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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

Career AV: 105 (93rd overall since 1950)

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 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
1967* 22 DET LCB 20 14 0 4 14 0 6 3.5 5 87 0 25 17.4 101 13
1968*+ 23 DET LCB 20 14 0 13 79 0 18 6.1 25 670 1 98 26.8 749 18
1969*+ 24 DET LCB 20 13 0 9 191 1 74 21.2 7 154 0 32 22.0 381 22
1970 25 DET LCB 20 13 0 25 259 1 65 10.4 2 96 0 74 48.0 355 11
1971 26 DET LCB 20 9 0 14 122 0 38 8.7 9 222 0 48 24.7 344 7
1972* 27 DET LCB 20 14 0 15 108 0 26 7.2 1 17 0 17 17.0 125 9
1973* 28 DET LCB 20 14 0 27 231 0 42 8.6 1 28 0 28 28.0 268 14
1974 29 DET LCB 20 13 12 5 37 0 11 7.4 37 5
1975* 30 DET LCB 20 10 10 8 80 0 30 10.0 80 10
1976* 31 DET LCB 20 14 14 23 191 0 30 8.3 191 13
1977 32 DET RCB 20 12 0 0 8
Career 140 36 143 1312 2 74 9.2 50 1274 1 98 25.5 2631 130

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

Kicking & Punting

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

Rushing & Receiving

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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 LCB 20 13 0 3 36 0 27 12.0 2.8 0.2 36 0 3
1973* 28 DET 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

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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
1967* 22 DET LCB 20 14 0 3 3 18
1968*+ 23 DET LCB 20 14 0 1 1 2 12
1969*+ 24 DET LCB 20 13 0 1 1 6
1970 25 DET LCB 20 13 0 1 2 3 18
1971 26 DET LCB 20 9 0 1 1 6
1976* 31 DET LCB 20 14 14 1 1 6
Career 140 36 2 1 7 1 11 66

Similar Players

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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, Mel Renfro*, Mark Haynes, Ken Ellis, Paul Krause*
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, Jack Butler, Deion Sanders, Erich Barnes, Aeneas Williams, Louis Wright, Jack Christiansen*, Sam Madison, Cornell Green, Ed Reed
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 Ronde Barber, Jake Scott, Louis Wright, Aeneas Williams, Champ Bailey, Willie Brown*, Deion Sanders, Roger Wehrli*, Mike Haynes*, Night Train Lane*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1967 NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

1967
1968
1969
1972
1973
1975
1976

First-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 (11)

Kick Returns

1968 NFL 25 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1968 NFL 670 (7)

Kick Return TD

1968 NFL 1 (2/58)
Career 1 (108)

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 (80)

Punt Return Yds

1969 NFL 191 (3)
1970 NFL 259 (6)
1973 NFL 231 (9)
Career 1312 (91)

Punt Return TD

1969 NFL 1 (1/89)
1970 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 2 (74)

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 (132)

Kick & Punt Returns

1968 NFL 38 (7)
Career 193 (133)

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 (149)

Fumble Return Yds

1969 NFL 25 (7)
1975 NFL 74 (1)
1977 NFL 49 (6)
Career 163 (18)

Interceptions

1967 NFL 10 (1/28)
1968 NFL 7 (7)
1969 NFL 8 (2)
1970 NFL 7 (5)
Career 56 (16)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1967 NFL 232 (1/30)
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 (1/24)
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)

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

All-Pro Teams

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