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Ken Burrough

Kenneth Othell Burrough (Double Zero)

Position: WR
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: July 14, 1948 in Jacksonville, FL
College: Texas Southern   (school history)
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 67 (740th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 20, 2013 8:25PM
All-Time Rank: #902. John Alt… #903. Jack Rudnay… #904. Clarence R. Scott… #905. KEN BURROUGH… #906. Robert Pratt… #907. Rob Moore… #908. Kevin Hardy… 

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1970 22 NOR 00 12 0 13 196 15.1 2 35 1.1 16.3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 200 2 3 2
1971 23 HOU 00 13 0 25 370 14.8 1 62 1.9 28.5 370 1 0 4
1972 24 HOU WR 00 14 0 26 521 20.0 4 80 1.9 37.2 521 4 0 4
1973 25 HOU WR 00 14 43 577 13.4 2 49 3.1 41.2 5 38 1 34 7.6 2.7 0.4 615 3 2 5
1974 26 HOU WR 00 11 36 492 13.7 2 51 3.3 44.7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 492 2 1 6
1975* 27 HOU WR 00 14 0 53 1063 20.1 8 77 3.8 75.9 1063 8 1 14
1976 28 HOU WR 00 14 0 51 932 18.3 7 69 3.6 66.6 3 22 0 12 7.3 1.6 0.2 954 7 0 9
1977* 29 HOU WR 00 14 0 43 816 19.0 8 85 3.1 58.3 4 10 0 28 2.5 0.7 0.3 826 8 4 13
1978 30 HOU WR 00 16 0 47 624 13.3 2 44 2.9 39.0 3 -11 0 1 -3.7 -0.7 0.2 613 2 0 8
1979 31 HOU WR 00 16 0 40 752 18.8 6 55 2.5 47.0 752 6 1 9
1980 32 HOU 00 2 0 4 91 22.8 0 54 2.0 45.5 91 0 0 1
1981 33 HOU WR 00 16 16 40 668 16.7 7 71 2.5 41.8 668 7 1 6
Career 156 16 421 7102 16.9 49 85 2.7 45.5 17 63 1 34 3.7 0.4 0.1 7165 50 13 81
11 yrs HOU 144 16 408 6906 16.9 47 85 2.8 48.0 16 59 1 34 3.7 0.4 0.1 6965 48 10 79
1 yr NOR 12 0 13 196 15.1 2 35 1.1 16.3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 200 2 3 2

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
1970 22 NOR 00 12 0 15 298 0 38 19.9 498
1971 23 HOU 00 13 0 8 157 0 30 19.6 527
Career 156 16 23 455 0 38 19.8 7620
11 yrs HOU 144 16 8 157 0 30 19.6 7122
1 yr NOR 12 0 15 298 0 38 19.9 498

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1977* 29 HOU WR 00 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
1978 30 HOU WR 00 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
1979 31 HOU WR 00 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 156 16 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

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
1970 22 NOR 00 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
1973 25 HOU WR 00 14 0 2 0 0 0
1974 26 HOU WR 00 11 0 1 0 0 0
1975* 27 HOU WR 00 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977* 29 HOU WR 00 14 0 0 4 0 0 0
1979 31 HOU WR 00 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
1981 33 HOU WR 00 16 16 0 1 2 0 0
Career 156 16 0 13 2 0 0
11 yrs HOU 144 16 0 10 2 0 0
1 yr NOR 12 0 0 3 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1970 22 NOR 00 12 0 2 2 12
1971 23 HOU 00 13 0 1 1 6
1972 24 HOU WR 00 14 0 4 4 24
1973 25 HOU WR 00 14 1 2 3 18
1974 26 HOU WR 00 11 2 2 12
1975* 27 HOU WR 00 14 0 8 8 48
1976 28 HOU WR 00 14 0 7 7 42
1977* 29 HOU WR 00 14 0 8 8 48
1978 30 HOU WR 00 16 0 2 2 12
1979 31 HOU WR 00 16 0 6 6 36
1981 33 HOU WR 00 16 16 7 7 42
Career 156 16 1 49 50 300
11 yrs HOU 144 16 1 47 48 288
1 yr NOR 12 0 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1975
1977

Receptions
1975 NFL 53 (7)
Career 421 (173)

Receiving Yds
1975 NFL 1063 (1)
1976 NFL 932 (4)
1977 NFL 816 (2)
Career 7102 (113)

Receiving TD
1975 NFL 8 (6)
1976 NFL 7 (7)
1977 NFL 8 (5)
Career 49 (113)

Long Reception
1972 NFL 80 (9)
1975 NFL 77 (7)
1977 NFL 85 (4)

Yds/Reception
1975 NFL 20.1 (3)
1977 NFL 19.0 (10)
1979 NFL 18.8 (7)
Career 16.9 (85)

Receiving Yds/Game
1975 NFL 75.9 (1)
1976 NFL 66.6 (5)
1977 NFL 58.3 (2)

Yds/Touch
Career 16.5 (40)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19772nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19772nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19772nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 22 12 WR 32 57
1971 23 13 WR 43 45
1972 24 14 WR 76 10 23 58
1973 25 14 WR 80 18 16 44
1974 26 11 WR 61 32
1975 27 14 WR 154 95 2 11
1976 28 14 WR 137 73 6 19
1977 29 14 WR 131 71 2 12
1978 30 16 WR 73 37
1979 31 16 WR 111 11 24 63
1980 32 2 WR 9 94
1981 33 16 WR 109 12 26 65
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