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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
Career AV: 70 (571st overall since 1950)
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 NFL Draft.
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1972 | 22 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| 1973* | 23 | GNB | lcb | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1974* | 24 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1975 | 25 | GNB | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | 26 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 27 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| 1978*+ | 28 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 93 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| 1979 | 29 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 30 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| 1981 | 31 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| 1982 | 32 | SDG | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 137 | 129 | 28 | 278 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 80 | 21 | 234 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 62 | |||||||||
| 4 yrs | SDG | 57 | 49 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1972 | 22 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 27 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1978*+ | 28 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 137 | 129 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
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All-Pro Teams
| 1978 | Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. | |
| Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL |