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George Atkinson
George Henry Atkinson
Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: January 4, 1947 in Savannah, GA
College: Morris Brown
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round (190th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 64 (782nd overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1968* | 21 | OAK | PR/KR/lcb | 43 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 490 | 2 | 86 | 13.6 | 32 | 802 | 0 | 60 | 25.1 | 1292 | 9 |
| 1969* | 22 | OAK | PR/LS/KR | 43 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 153 | 0 | 30 | 6.1 | 16 | 382 | 0 | 39 | 23.9 | 535 | 8 |
| 1970 | 23 | OAK | SS/KR | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 | 23 | 574 | 0 | 62 | 25.0 | 586 | 7 |
| 1971 | 24 | OAK | SS/PR | 43 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 159 | 0 | 34 | 8.0 | 159 | 7 | |||||
| 1972 | 25 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 3.3 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 34 | 25.0 | 108 | 8 |
| 1973 | 26 | OAK | SS/PR | 43 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 336 | 1 | 63 | 8.2 | 336 | 11 | |||||
| 1974 | 27 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 7.8 | 31 | 8 | |||||
| 1975 | 28 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 4.1 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 45 | 30.0 | 93 | 9 |
| 1976 | 29 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 30 | OAK | SS | 43 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 32 | DEN | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 144 | 112 | 148 | 1247 | 3 | 86 | 8.4 | 76 | 1893 | 0 | 62 | 24.9 | 3140 | 80 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
| 1968* | 21 | OAK | PR/KR/lcb | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1969* | 22 | OAK | PR/LS/KR | 43 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 23 | OAK | SS/KR | 43 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1971 | 24 | OAK | SS/PR | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 1972 | 25 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1973 | 26 | OAK | SS/PR | 43 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 1 | ||||
| 1974 | 27 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 | 28 | OAK | SS | 43 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | 30 | OAK | SS | 43 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career | 144 | 112 | 30 | 448 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 93 | 2 | ||||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1969 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1976 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |