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Lem Barney

Lemuel Jackson Barney

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: September 8, 1945 in Gulfport, MS
College: Jackson State

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1992

7-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1967 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
1967* 22 DET LCB 14 0 4 14 0 6 3.5 5 87 0 25 17.4 101
1968*+ 23 DET LCB 14 0 13 79 0 18 6.1 25 670 1 98 26.8 749
1969*+ 24 DET LCB 13 0 9 191 1 74 21.2 7 154 0 32 22.0 381
1970 25 DET LCB 13 0 25 259 1 65 10.4 2 96 0 74 48.0 355
1971 26 DET LCB 9 0 14 122 0 38 8.7 9 222 0 48 24.7 344
1972* 27 DET LCB 14 0 15 108 0 26 7.2 1 17 0 17 17.0 125
1973* 28 DET LCB 14 0 27 231 0 42 8.6 1 28 0 28 28.0 268
1974 29 DET LCB 13 12 5 37 0 11 7.4 37
1975* 30 DET LCB 10 10 8 80 0 30 10.0 80
1976* 31 DET LCB 14 14 23 191 0 30 8.3 191
1977 32 DET RCB 12 0 0
Career 140 36 143 1312 2 74 9.2 50 1274 1 98 25.5 2631

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

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1967* 22 DET LCB 14 0 47 1757 55 0 37.4
1969*+ 24 DET LCB 13 0 66 2249 53 1 34.1
Career 140 36 113 4006 55 1 35.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 LCB 13 0 3 36 0 27 12.0 2.8 0.2 36 0 3
1973* 28 DET LCB 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

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
1967* 22 DET LCB 14 0 3 18
1968*+ 23 DET LCB 14 0 1 1 12
1969*+ 24 DET LCB 13 0 1 6
1970 25 DET LCB 13 0 1 2 18
1971 26 DET LCB 9 0 1 6
1976* 31 DET LCB 14 14 1 6
Career 140 36 2 1 7 1 66

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1967
1968
1969
1972
1973
1975
1976

1st-team All-Pro

1968
1969

Non-Offensive TDs

1967 NFL 3 (3-- 23)
1968 NFL 2 (1)
1969 NFL 1 (3)
1970 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
1971 NFL 1 (9)
1976 NFL 1 (8)
Career 11 (10)

Kick Returns

1968 NFL 25 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1968 NFL 670 (7)

Kick Return TD

1968 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

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 (78)

Punt Return Yds

1969 NFL 191 (3)
1970 NFL 259 (6)
1973 NFL 231 (9)
Career 1312 (87)

Punt Return TD

1969 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1970 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
Career 2 (69)

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 (125)

Kick & Punt Returns

1968 NFL 38 (7)
Career 193 (128)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1968 NFL 749 (6)
Career 2586 (198)

Punts

1969 NFL 66 (9)

Punts Blocked

1969 NFL 1 (3)
Career 1 (200)

Fumbles Recovered

1968 NFL 5 (1)
Career 17 (148)

Fumble Return Yds

1969 NFL 25 (7)
1975 NFL 74 (1)
1977 NFL 49 (6)
Career 163 (17)

Interceptions

1967 NFL 10 (1-- 28)
1968 NFL 7 (7)
1969 NFL 8 (2)
1970 NFL 7 (5)
Career 56 (15)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1967 NFL 232 (1-- 28)
1969 NFL 126 (3)
1970 NFL 168 (2)
1973 NFL 130 (8)
Career 1077 (6)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1967 NFL 3 (1-- 4)
1970 NFL 2 (1-- 23)
1971 NFL 1 (4)
1976 NFL 1 (6)
Career 7 (7)

Long Intercep. Return

1967 NFL 71 (5)
1968 NFL 62 (10)
1972 NFL 64 (4)

 

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
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL/AFL
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Hall of Fame: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1970 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.