Earnest Byner

Earnest Alexander Byner

Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 215 lbs.

Born: September 15, 1962 in Milledgeville, GA
College: East Carolina (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 10th round (280th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 82 (354th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #582. Garrison Hearst… #583. John David Crow… #584. Jethro Pugh… #585. EARNEST BYNER… #586. Earl Morrall… #587. Ron Jaworski… #588. E.J. Holub…

All-Time Rank: #582. Garrison Hearst… #583. John David Crow… #584. Jethro Pugh… #585. EARNEST BYNER… #586. Earl Morrall… #587. Ron Jaworski… #588. E.J. Holub…

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
1984	22	CLE	KR	44	16	3	72	426	2	54	5.9	26.6	4.5	11	118	10.7	0	26	0.7	7.4	544	2	3	4
1985	23	CLE	RB	44	16	13	244	1002	8	36	4.1	62.6	15.3	45	460	10.2	2	31	2.8	28.8	1462	10	5	12
1986	24	CLE	rb	44	7	7	94	277	2	37	2.9	39.6	13.4	37	328	8.9	2	40	5.3	46.9	605	4	1	5
1987	25	CLE	RB	44	12	12	105	432	8	21	4.1	36.0	8.8	52	552	10.6	2	37	4.3	46.0	984	10	5	11
1988	26	CLE	RB	44	16	16	157	576	3	27	3.7	36.0	9.8	59	576	9.8	2	39	3.7	36.0	1152	5	5	9
1989	27	WAS	fb/RB	21	16	13	134	580	7	24	4.3	36.3	8.4	54	458	8.5	2	27	3.4	28.6	1038	9	2	7
1990*	28	WAS	RB	21	16	16	297	1219	6	22	4.1	76.2	18.6	31	279	9.0	1	19	1.9	17.4	1498	7	2	12
1991*	29	WAS	RB	21	16	16	274	1048	5	32	3.8	65.5	17.1	34	308	9.1	0	31	2.1	19.3	1356	5	3	14
1992	30	WAS	RB	21	16	16	262	998	6	23	3.8	62.4	16.4	39	338	8.7	1	29	2.4	21.1	1336	7	1	10
1993	31	WAS	rb	21	16	3	23	105	1	16	4.6	6.6	1.4	27	194	7.2	0	20	1.7	12.1	299	1	0	2
1994	32	CLE	rb	20	16	1	75	219	2	15	2.9	13.7	4.7	11	102	9.3	0	30	0.7	6.4	321	2	0	3
1995	33	CLE	rb	21	16	2	115	432	2	23	3.8	27.0	7.2	61	494	8.1	2	29	3.8	30.9	926	4	1	7
1996	34	BAL	RB	21	16	8	159	634	4	42	4.0	39.6	9.9	30	270	9.0	1	40	1.9	16.9	904	5	1	7
1997	35	BAL	rb	21	16	6	84	313	0	19	3.7	19.6	5.3	21	128	6.1	0	17	1.3	8.0	441	0	2	3
Career					211	132	2095	8261	56	54	3.9	39.2	9.9	512	4605	9.0	15	40	2.4	21.8	12866	71	31	106
7 yrs		CLE			99	54	862	3364	27	54	3.9	34.0	8.7	276	2630	9.5	10	40	2.8	26.6	5994	37	20	51
5 yrs		WAS			80	64	990	3950	25	32	4.0	49.4	12.4	185	1577	8.5	4	31	2.3	19.7	5527	29	8	45
2 yrs		BAL			32	14	243	947	4	42	3.9	29.6	7.6	51	398	7.8	1	40	1.6	12.4	1345	5	3	10

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
1984	22	CLE	KR	44	16	3						22	415	0	28	18.9	959
1987	25	CLE	RB	44	12	12						1	2	0	2	2.0	986
1995	33	CLE	rb	21	16	2						5	98	0	27	19.6	1024
1996	34	BAL	RB	21	16	8						4	61	0	19	15.3	965
1997	35	BAL	rb	21	16	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	441
Career					211	132						33	576	0	28	17.5	13442
7 yrs		CLE			99	54						28	515	0	28	18.4	6509
2 yrs		BAL			32	14						5	61	0	19	12.2	1406

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1989	27	WAS	fb/RB	21	16	13	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1990*	28	WAS	RB	21	16	16	1	2	50.0	31	1	50.0	31	15.5	25.5	31.0	1.9	135.4	15.50	25.50
1991*	29	WAS	RB	21	16	16	1	4	25.0	18	1	25.0	18	4.5	9.5	18.0	1.1	85.4	4.50	9.50
1992	30	WAS	RB	21	16	16	1	3	33.3	41	1	33.3	41	13.7	20.3	41.0	2.6	121.5	13.67	20.33
Career					211	132	3	10	30.0	90	3	30.0	41	9.0	15.0	30.0	0.4	104.2	9.00	15.00

