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Dexter Bussey

Dexter Manley Bussey

Position: RB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: March 11, 1952 in Dallas, TX
College: Oklahoma, Texas-Arlington

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round (65th overall) of the 1974 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1974 22 DET 11 0 9 22 0 9 2.4 2.0 0.8 4 24 6.0 0 8 0.4 2.2 46 0 1
1975 23 DET FB 13 13 157 696 2 32 4.4 53.5 12.1 14 175 12.5 2 65 1.1 13.5 871 4 7
1976 24 DET RB 14 14 196 858 3 46 4.4 61.3 14.0 28 218 7.8 0 27 2.0 15.6 1076 3 6
1977 25 DET 8 4 85 338 4 31 4.0 42.3 10.6 11 116 10.5 1 39 1.4 14.5 454 5 2
1978 26 DET RB 16 16 225 924 5 36 4.1 57.8 14.1 31 275 8.9 1 18 1.9 17.2 1199 6 9
1979 27 DET RB 16 10 144 625 1 38 4.3 39.1 9.0 15 102 6.8 0 22 0.9 6.4 727 1 3
1980 28 DET FB 16 16 145 720 3 40 5.0 45.0 9.1 39 364 9.3 0 30 2.4 22.8 1084 3 2
1981 29 DET FB 16 15 105 446 0 23 4.2 27.9 6.6 18 92 5.1 0 16 1.1 5.8 538 0 3
1982 30 DET FB 9 6 48 136 0 10 2.8 15.1 5.3 16 138 8.6 0 21 1.8 15.3 274 0 2
1983 31 DET 15 3 57 249 0 26 4.4 16.6 3.8 8 49 6.1 1 14 0.5 3.3 298 1 1
1984 32 DET 16 3 32 91 0 18 2.8 5.7 2.0 9 63 7.0 0 19 0.6 3.9 154 0 0
Career 150 100 1203 5105 18 46 4.2 34.0 8.0 193 1616 8.4 5 65 1.3 10.8 6721 23 36

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1974 22 DET 11 0 5 59 0 21 11.8 105
1975 23 DET FB 13 13 2 38 0 22 19.0 909
1976 24 DET RB 14 14 1 14 0 14 14.0 1090
Career 150 100 8 111 0 22 13.9 6832

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
1974 22 DET 11 0 1 1 0 0
1975 23 DET FB 13 13 7 3 0 0
1976 24 DET RB 14 14 6 2 0 0
1977 25 DET 8 4 2 0 0 0
1978 26 DET RB 16 16 9 2 0 0
1979 27 DET RB 16 10 3 0 0 0
1980 28 DET FB 16 16 2 0 0 0
1981 29 DET FB 16 15 3 0 0 0
1982 30 DET FB 9 6 2 2 0 0
1983 31 DET 15 3 1 0 0 0
Career 150 100 36 10 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 23 DET FB 13 13 2 2 24
1976 24 DET RB 14 14 3 18
1977 25 DET 8 4 4 1 30
1978 26 DET RB 16 16 5 1 36
1979 27 DET RB 16 10 1 6
1980 28 DET FB 16 16 3 18
1983 31 DET 15 3 1 6
Career 150 100 18 5 138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

Career 1203 (105)

Rushing Yds

Career 5105 (103)

Yds/Rushing Att

1975 NFL 4.4 (9)
1980 NFL 5.0 (2)
Career 4.2 (151)

Touches

Career 1404 (131)

Fumbles

1978 NFL 9 (7)

     

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)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1974 22 11 RB 5 137
1975 23 13 RB 111 26
1976 24 14 RB 126 3 21 68
1977 25 8 RB 75 47
1978 26 16 RB 156 8 19 60
1979 27 16 RB 79 51
1980 28 16 RB 126 25
1981 29 16 RB 54 73
1982 30 9 RB 27 71
1983 31 15 RB 36 84
1984 32 16 RB 15 110
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