Bobby Bryant

Bobby Lee Bryant

Position: DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 lbs.

Born: January 24, 1944 in Macon, GA
College: South Carolina (school history)
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 7th round (167th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 76 (484th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 21, 2013 6:25AM

All-Time Rank: #625. Rod Martin… #626. Vonnie Holliday… #627. John L. Williams… #628. BOBBY BRYANT… #629. Diron Talbert… #630. Chuck Muncie… #631. Matt Hasselbeck…

All-Time Rank: #625. Rod Martin… #626. Vonnie Holliday… #627. John L. Williams… #628. BOBBY BRYANT… #629. Diron Talbert… #630. Chuck Muncie… #631. Matt Hasselbeck…

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	AV
1968	24	MIN		20	14			2	60	1	51	0	0	2	3	0	0				3
1969	25	MIN	RCB	20	10	10		8	97	0	56	0	0	0	1	8	0				14
1970	26	MIN	LCB	20	11	10		3	40	1	39	0									10
1971	27	MIN		20	13	0		3	51	0	19	0	0	2	3	5	0				4
1972	28	MIN	RCB	20	14	14		4	82	0	34	0	0	1	2	24	1				9
1973	29	MIN	PR/RCB	20	14	14		7	105	1	46	0	0	1	0	0	0				10
1974	30	MIN		20	1																0
1975*	31	MIN	PR/RCB	20	14	14		6	111	0	41	0	0	6	5	2	0				14
1976*	32	MIN	db	20	12	3		2	30	0	25	0									3
1977	33	MIN	RCB	20	14	14		4	44	0	41	0									8
1978	34	MIN	RCB	20	16	16		7	69	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0				8
1979	35	MIN	RCB	20	14	14		2	50	0	29	0									6
1980	36	MIN	RCB	20	14	12		3	10	0	7	0									5
Career					161	121		51	749	3	56	0	0	13	14	39	1				94

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
1968	24	MIN		20	14		10	49	0	15	4.9	19	373	0	35	19.6	422
1969	25	MIN	RCB	20	10	10	2	9	0	9	4.5						9
1971	27	MIN		20	13	0	2	26	0	17	13.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	49
1972	28	MIN	RCB	20	14	14	10	48	0	10	4.8	2	41	0	22	20.5	89
1973	29	MIN	PR/RCB	20	14	14	25	140	0	16	5.6						140
1975*	31	MIN	PR/RCB	20	14	14	19	125	0	16	6.6						125
1979	35	MIN	RCB	20	14	14	1	7	0	7	7.0						7
Career					161	121	69	404	0	17	5.9	22	437	0	35	19.9	841

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Pts
1968	24	MIN		20	14			1	1	6
1970	26	MIN	LCB	20	11	10		1	1	6
1972	28	MIN	RCB	20	14	14	1		1	6
1973	29	MIN	PR/RCB	20	14	14		1	1	6
Career					161	121	1	3	4	24

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7	Jeris White, Mike Bass, Jimmy Hill, Skip Thomas, Bob Hudson, Charlie Stukes, Speedy Duncan, Dre' Bly, Emmitt Thomas*, Nate Wright
8	Dwight Hicks, Herb Rich, Jimmy Hill, Emmitt Thomas, Glen Edwards, Tommy Casanova, Asante Samuel, Dick LeBeau, Dave Grayson, Tom Brookshier
9	Roy Williams, Dwight Hicks, Emmitt Thomas, Butch Byrd, Dick LeBeau, Glen Edwards, Jimmy Hill, Mike Wagner, Pat Fischer, Bernie Parrish
10	Butch Byrd, Abe Woodson, Emmitt Thomas, Dick LeBeau, Gary Green, Glen Edwards, Jimmy Hill, Mike Wagner, Bernie Parrish, Pat Fischer
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12	Pat Fischer, Dennis Smith, Lester Hayes, Dick LeBeau, Willie Buchanon, Randy Logan, Eugene Robinson, Dave Waymer, Emmitt Thomas, Cris Dishman
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1975 1976	Non-Offensive TDs 1968 NFL 1 (9) 1970 NFL 1 (9) 1972 NFL 1 (7) Career 4 (196)	Playoff Games Started Career 13 (158)	Fumbles Recovered 1968 NFL 3 (8) 1975 NFL 5 (2)
Fumble Return TD 1972 NFL 1 (1/41)	Interceptions 1969 NFL 8 (2) 1973 NFL 7 (3) 1975 NFL 6 (7) 1978 NFL 7 (6) Career 51 (32)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1969 NFL 97 (7) Career 749 (38)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1968 NFL 1 (3) 1970 NFL 1 (3) 1973 NFL 1 (3) Career 3 (117)
Long Intercep. Return 1969 NFL 56 (5)	Sacks 1968 NFL 0.0 (1) 1969 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1969	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1969	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers

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