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Luther Blue
Luther J. Blue
Position: WR
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: October 21, 1954 in Valdosta, GA
College: Iowa State
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 1977 Draft
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View Details For: 4 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1977 | 23 | DET | 14 | 0 | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 1 | 21 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 24 | DET | WR | 16 | 15 | 31 | 350 | 11.3 | 2 | 26 | 1.9 | 21.9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 359 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 25 | DET | 9 | 0 | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 1 | 26 | 0.9 | 11.3 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 94 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 26 | PHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 42 | 15 | 47 | 542 | 11.5 | 4 | 26 | 1.1 | 12.9 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 10 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 537 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1977 | 23 | DET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 108 | |
| 1978 | 24 | DET | WR | 16 | 15 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 8.4 | 7 | 170 | 0 | 60 | 24.3 | 588 |
| 1979 | 25 | DET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 120 | ||||||
| 1980 | 26 | PHI | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||||||
| Career | 42 | 15 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 7.4 | 10 | 236 | 0 | 60 | 23.6 | 832 | |||
| 3 yrs | DET | 39 | 15 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 7.4 | 9 | 220 | 0 | 60 | 24.4 | 816 | ||
| 1 yr | PHI | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1977 | 23 | DET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 24 | DET | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 42 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 23 | DET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 24 | DET | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 25 | DET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 42 | 15 | 4 | 24 |