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Cannonball Butler

James Butler

Position: RB
Height: 5-9    Weight: 194 lbs.

Born: May 4, 1943 in Quincy, FL
College: Edward Waters
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 14th round (186th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 32 (2939th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

23 33 36

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 AV
1965 22 PIT KR 23 14 0 46 108 0 12 2.3 7.7 3.3 9 117 13.0 1 43 0.6 8.4 225 1 7 2
1966 23 PIT 23 14 0 46 114 2 19 2.5 8.1 3.3 4 93 23.3 1 66 0.3 6.6 207 3 4 3
1967 24 PIT hb 23 11 0 90 293 0 24 3.3 26.6 8.2 4 23 5.8 0 13 0.4 2.1 316 0 1 3
1968 25 ATL KR/FB 33 12 0 94 365 2 60 3.9 30.4 7.8 15 127 8.5 0 31 1.3 10.6 492 2 1 4
1969* 26 ATL FB 33 14 0 163 655 3 39 4.0 46.8 11.6 17 297 17.5 2 65 1.2 21.2 952 5 3 10
1970 27 ATL KR/FB 33 14 0 166 636 0 33 3.8 45.4 11.9 24 151 6.3 1 25 1.7 10.8 787 1 10 6
1971 28 ATL FB 33 13 0 186 594 2 19 3.2 45.7 14.3 15 143 9.5 2 27 1.2 11.0 737 4 7 7
1972 29 STL 36 5 0 6 3 0 5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 11 0 1 0
Career 97 0 797 2768 9 60 3.5 28.5 8.2 89 959 10.8 7 66 0.9 9.9 3727 16 34 35
4 yrs ATL 53 0 609 2250 7 60 3.7 42.5 11.5 71 718 10.1 5 65 1.3 13.5 2968 12 21 27
3 yrs PIT 39 0 182 515 2 24 2.8 13.2 4.7 17 233 13.7 2 66 0.4 6.0 748 4 12 8
1 yr STL 5 0 6 3 0 5 0.5 0.6 1.2 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 11 0 1 0

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
1965 22 PIT KR 23 14 0 25 509 0 36 20.4 734
1966 23 PIT 23 14 0 17 454 1 93 26.7 661
1967 24 PIT hb 23 11 0 10 223 0 32 22.3 539
1968 25 ATL KR/FB 33 12 0 37 799 0 42 21.6 1291
1969* 26 ATL FB 33 14 0 13 405 0 61 31.2 1357
1970 27 ATL KR/FB 33 14 0 14 284 0 29 20.3 1071
1971 28 ATL FB 33 13 0 13 372 0 82 28.6 1109
1972 29 STL 36 5 0 4 85 0 27 21.3 96
Career 97 0 133 3131 1 93 23.5 6858
4 yrs ATL 53 0 77 1860 0 82 24.2 4828
3 yrs PIT 39 0 52 1186 1 93 22.8 1934
1 yr STL 5 0 4 85 0 27 21.3 96

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
1965 22 PIT KR 23 14 0 0 7 6 0 0
1966 23 PIT 23 14 0 0 4 0 0 0
1967 24 PIT hb 23 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
1968 25 ATL KR/FB 33 12 0 0 1 1 0 0
1969* 26 ATL FB 33 14 0 0 3 2 0 0
1970 27 ATL KR/FB 33 14 0 0 10 2 0 0
1971 28 ATL FB 33 13 0 0 7 3 0 0
1972 29 STL 36 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
Career 97 0 0 34 15 0 0
4 yrs ATL 53 0 0 21 8 0 0
3 yrs PIT 39 0 0 12 6 0 0
1 yr STL 5 0 0 1 1 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
1965 22 PIT KR 23 14 0 1 1 6
1966 23 PIT 23 14 0 2 1 1 4 24
1968 25 ATL KR/FB 33 12 0 2 2 12
1969* 26 ATL FB 33 14 0 3 2 5 30
1970 27 ATL KR/FB 33 14 0 1 1 6
1971 28 ATL FB 33 13 0 2 2 4 24
Career 97 0 9 7 1 17 102
4 yrs ATL 53 0 7 5 12 72
3 yrs PIT 39 0 2 2 1 5 30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1969

Rushing Yds
1969 NFL 655 (9)

Long Rush
1968 NFL 60 (6)

Rushing Yds/Game
1969 NFL 46.8 (9)

Non-Offensive TDs
1966 NFL 1 (7)

All-Purpose Yds
1968 NFL 1291 (6)
1969 NFL 1357 (4)

Yds/Touch
1968 NFL 8.8 (4)
1969 NFL 7.0 (3)

Kick Returns
1965 NFL 25 (5)
1968 NFL 37 (2)
Career 133 (98)

Kick Return Yds
1968 NFL 799 (2)
Career 3131 (98)

Kick Return TD
1966 NFL 1 (3/66)
Career 1 (115)

Long Kick Return
1966 NFL 93 (3)
1971 NFL 82 (8)

Yds/Kick Return
1966 NFL 26.7 (6)
Career 23.5 (148)

Kick & Punt Returns
1968 NFL 37 (8)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1968 NFL 799 (4)
Career 3131 (155)

Fumbles
1965 NFL 7 (10)
1970 NFL 10 (1)

Fumbles Recovered
1965 NFL 6 (3/45)

Sacks
1965 NFL 0.0 (1)
1966 NFL 0.0 (1)

     

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 14 RB 85 36
1971 28 13 RB 98 36
1972 29 5 RB 1 135
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