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Eddie Brown

Paul Edward Brown

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: February 19, 1952 in Jasper, TN
College: Tennessee

Career AV: 25 (3641st overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 8th round (199th overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

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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
1974 22 CLE 28 13 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 6 138 0 36 23.0 138 1
1975 23 2TM 14 0 8 68 0 14 8.5 6 126 0 27 21.0 194 1
CLE 28 3 0 2 16 0 9 8.0 6 126 0 27 21.0 142 0
WAS 25 11 0 6 52 0 14 8.7 52 1
1976* 24 WAS RET 25 14 0 48 646 1 71 13.5 30 738 0 67 24.6 1384 11
1977* 25 WAS RET 25 14 0 57 452 0 43 7.9 34 852 0 46 25.1 1304 9
1978 26 RAM 25 1 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13 0
1979 27 RAM fs 25 16 5 56 332 0 30 5.9 5 103 0 28 20.6 435 4
Career 72 5 172 1511 1 71 8.8 81 1957 0 67 24.2 3468 26
3 yrs WAS 39 0 111 1150 1 71 10.4 64 1590 0 67 24.8 2740 21
2 yrs CLE 16 0 4 16 0 9 4.0 12 264 0 36 22.0 280 1
2 yrs RAM 17 5 57 345 0 30 6.1 5 103 0 28 20.6 448 4

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
1974 22 CLE 28 13 0 2 24 0 24
1975 23 2TM 14 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
WAS 25 11 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
1976* 24 WAS RET 25 14 0 1 8 0 8 4 1 0 0
1977* 25 WAS RET 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
1979 27 RAM fs 25 16 5 3 32 0 25 3 5 24 0
Career 72 5 8 97 0 33 9 9 32 0
3 yrs WAS 39 0 3 41 0 33 6 4 8 0
2 yrs CLE 16 0 2 24 0 24
2 yrs RAM 17 5 3 32 0 25 3 5 24 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976* 24 WAS RET 25 14 0 1 1 6
Career 72 5 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1976
1977

Non-Offensive TDs

1976 NFL 1 (8)

Yds/Touch

1977 NFL 14.3 (1/91)

Kick Returns

1976 NFL 30 (2)
1977 NFL 34 (4)

Kick Return Yds

1976 NFL 738 (3)
1977 NFL 852 (4)

Long Kick Return

1976 NFL 67 (10)

Yds/Kick Return

1977 NFL 25.1 (7)
Career 24.2 (94)

Punt Returns

1976 NFL 48 (2/49)
1977 NFL 57 (1/8)

1979 NFL 56 (3/13)
Career 172 (50)

Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 646 (1/10)

1977 NFL 452 (4)
1979 NFL 332 (6)
Career 1511 (61)

Punt Return TD

1976 NFL 1 (3/89)
Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1976 NFL 71 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1976 NFL 13.5 (2)
Career 8.8 (167)

Kick & Punt Returns

1976 NFL 78 (1)

1977 NFL 91 (1/33)

Career 253 (77)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 1384 (1)

1977 NFL 1304 (2)
Career 3468 (115)

Fumbles Recovered

1979 NFL 5 (6)

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

All-Pro Teams

1976Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
1977Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.