Sidney Blanks
Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: April 29, 1940 in Del Rio, TX
College: Texas A&M-Kingsville
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 5th round (38th overall) of the 1964 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 3rd round (42nd overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 19 (4694th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1964* | 24 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 145 | 756 | 6 | 91 | 5.2 | 54.0 | 10.4 | 56 | 497 | 8.9 | 1 | 45 | 4.0 | 35.5 | 1253 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 1966 | 26 | HOU | hb | 42 | 14 | 0 | 71 | 235 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 19 | 234 | 12.3 | 2 | 42 | 1.4 | 16.7 | 469 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1967 | 27 | HOU | 42 | 13 | 0 | 66 | 206 | 1 | 16 | 3.1 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 11 | 93 | 8.5 | 1 | 39 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 299 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1968 | 28 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 169 | 0 | 10 | 2.7 | 12.1 | 4.5 | 13 | 184 | 14.2 | 0 | 61 | 0.9 | 13.1 | 353 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1969 | 29 | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 30 | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Career | 83 | 0 | 365 | 1440 | 7 | 91 | 3.9 | 17.3 | 4.4 | 106 | 1073 | 10.1 | 4 | 61 | 1.3 | 12.9 | 2513 | 11 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 4 yrs | HOU | 55 | 0 | 345 | 1366 | 7 | 91 | 4.0 | 24.8 | 6.3 | 99 | 1008 | 10.2 | 4 | 61 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 2374 | 11 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 2 yrs | BOS | 28 | 0 | 20 | 74 | 0 | 12 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | 18 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1964* | 24 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 207 | 0 | 32 | 23.0 | 1460 | |||||
| 1966 | 26 | HOU | hb | 42 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 487 | 0 | 37 | 23.2 | 956 | |||||
| 1968 | 28 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 179 | 0 | 39 | 8.1 | 532 | |||||
| 1969 | 29 | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 21.8 | 187 | |
| 1970 | 30 | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 22 | 9.2 | 7 | 152 | 0 | 29 | 21.7 | 328 | |
| Career | 83 | 0 | 36 | 272 | 0 | 39 | 7.6 | 43 | 977 | 0 | 37 | 22.7 | 3762 | ||||
| 4 yrs | HOU | 55 | 0 | 22 | 179 | 0 | 39 | 8.1 | 30 | 694 | 0 | 37 | 23.1 | 3247 | |||
| 2 yrs | BOS | 28 | 0 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 22 | 6.6 | 13 | 283 | 0 | 29 | 21.8 | 515 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1964* | 24 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 26 | HOU | hb | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 27 | HOU | 42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 28 | HOU | HB | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 29 | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | HOU | 55 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | BOS | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1964 | 2nd Team | All-AFL | UPI |
| Year | Age | G | FantPos | FantPt | VBD | PosRank | OvRank |
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| 1970 | 30 | 14 | RB | 9 | 113 | ||
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