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Willie Buchanon

Willie James Buchanon

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 4, 1950 in Oceanside, CA
College: San Diego State

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1972 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1972 22 GNB LCB 14 14 4 62 0 26 0 3 0 0
1973* 23 GNB lcb 6 6 0 1 0 0
1974* 24 GNB LCB 14 14 4 10 0 8 0 1 0 0
1975 25 GNB 2 2 0 1 9 0
1976 26 GNB LCB 14 14 2 28 0 22
1977 27 GNB LCB 14 14 2 41 1 29 1 1 0 0
1978*+ 28 GNB LCB 16 16 9 93 1 77 0 1 0 0
1979 29 SDG LCB 16 16 0 1 24 0
1980 30 SDG LCB 16 16 2 13 0 7 0 2 0 0
1981 31 SDG LCB 16 16 5 31 0 18 0 4 0 0
1982 32 SDG 9 1
Career 137 129 28 278 2 77 1 15 33 0
7 yrs GNB 80 80 21 234 2 77 1 8 9 0
4 yrs SDG 57 49 7 44 0 18 0 7 24 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1972 22 GNB LCB 14 14 1 6
1977 27 GNB LCB 14 14 1 6
1978*+ 28 GNB LCB 16 16 1 6
Career 137 129 2 1 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1973
1974
1978

1st-team All-Pro

1978

Non-Offensive TDs

1972 NFL 1 (7)
1977 NFL 1 (8)
1978 NFL 1 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1981 NFL 4 (4)

Interceptions

1978 NFL 9 (2-- 76)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1977 NFL 1 (1)

1978 NFL 1 (4)

Long Intercep. Return

1978 NFL 77 (4)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL