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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

Career AV: 65 (717th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round (190th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1968* 21 OAK lcb 43 14 6 36 490 2 86 13.6 32 802 0 60 25.1 1292 7
1969* 22 OAK LS 43 14 12 25 153 0 30 6.1 16 382 0 39 23.9 535 9
1970 23 OAK SS 43 14 14 4 12 0 10 3.0 23 574 0 62 25.0 586 7
1971 24 OAK SS 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 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 10
1976 29 OAK SS 43 14 0 0 7
1977 30 OAK SS 43 12 11 0 7
1979 32 DEN 47 6 0 0 0
Career 144 112 148 1247 3 86 8.4 76 1893 0 62 24.9 3140 81

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1968* 21 OAK lcb 43 14 6 4 66 1 33 7 3 0 0
1969* 22 OAK LS 43 14 12 2 38 1 22
1970 23 OAK SS 43 14 14 3 35 0 22 0 1 0 0
1971 24 OAK SS 43 14 14 4 70 0 41 0 2 26 1
1972 25 OAK SS 43 14 14 4 37 0 23 2 0 0 0
1973 26 OAK SS 43 14 13 3 48 0 36 1 2 59 1
1974 27 OAK SS 43 14 14 4 39 0 26 1 1 8 0
1975 28 OAK SS 43 14 14 4 77 0 26 1 3 0 0
1977 30 OAK SS 43 12 11 2 38 0 24 0 1 0 0
Career 144 112 30 448 2 41 12 13 93 2

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1968* 21 OAK lcb 43 14 6 2 1 3 18
1969* 22 OAK LS 43 14 12 1 1 6
1971 24 OAK SS 43 14 14 1 1 6
1973 26 OAK SS 43 14 13 1 1 2 12
Career 144 112 3 2 2 7 42

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1968
1969

Non-Offensive TDs

1968 AFL 3 (1/23)
1969 AFL 1 (5)
1971 NFL 1 (9)
1973 NFL 2 (1)
Career 7 (44)

All-Purpose Yds

1968 AFL 1292 (5)

Kick Returns

1968 AFL 32 (3)
1969 AFL 16 (10)

Kick Return Yds

1968 AFL 802 (3)
1969 AFL 382 (10)

Long Kick Return

1968 AFL 60 (9)

Yds/Kick Return

1968 AFL 25.1 (1)
1969 AFL 23.9 (10)
Career 24.9 (62)

Punt Returns

1968 AFL 36 (1)
1969 AFL 25 (4)
1973 NFL 41 (1)
Career 148 (73)

Punt Return Yds

1968 AFL 490 (1/69)
1969 AFL 153 (7)
1973 NFL 336 (4)
Career 1247 (98)

Punt Return TD

1968 AFL 2 (1/15)
1973 NFL 1 (2/89)
Career 3 (33)

Long Punt Return

1968 AFL 86 (2/84)
1973 NFL 63 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1968 AFL 13.6 (2)
1969 AFL 6.1 (7)
Career 8.4 (189)

Kick & Punt Returns

1968 AFL 68 (1)
1969 AFL 41 (6)
1973 NFL 41 (8)
Career 224 (96)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1968 AFL 1292 (1)
1969 AFL 535 (9)
Career 3140 (144)

Playoff Games

Career 16 (156)

Playoff Games Started

Career 16 (80)

Fumbles

1968 AFL 7 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1968 AFL 3 (5)

Fumble Return Yds

1973 NFL 59 (4)
Career 93 (136)

Fumble Return TD

1971 NFL 1 (1/38)
1973 NFL 1 (1/38)
Career 2 (37)

Interceptions

Career 30 (189)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

Career 448 (194)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1968 AFL 1 (5)
1969 AFL 1 (3)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1969Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-AFL
1976UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.