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Billy Atkins

William Ellis Atkins

Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 196 lbs.

Born: November 19, 1934 in Millport, AL
Died: November 5, 1991 in El Paso, TX
College: Auburn   (school history)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 5th round (59th overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 41 (2172nd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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 AV
1958 24 SFO P 29 12 25 983 51 0 39.3 1
1959 25 SFO 29 11 12
1960 26 BUF K/LCB/P 20 14 3 3 2 1 6 1 2 1 13 6 46.2% 33 27 81.8% 89 3468 58 0 39.0 17
1961* 27 BUF K/P/RS 20 14 1 5 2 6 2 33.3% 31 29 93.5% 85 3783 70 1 44.5 5
1962 28 NYT LS 2 7 22 969 63 1 44.0 1
1963 29 2TM 3 6
BUF 20 1 3
NYJ 2 2 3
1964 30 DEN 28 3 2
Career 64 3 3 3 1 11 3 2 1 19 8 42.1% 64 56 87.5% 221 9203 70 2 41.6 44
3 yrs BUF 29 0 3 3 3 1 11 3 2 1 19 8 42.1% 64 56 87.5% 174 7251 70 1 41.7 25
2 yrs NYT-NYJ 9 0 22 969 63 1 44.0 4
2 yrs SFO 23 0 25 983 51 0 39.3 13

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
1958 24 SFO P 29 12 1 6 0 6 0
1960 26 BUF K/LCB/P 20 14 5 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1961* 27 BUF K/P/RS 20 14 10 158 0 29 0
1962 28 NYT LS 2 7 4 30 0 17 0
Career 64 20 217 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 yrs BUF 29 0 15 181 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 yrs NYJ-NYT 9 0 4 30 0 17 0
2 yrs SFO 23 0 1 6 0 6 0

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
1958 24 SFO P 29 12 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 5 0 0
1960 26 BUF K/LCB/P 20 14 2 47 0 36 23.5 3.4 0.1 47 0 1
1961* 27 BUF K/P/RS 20 14 2 87 1 56 43.5 6.2 0.1 87 1 0
Career 64 5 139 1 56 27.8 2.2 0.1 139 1 1
3 yrs BUF 29 0 4 134 1 56 33.5 4.6 0.1 134 1 1
2 yrs SFO 23 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.2 0.0 5 0 0

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
1961* 27 BUF K/P/RS 20 14 2 30 0 15 15.0 117
Career 64 2 30 0 15 15.0 169

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 26 BUF K/LCB/P 20 14 27 6 45
1961* 27 BUF K/P/RS 20 14 1 1 29 2 41
Career 64 1 1 56 8 86

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1961

Long Rush
1961 AFL 56 (10)

Extra Pt Made
1960 AFL 27 (8)
1961 AFL 29 (4)

Extra Pt Att
1960 AFL 33 (7)
1961 AFL 31 (4)

Total Field Goals Made
1960 AFL 6 (7)

Field Goals Att
1960 AFL 13 (8)

Field Goal %
1960 AFL 46.154% (3)

Punts
1960 AFL 89 (1)
1961 AFL 85 (1)
1962 AFL 22 (10)
Career 221 (183)

Punting Yds
1960 AFL 3468 (1)
1961 AFL 3783 (1)
1962 AFL 969 (10)
Career 9203 (178)

Long Punt
1960 AFL 58 (7)
1961 AFL 70 (3)
1962 AFL 63 (4)

Punts Blocked
1961 AFL 1 (3)
1962 AFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (145)

Yds/Punt
1960 AFL 39.0 (3)
1961 AFL 44.5 (1)
1962 AFL 44.0 (1)
Career 41.6 (124)

Interceptions
1960 AFL 5 (7)
1961 AFL 10 (1/28)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1961 AFL 158 (2)

Sacks
1958 NFL 0.0 (1)
1959 NFL 0.0 (1)
1960 AFL 0.0 (1)
1961 AFL 0.0 (1)
1962 AFL 0.0 (1)
1963 AFL 0.0 (1)
1964 AFL 0.0 (1)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19612nd TeamAll-AFLAFL
19611st TeamAll-AFLNY Daily News
19611st TeamAll-AFLSporting News
19611st TeamAll-AFLUPI