GNB RB 44 14 0 2 4 50.0 9 1 25.0 0 0.0 5 2.3 7.3 4.5 0.6 95.8 0 0 2.3 7.3 0.0
1972 29 STL RB 44 14 0 2 3 66.7 71 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 23.7 23.7 35.5 5.1 109.7 0 0 23.7 23.7 0.0
Career 126 1 6 13 46.2 111 2 15.4 0 0.0 38 8.5 11.6 18.5 0.9 115.7 0 0 8.5 11.6 0.0
6 yrs GNB 84 0 4 10 40.0 40 2 20.0 0 0.0 19 4.0 8.0 10.0 0.5 91.7 0 0 1.8 5.8 0.0
3 yrs CRD 42 1 2 3 66.7 71 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 23.7 23.7 35.5 1.7 109.7 0 0 23.7 23.7 0.0

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
1966 23 GNB RET 44 14 0 3 0 0 0
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 3 0 0 0
1968* 25 GNB HB 44 14 0 7 0 0 0
1969 26 GNB hb 44 14 0 4 2 0 0
1970 27 GNB RB 44 14 0 8 2 0 0
1971 28 GNB RB 44 14 0 6 1 -5 0
1972 29 STL RB 44 14 0 6 1 0 0
1973 30 STL RB 44 14 0 7 1 0 0
1974 31 STL 44 14 1 2 0 0 0
Career 126 1 46 7 -5 0
6 yrs GNB 84 0 31 5 -5 0
3 yrs CRD 42 1 15 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1966 23 GNB RET 44 14 0 2 1 3 18
1967 24 GNB hb 44 14 0 6 3 9 54
1968* 25 GNB HB 44 14 0 5 1 6 36
1969 26 GNB hb 44 14 0 1 1 2 12
1970 27 GNB RB 44 14 0 5 5 30
1971 28 GNB RB 44 14 0 5 1 6 36
1972 29 STL RB 44 14 0 4 2 6 36
1973 30 STL RB 44 14 0 10 3 13 78
1974 31 STL 44 14 1 3 3 6 36
Career 126 1 41 14 1 56 336
6 yrs GNB 84 0 24 6 1 31 186
3 yrs CRD 42 1 17 8 25 150

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1968

Rushing Att

1968 NFL 170 (9)
1970 NFL 222 (4)
Career 1197 (110)

Rushing Yds

1968 NFL 761 (9)
1970 NFL 853 (7)
Career 4696 (122)

Rushing TD

1967 NFL 6 (5)
1968 NFL 5 (7)
1973 NFL 10 (3)
Career 41 (88)

Long Rush

1973 NFL 54 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att

1968 NFL 4.5 (5)

Rushing Yds/Game

1968 NFL 54.4 (10)
1970 NFL 60.9 (8)

Touchdowns

1973 NFL 13 (2)
Career 56 (148)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1967 NFL 9 (10)
1973 NFL 13 (2)
Career 55 (150)

Non-Offensive TDs

1966 NFL 1 (7)

Yds From Scrimmage

1968 NFL 1094 (7)
1970 NFL 1267 (4)

All-Purpose Yds

1970 NFL 1267 (10)

Touches

1968 NFL 195 (9)
1970 NFL 258 (4)
Career 1455 (121)

Yds/Touch

1967 NFL 7.6 (5)
1968 NFL 5.6 (10)
1969 NFL 5.9 (8)

Kick Returns

1966 NFL 23 (6)

Kick Return Yds

1966 NFL 533 (9)

Punt Return Yds

1966 NFL 124 (7)

Punt Return TD

1966 NFL 1 (1/89)

Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1966 NFL 77 (3)
1967 NFL 43 (7)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1966 NFL 657 (7)

Punts

1967 NFL 65 (10)
1968 NFL 59 (9)
1970 NFL 81 (6)
1972 NFL 72 (5)
Career 387 (100)

Punting Yds

1968 NFL 2359 (9)
1970 NFL 3302 (8)
1972 NFL 2847 (7)
Career 15326 (109)

Long Punt

1967 NFL 63 (8)
1968 NFL 65 (3)

Punts Blocked

1967 NFL 1 (4)

Yds/Punt

1969 NFL 40.2 (10)

Fumbles

1968 NFL 7 (3)
1970 NFL 8 (3)
Career 46 (132)

   
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 14 RB 157 60 7 25
1971 28 14 RB 149 32 10 38
1972 29 14 RB 122 27
1973 30 14 RB 187 71 4 12
1974 31 14 RB 79 41
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