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Larry Burton

Lawrence Godfrey Burton Jr.

Position: WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: December 15, 1951 in Northampton, VA
College: Purdue

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1975 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1975 24 NOR WR 13 11 16 305 19.1 2 71 1.2 23.5 2 8 0 5 4.0 0.6 0.2 313 2 0
1976 25 NOR WR 14 12 18 297 16.5 2 69 1.3 21.2 3 -4 0 4 -1.3 -0.3 0.2 293 2 0
1977 26 NOR 1 1 1 13 13.0 0 13 1.0 13.0 13 0 0
1978 27 SDG 3 0 5 127 25.4 3 55 1.7 42.3 127 3 1
1979 28 SDG 12 0 4 62 15.5 0 23 0.3 5.2 62 0 0
Career 43 24 44 804 18.3 7 71 1.0 18.7 5 4 0 5 0.8 0.1 0.1 808 7 1
3 yrs NOR 28 24 35 615 17.6 4 71 1.3 22.0 5 4 0 5 0.8 0.1 0.2 619 4 0
2 yrs SDG 15 0 9 189 21.0 3 55 0.6 12.6 189 3 1

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1978 27 SDG 3 0 1 1 0 0
Career 43 24 1 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1975 24 NOR WR 13 11 2 12
1976 25 NOR WR 14 12 2 12
1978 27 SDG 3 0 3 18
Career 43 24 7 42
3 yrs NOR 28 24 4 24
2 yrs SDG 15 0 3 18

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 24 13 WR 43 54
1976 25 14 WR 41 51
1977 26 1 WR 1 103
1978 27 3 WR 31 64
1979 28 12 WR 6 105
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