Lem Barney

Lemuel Jackson Barney

Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 188 lbs.

Born: September 8, 1945 in Gulfport, MS
College: Jackson St. (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 111 (70th overall since 1950)
7-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1992, finalist in 1991

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All-Time Rank: #97. Darrell Green… #98. Jim Otto… #99. Fred Biletnikoff… #100. LEM BARNEY… #101. Willie Lanier… #102. Jim Marshall… #103. Terrell Owens…

All-Time Rank: #97. Darrell Green… #98. Jim Otto… #99. Fred Biletnikoff… #100. LEM BARNEY… #101. Willie Lanier… #102. Jim Marshall… #103. Terrell Owens…

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	AV
1967*	22	DET	P/LCB	20	14	0	4	14	0	6	3.5	5	87	0	25	17.4	101	16
1968*+	23	DET	PR/LCB/KR	20	14	0	13	79	0	18	6.1	25	670	1	98	26.8	749	20
1969*+	24	DET	PR/P/LCB	20	13	0	9	191	1	74	21.2	7	154	0	32	22.0	381	24
1970	25	DET	PR/LCB	20	13	0	25	259	1	65	10.4	2	96	0	74	48.0	355	11
1971	26	DET	PR/LCB	20	9	0	14	122	0	38	8.7	9	222	0	48	24.7	344	7
1972*	27	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	0	15	108	0	26	7.2	1	17	0	17	17.0	125	10
1973*	28	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	0	27	231	0	42	8.6	1	28	0	28	28.0	268	13
1974	29	DET	LCB	20	13	12	5	37	0	11	7.4						37	6
1975*	30	DET	LCB	20	10	10	8	80	0	30	10.0						80	10
1976*	31	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	14	23	191	0	30	8.3						191	12
1977	32	DET	RCB	20	12	0											0	7
Career					140	36	143	1312	2	74	9.2	50	1274	1	98	25.5	2631	136

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
1967*	22	DET	P/LCB	20	14	0		10	232	3	71	0	0	2	0	-5	0
1968*+	23	DET	PR/LCB/KR	20	14	0		7	82	0	62	0	0	5	5	0	0
1969*+	24	DET	PR/P/LCB	20	13	0		8	126	0	32	0	0	3	2	25	0
1970	25	DET	PR/LCB	20	13	0		7	168	2	49	0	0	2	0	0	0
1971	26	DET	PR/LCB	20	9	0		3	78	1	28	0	0	5	2	0	0
1972*	27	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	0		3	88	0	64	0	0	1	1	20	0
1973*	28	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	0		4	130	0	38	0	0	3	3	0	0
1974	29	DET	LCB	20	13	12		4	61	0	39	0
1975*	30	DET	LCB	20	10	10		5	23	0	13	0	0	0	1	74	0
1976*	31	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	14		2	62	1	26	0	0	4	1	0	0
1977	32	DET	RCB	20	12	0		3	27	0	22	0	0	0	2	49	0
Career					140	36		56	1077	7	71	0	0	25	17	163	0

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
1967*	22	DET	P/LCB	20	14	0																	47	1757	55	0	37.4
1969*+	24	DET	PR/P/LCB	20	13	0																	66	2249	53	1	34.1
Career					140	36																	113	4006	55	1	35.5

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
1969*+	24	DET	PR/P/LCB	20	13	0	3	36	0	27	12.0	2.8	0.2								36	0	3
1973*	28	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	0	2	9	0	7	4.5	0.6	0.1								9	0	3
Career					140	36	5	45	0	27	9.0	0.3	0.0								45	0	25

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	PR TD	KR TD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	Pts
1967*	22	DET	P/LCB	20	14	0			3		3	18
1968*+	23	DET	PR/LCB/KR	20	14	0		1		1	2	12
1969*+	24	DET	PR/P/LCB	20	13	0	1				1	6
1970	25	DET	PR/LCB	20	13	0	1		2		3	18
1971	26	DET	PR/LCB	20	9	0			1		1	6
1976*	31	DET	PR/LCB	20	14	14			1		1	6
Career					140	36	2	1	7	1	11	66

