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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
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View Details For: 3 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| 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 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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|
1st-team All-Pro |
Non-Offensive TDs |
Fumbles Recovered |
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Long Intercep. Return |
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 |