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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

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 4th round (101st overall) of the 1978 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1978 22 PIT RET 16 1 37 930 1 95 25.1 930
1979 23 PIT RET 16 0 34 732 0 44 21.5 732
1980 24 PIT 4 0 14 379 0 63 27.1 379
1981 25 PIT RET 16 0 20 208 0 33 10.4 37 825 0 35 22.3 1033
1982 26 BAL SS 9 6 8 54 0 28 6.8 27 517 0 33 19.1 571
1983 27 BAL SS 9 6 20 138 0 20 6.9 18 309 0 26 17.2 447
1984 28 IND RET 12 0 27 182 0 19 6.7 22 525 0 69 23.9 707
Career 82 13 75 582 0 33 7.8 189 4217 1 95 22.3 4799
4 yrs PIT 52 1 20 208 0 33 10.4 122 2866 1 95 23.5 3074
3 yrs IND 30 12 55 374 0 28 6.8 67 1351 0 69 20.2 1725

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1978 22 PIT RET 16 1 2 0 0 0
1979 23 PIT RET 16 0 1 19 0 19 4 1 0 0
1981 25 PIT RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
1982 26 BAL SS 9 6 2 0 0 0
1983 27 BAL SS 9 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 41 1
1984 28 IND RET 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 IND 30 12 1 0 0 0 7 3 41 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978 22 PIT RET 16 1 1 6
1983 27 BAL SS 9 6 1 6
Career 82 13 1 1 12
4 yrs PIT 52 1 1 6
3 yrs IND 30 12 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1978 NFL 1 (6)

Kick Returns

1978 NFL 37 (4)
1981 NFL 37 (8)
1982 NFL 27 (2)
Career 189 (39)

Kick Return Yds

1978 NFL 930 (2)
1981 NFL 825 (8)
1982 NFL 517 (6)
Career 4217 (45)

Kick Return TD

1978 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1978 NFL 95 (4)
1980 NFL 63 (10)
1984 NFL 69 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

1978 NFL 25.1 (9)
1984 NFL 23.9 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1981 NFL 10.4 (10)

Kick & Punt Returns

Career 264 (67)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1981 NFL 1033 (9)
1982 NFL 571 (7)
Career 4799 (54)

Fumble Return TD

1983 NFL 1 (3-- 38)
Career 1 (199)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)