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
1984	22	CLE	KR	44	16	3							0	3	2	55	1
1985	23	CLE	RB	44	16	13							0	5	4	0	0
1986	24	CLE	rb	44	7	7							0	1	0	0	0
1987	25	CLE	RB	44	12	12							0	5	1	0	0
1988	26	CLE	RB	44	16	16							0	5	2	0	0
1989	27	WAS	fb/RB	21	16	13							0	2	2	0	0
1990*	28	WAS	RB	21	16	16							0	2	1	0	0
1991*	29	WAS	RB	21	16	16							0	3	1	0	0
1992	30	WAS	RB	21	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
1993	31	WAS	rb	21	16	3							0	0	1	0	0
1995	33	CLE	rb	21	16	2							0	1	1	0	0
1996	34	BAL	RB	21	16	8							0	1	0	0	0
1997	35	BAL	rb	21	16	6							0	2	3	0	0
Career					211	132							0	31	18	55	1
7 yrs		CLE			99	54							0	20	10	55	1
5 yrs		WAS			80	64							0	8	5	0	0
2 yrs		BAL			32	14							0	3	3	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1984	22	CLE	KR	44	16	3	2		1	3		18
1985	23	CLE	RB	44	16	13	8	2		10		60
1986	24	CLE	rb	44	7	7	2	2		4		24
1987	25	CLE	RB	44	12	12	8	2		10		60
1988	26	CLE	RB	44	16	16	3	2		5		30
1989	27	WAS	fb/RB	21	16	13	7	2		9		54
1990*	28	WAS	RB	21	16	16	6	1		7		42
1991*	29	WAS	RB	21	16	16	5			5		30
1992	30	WAS	RB	21	16	16	6	1		7		42
1993	31	WAS	rb	21	16	3	1			1		6
1994	32	CLE	rb	20	16	1	2			2		12
1995	33	CLE	rb	21	16	2	2	2		4		24
1996	34	BAL	RB	21	16	8	4	1		5		30
1997	35	BAL	rb	21	16	6					1	2
Career					211	132	56	15	1	72	1	434
7 yrs		CLE			99	54	27	10	1	38		228
5 yrs		WAS			80	64	25	4		29		174
2 yrs		BAL			32	14	4	1		5	1	32

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1990 1991	Rushing Att 1990 NFL 297 (1) 1991 NFL 274 (4) Career 2095 (32)	Rushing Yds 1990 NFL 1219 (4) 1991 NFL 1048 (5) Career 8261 (37)	Rushing TD 1987 NFL 8 (3) 1989 NFL 7 (10) Career 56 (48)
Long Rush 1984 NFL 54 (10)	Yds/Rushing Att 1989 NFL 4.3 (6)	Rushing Yds/Game 1990 NFL 76.2 (5) 1991 NFL 65.5 (7)	Receptions Career 512 (109)
Touchdowns 1987 NFL 10 (5) Career 72 (81)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1987 NFL 10 (5) Career 71 (79)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Yds From Scrimmage 1990 NFL 1498 (5) 1991 NFL 1356 (5) Career 12866 (42)
All-Purpose Yds 1990 NFL 1498 (8) Career 13442 (49)	Total Offense Career 8351 (187)	Touches 1990 NFL 328 (1) 1991 NFL 308 (5) Career 2640 (28)	Yds/Touch 1984 NFL 9.1 (6) 1987 NFL 6.2 (9)
Games Career 211 (169)	Playoff Games Started Career 13 (158)	Fumbles Recovered Career 18 (132)	Fumble Return Yds 1984 NFL 55 (6)
Fumble Return TD 1984 NFL 1 (1/41)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1987	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1990	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1991	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1985	23	16	RB	206	56	12	22
1986	24	7	RB	85		42
1987	25	12	RB	158	57	5	23
1988	26	16	RB	145	5	22	68
1989	27	16	RB	158	37	14	39
1990	28	16	RB	199	71	4	10
1991	29	16	RB	172	50	6	26
1992	30	16	RB	183	73	12	20
1993	31	16	RB	36		69
1994	32	16	RB	44		63
1995	33	16	RB	117		27
1996	34	16	RB	120		27
1997	35	16	RB	44		64
				1667	349

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