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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

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 7th round (190th overall) of the 1968 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
1968* 21 OAK lcb 14 6 36 490 2 86 13.6 32 802 0 60 25.1 1292
1969* 22 OAK LS 14 12 25 153 0 30 6.1 16 382 0 39 23.9 535
1970 23 OAK SS 14 14 4 12 0 10 3.0 23 574 0 62 25.0 586
1971 24 OAK SS 14 14 20 159 0 34 8.0 159
1972 25 OAK SS 14 14 10 33 0 8 3.3 3 75 0 34 25.0 108
1973 26 OAK SS 14 13 41 336 1 63 8.2 336
1974 27 OAK SS 14 14 4 31 0 13 7.8 31
1975 28 OAK SS 14 14 8 33 0 12 4.1 2 60 0 45 30.0 93
1976 29 OAK SS 14 0 0
1977 30 OAK SS 12 11 0
1979 32 DEN 6 0 0
Career 144 112 148 1247 3 86 8.4 76 1893 0 62 24.9 3140

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

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
1968* 21 OAK lcb 14 6 2 1 18
1969* 22 OAK LS 14 12 1 6
1971 24 OAK SS 14 14 1 6
1973 26 OAK SS 14 13 1 1 12
Career 144 112 3 2 2 42

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 (41)

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 (57)

Punt Returns

1968 AFL 36 (1)
1969 AFL 25 (4)
1973 NFL 41 (1)
Career 148 (71)

Punt Return Yds

1968 AFL 490 (1-- 68)
1969 AFL 153 (7)
1973 NFL 336 (4)
Career 1247 (95)

Punt Return TD

1968 AFL 2 (1-- 13)
1973 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1968 AFL 86 (2-- 83)
1973 NFL 63 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1968 AFL 13.6 (2)
1969 AFL 6.1 (7)
Career 8.4 (183)

Kick & Punt Returns

1968 AFL 68 (1)
1969 AFL 41 (6)
1973 NFL 41 (8)
Career 224 (93)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1968 AFL 1292 (1)
1969 AFL 535 (9)
Career 3140 (139)

Playoff Games

Career 16 (152)

Playoff Games Started

Career 16 (78)

Fumbles

1968 AFL 7 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1968 AFL 3 (5)

Fumble Return Yds

1973 NFL 59 (4)
Career 93 (133)

Fumble Return TD

1971 NFL 1 (1-- 38)
1973 NFL 1 (1-- 38)
Career 2 (36)

Interceptions

Career 30 (187)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

Career 448 (190)

Intercept. Ret. TD

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

 

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-AFL
1976 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.