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Monte Jackson, Herb Adderley, Mike Haynes, Jack Christiansen, Charles Woodson, Lemar Parrish, Darrelle Revis, Mel Renfro, Mark Haynes, Ken Ellis
4	Herb Adderley, Jake Scott, Jack Christiansen, Mike Haynes, Lemar Parrish, Monte Jackson, Charles Woodson, Erich Barnes, Mark Haynes, Mel Renfro
5	Louis Wright, Erich Barnes, Herb Adderley, Jack Christiansen, Eric Allen, Sam Madison, Rod Woodson*, Mark Haynes, Ken Ellis, Champ Bailey
6	Erich Barnes, Louis Wright, Eric Allen, Ronnie Lott, Champ Bailey, Sam Madison, Rod Woodson, Rick Volk, Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu
7	Eric Allen, Erich Barnes, Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott, Champ Bailey, Jake Scott, Jack Christiansen, Rod Woodson, Herb Adderley, Louis Wright
8	Eric Allen, Ed Reed, Jack Butler, Deion Sanders, Erich Barnes, Aeneas Williams, Louis Wright, Jack Christiansen, Sam Madison, Cornell Green
9	Eric Allen, Jack Butler, Bobby Boyd, Deion Sanders, Louis Wright, Ronnie Lott, Aeneas Williams, Mel Blount, Roger Wehrli, Erich Barnes
10	Ronnie Lott, Deion Sanders, Mel Blount, Louis Wright, Herb Adderley, Eric Allen, Lemar Parrish, Mel Renfro*, Champ Bailey, Jake Scott
11	Willie Brown, Louis Wright, Aeneas Williams, Mel Blount, Night Train Lane, Mel Renfro, Herb Adderley, Eric Allen, Deion Sanders, Roger Wehrli*
Career	Jake Scott, Champ Bailey, Louis Wright, Ronde Barber, Aeneas Williams, Willie Brown, Deion Sanders, Roger Wehrli, Mike Haynes, Night Train Lane*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1967 NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year	Pro Bowls 1967 1968 1969 1972 1973 1975 1976	First-Team All-Pro 1968 1969	Approximate Value 1967 NFL 16 (9) 1968 NFL 20 (3/74) 1969 NFL 24 (3/9) Career 136 (117)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 111 (70)	Non-Offensive TDs 1967 NFL 3 (3/25) 1968 NFL 2 (1) 1969 NFL 1 (3) 1970 NFL 3 (2/25) 1971 NFL 1 (9) 1976 NFL 1 (8) Career 11 (14)	Kick Returns 1968 NFL 25 (9)	Kick Return Yds 1968 NFL 670 (7)
Kick Return TD 1968 NFL 1 (2/66) Career 1 (115)	Long Kick Return 1968 NFL 98 (2)	Yds/Kick Return 1968 NFL 26.8 (5)	Punt Returns 1970 NFL 25 (9) 1973 NFL 27 (8) Career 143 (85)
Punt Return Yds 1969 NFL 191 (3) 1970 NFL 259 (6) 1973 NFL 231 (9) Career 1312 (93)	Punt Return TD 1969 NFL 1 (1/95) 1970 NFL 1 (1/95) Career 2 (79)	Long Punt Return 1969 NFL 74 (3) 1970 NFL 65 (8)	Yds/Punt Return 1970 NFL 10.4 (6) 1971 NFL 8.7 (6) Career 9.2 (142)
Kick & Punt Returns 1968 NFL 38 (7) Career 193 (141)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1968 NFL 749 (6)	Punts 1969 NFL 66 (9)	Punts Blocked 1969 NFL 1 (3)
Fumbles Recovered 1968 NFL 5 (1) Career 17 (156)	Fumble Return Yds 1969 NFL 25 (7) 1975 NFL 74 (1) 1977 NFL 49 (6) Career 163 (19)	Interceptions 1967 NFL 10 (1/28) 1968 NFL 7 (7) 1969 NFL 8 (2) 1970 NFL 7 (5) Career 56 (17)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1967 NFL 232 (1/31) 1969 NFL 126 (3) 1970 NFL 168 (2) 1973 NFL 130 (8) Career 1077 (8)
Intercept. Ret. TD 1967 NFL 3 (1/4) 1970 NFL 2 (1/26) 1971 NFL 1 (4) 1976 NFL 1 (6) Career 7 (8)	Long Intercep. Return 1967 NFL 71 (5) 1968 NFL 62 (10) 1972 NFL 64 (4)	Sacks 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) 1972 NFL 0.0 (1) 1973 NFL 0.0 (1) 1974 NFL 0.0 (1) 1975 NFL 0.0 (1) 1976 NFL 0.0 (1) 1977 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1967	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1967	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1968	1st Team	All-NFL/AFL	Pro Football Weekly
1968	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1968	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Hall of Fame
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1970	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1970	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1972	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1972	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1973	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1973	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1973	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1975	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Monte Jackson, Herb Adderley, Mike Haynes, Jack Christiansen, Charles Woodson, Lemar Parrish, Darrelle Revis, Mel Renfro, Mark Haynes, Ken Ellis
4	Herb Adderley, Jake Scott, Jack Christiansen, Mike Haynes, Lemar Parrish, Monte Jackson, Charles Woodson, Erich Barnes, Mark Haynes, Mel Renfro
5	Louis Wright, Erich Barnes, Herb Adderley, Jack Christiansen, Eric Allen, Sam Madison, Rod Woodson*, Mark Haynes, Ken Ellis, Champ Bailey
6	Erich Barnes, Louis Wright, Eric Allen, Ronnie Lott, Champ Bailey, Sam Madison, Rod Woodson, Rick Volk, Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu
7	Eric Allen, Erich Barnes, Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott, Champ Bailey, Jake Scott, Jack Christiansen, Rod Woodson, Herb Adderley, Louis Wright
8	Eric Allen, Ed Reed, Jack Butler, Deion Sanders, Erich Barnes, Aeneas Williams, Louis Wright, Jack Christiansen, Sam Madison, Cornell Green
9	Eric Allen, Jack Butler, Bobby Boyd, Deion Sanders, Louis Wright, Ronnie Lott, Aeneas Williams, Mel Blount, Roger Wehrli, Erich Barnes
10	Ronnie Lott, Deion Sanders, Mel Blount, Louis Wright, Herb Adderley, Eric Allen, Lemar Parrish, Mel Renfro*, Champ Bailey, Jake Scott
11	Willie Brown, Louis Wright, Aeneas Williams, Mel Blount, Night Train Lane, Mel Renfro, Herb Adderley, Eric Allen, Deion Sanders, Roger Wehrli*
Career	Jake Scott, Champ Bailey, Louis Wright, Ronde Barber, Aeneas Williams, Willie Brown, Deion Sanders, Roger Wehrli, Mike Haynes, Night Train Lane*