Willie James Buchanon
Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 4, 1950 in Oceanside, CA
College: San Diego St. (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 66 (771st overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #354. Jay Hilgenberg… #355. Brad Van Pelt… #356. Dave Grayson… #357. WILLIE BUCHANON… #358. Chris Spielman… #359. Ray Childress… #360. Herman Moore… |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 1973* | 23 | GNB | lcb | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1974* | 24 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| 1975 | 25 | GNB | db | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 26 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1977 | 27 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 1978*+ | 28 | GNB | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 93 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| 1979 | 29 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 30 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 1981 | 31 | SDG | LCB | 28 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1982 | 32 | SDG | db | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 137 | 129 | 28 | 278 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 80 | 80 | 21 | 234 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 58 | |||||||
| 4 yrs | SDG | 57 | 49 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
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First-Team All-Pro
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1978 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |