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Erich Barnes

Erich Theodore Barnes

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 201 lbs.

Born: July 4, 1935 in Elkhart, IN
College: Purdue   (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round (42nd overall) of the 1958 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 94 (212th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 9:25AM
All-Time Rank: #280. Rod Smith… #281. Larry Csonka… #282. Dave Butz… #283. ERICH BARNES… #284. Sterling Sharpe… #285. Donnie Shell… #286. Ted Washington… 

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 AV
1958 23 CHI RS 24 12 4 90 1 30 0 8
1959* 24 CHI RDH 24 12 5 67 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 15
1960 25 CHI RCB 24 12 6
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 49 14 7 195 2 102 0 0 0 1 9 0 20
1962* 27 NYG LCB 49 14 6 61 0 22 0 12
1963* 28 NYG LCB 49 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 39 0 9
1964* 29 NYG LCB 49 14 2 26 1 26 0 0 0 2 0 1 10
1965 30 CLE 40 14 1 35 0 35 0 3
1966 31 CLE LCB 40 14 4 128 0 54 0 8
1967 32 CLE LCB 40 13 4 47 0 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
1968* 33 CLE LCB 40 14 3 64 1 40 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
1969 34 CLE LCB 40 14 1 55 1 55 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
1970 35 CLE LCB 40 14 0 5 85 1 38 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
1971 36 CLE 40 2 0 0
Career 177 0 45 853 7 102 0 0 1 12 48 1 120
7 yrs CLE 85 0 18 414 3 55 0 0 1 3 0 0 40
4 yrs NYG 56 0 18 282 3 102 0 0 0 7 48 1 51
3 yrs CHI 36 0 9 157 1 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 29

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
1958 23 CHI RS 24 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1964* 29 NYG LCB 49 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1968* 33 CLE LCB 40 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 177 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0.0 74
7 yrs CLE 85 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
4 yrs NYG 56 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 74
3 yrs CHI 36 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 49 14 2 74 37.0 1 62 0.1 5.3 74 1 0
Career 177 2 74 37.0 1 62 0.0 0.4 74 1 1

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1958 23 CHI RS 24 12 1 1 2 12
1961*+ 26 NYG LCB 49 14 1 2 3 18
1964* 29 NYG LCB 49 14 1 1 2 12
1968* 33 CLE LCB 40 14 1 1 6
1969 34 CLE LCB 40 14 1 1 6
1970 35 CLE LCB 40 14 0 1 1 6
Career 177 0 1 1 7 1 10 60
7 yrs CLE 85 0 3 3 18
4 yrs NYG 56 0 1 1 3 5 30
3 yrs CHI 36 0 1 1 2 12

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5 Eric Allen, Louis Wright, Ken Ellis, Ed Reed, Miller Farr, Lem Barney*, Eric Wright, Richie Petitbon, Paul Krause*, Rick Volk
6 Eric Allen, Louis Wright, Ed Reed, Lem Barney*, Frank Minnifield, Troy Polamalu, Champ Bailey, Sam Madison, Mel Blount*, Ronnie Lott*
7 Eric Allen, Mel Blount*, Aeneas Williams, Dick Anderson, Louis Wright, Sam Madison, Ronnie Lott*, Champ Bailey, Ed Reed, Rick Volk
8 Sam Madison, Aeneas Williams, Louis Wright, Eric Allen, Chris McAlister, Jack Butler*, Mel Blount*, LeRoy Butler, Lester Hayes, Roger Wehrli*
9 Darrell Green*, Chris McAlister, Aeneas Williams, Louis Wright, Sam Madison, Eric Allen, LeRoy Butler, Mel Blount*, Ty Law, Cornell Green
10 Darrell Green*, Brian Dawkins, Louis Wright, Aeneas Williams, LeRoy Butler, Eric Allen, Sam Madison, Chris McAlister, Eddie Meador, Johnny Robinson
11 Eric Allen, Darrell Green*, Louis Wright, Brian Dawkins, Eddie Meador, Sam Madison, LeRoy Butler, Jimmy Johnson*, Mel Blount*, Cornell Green
12 Eric Allen, Darrell Green*, Louis Wright, Eddie Meador, Brian Dawkins, Troy Vincent, Charles Woodson, LeRoy Butler, Ty Law, Johnny Robinson
13 Eric Allen, Darrell Green*, Eddie Meador, Louis Wright, Richie Petitbon, Brian Dawkins, Troy Vincent, Larry Wilson*, Ty Law, Cornell Green
14 Darrell Green*, Eric Allen, Eddie Meador, Louis Wright, Donnie Shell, Richie Petitbon, Larry Wilson*, John Lynch, Cornell Green, Ty Law
Career Eric Allen, Eddie Meador, Louis Wright, Donnie Shell, Darrell Green*, Richie Petitbon, Larry Wilson*, John Lynch, Cornell Green, Ty Law

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1959
1961
1962
1963
1964
1968

First-Team All-Pro
1961

Approximate Value
1961 NFL 20 (2/77)

Non-Offensive TDs
1958 NFL 2 (1)
1961 NFL 2 (2)
1964 NFL 2 (2)
1968 NFL 1 (9)
1969 NFL 1 (3)
1970 NFL 1 (9)
Career 9 (20)

Fumbles Recovered
1963 NFL 4 (4)

Fumble Return Yds
1963 NFL 39 (3)

Fumble Return TD
1964 NFL 1 (2/41)

Interceptions
1959 NFL 5 (6)
1961 NFL 7 (5)
1962 NFL 6 (9)
Career 45 (57)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1958 NFL 90 (8)
1961 NFL 195 (1/82)
1966 NFL 128 (7)
Career 853 (19)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1958 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 2 (1/28)
1964 NFL 1 (3)
1968 NFL 1 (3)
1969 NFL 1 (2)
1970 NFL 1 (3)
Career 7 (10)

Long Intercep. Return
1961 NFL 102 (1/5)
1969 NFL 55 (7)

Sacks
1958 NFL 0.0 (1)
1959 NFL 0.0 (1)
1960 NFL 0.0 (1)
1961 NFL 0.0 (1)
1962 NFL 0.0 (1)
1963 NFL 0.0 (1)
1964 NFL 0.0 (1)
1965 NFL 0.0 (1)
1966 NFL 0.0 (1)
1967 NFL 0.0 (1)
1968 NFL 0.0 (1)
1969 NFL 0.0 (1)
1970 NFL 0.0 (1)
1971 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19592nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19591st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19601st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19611st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19611st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19611st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19611st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19621st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19622nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19622nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19641st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19642nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19661st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19681st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News