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Larry Anderson
Lawrence Andrew Anderson
Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: September 25, 1956 in West Monroe, LA
College: Louisiana Tech
Career AV: 12 (5854th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1978 | 22 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 930 | 1 | 95 | 25.1 | 930 | 3 | |||||
| 1979 | 23 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 732 | 0 | 44 | 21.5 | 732 | 1 | |||||
| 1980 | 24 | PIT | 30 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 379 | 0 | 63 | 27.1 | 379 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 | 25 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 208 | 0 | 33 | 10.4 | 37 | 825 | 0 | 35 | 22.3 | 1033 | 1 |
| 1982 | 26 | BAL | SS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 28 | 6.8 | 27 | 517 | 0 | 33 | 19.1 | 571 | 3 |
| 1983 | 27 | BAL | SS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 138 | 0 | 20 | 6.9 | 18 | 309 | 0 | 26 | 17.2 | 447 | 4 |
| 1984 | 28 | IND | RET | 30 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 182 | 0 | 19 | 6.7 | 22 | 525 | 0 | 69 | 23.9 | 707 | 1 |
| Career | 82 | 13 | 75 | 582 | 0 | 33 | 7.8 | 189 | 4217 | 1 | 95 | 22.3 | 4799 | 13 | ||||
| 4 yrs | PIT | 52 | 1 | 20 | 208 | 0 | 33 | 10.4 | 122 | 2866 | 1 | 95 | 23.5 | 3074 | 5 | |||
| 3 yrs | CLT | 30 | 12 | 55 | 374 | 0 | 28 | 6.8 | 67 | 1351 | 0 | 69 | 20.2 | 1725 | 8 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1978 | 22 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 23 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 | 25 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1982 | 26 | BAL | SS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | BAL | SS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 1 | ||||||
| 1984 | 28 | IND | RET | 30 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 82 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 41 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 yrs | PIT | 52 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | CLT | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 1 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1978 | 22 | PIT | RET | 30 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | BAL | SS | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 82 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | PIT | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | CLT | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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