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Jerome Bettis

Jerome Abram Bettis

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 252 lbs.
Born: February 16, 1972 in Detroit, MI
College: Notre Dame

6-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1993 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1993*+ 21 RAM RB 16 12 294 1429 7 71 4.9 89.3 18.4 26 244 9.4 0 28 1.6 15.3 1673 7 4
1994* 22 RAM RB 16 16 319 1025 3 19 3.2 64.1 19.9 31 293 9.5 1 34 1.9 18.3 1318 4 5
1995 23 STL RB 15 13 183 637 3 41 3.5 42.5 12.2 18 106 5.9 0 19 1.2 7.1 743 3 4
1996*+ 24 PIT RB 16 12 320 1431 11 50 4.5 89.4 20.0 22 122 5.5 0 16 1.4 7.6 1553 11 7
1997* 25 PIT RB 15 15 375 1665 7 34 4.4 111.0 25.0 15 110 7.3 2 19 1.0 7.3 1775 9 6
1998 26 PIT RB 15 15 316 1185 3 42 3.8 79.0 21.1 16 90 5.6 0 26 1.1 6.0 1275 3 2
1999 27 PIT RB 16 16 299 1091 7 35 3.6 68.2 18.7 21 110 5.2 0 17 1.3 6.9 1201 7 2
2000 28 PIT RB 16 16 355 1341 8 30 3.8 83.8 22.2 13 97 7.5 0 25 0.8 6.1 1438 8 1
2001* 29 PIT RB 11 11 225 1072 4 48 4.8 97.5 20.5 8 48 6.0 0 16 0.7 4.4 1120 4 3
2002 30 PIT RB 13 11 187 666 9 41 3.6 51.2 14.4 7 57 8.1 0 15 0.5 4.4 723 9 1
2003 31 PIT RB 16 10 246 811 7 21 3.3 50.7 15.4 13 86 6.6 0 16 0.8 5.4 897 7 5
2004* 32 PIT RB 15 6 250 941 13 29 3.8 62.7 16.7 6 46 7.7 0 20 0.4 3.1 987 13 1
2005 33 PIT 12 0 110 368 9 39 3.3 30.7 9.2 4 40 10.0 0 16 0.3 3.3 408 9 0
Career 192 153 3479 13662 91 71 3.9 71.2 18.1 200 1449 7.2 3 34 1.0 7.5 15111 94 41
10 yrs PIT 145 112 2683 10571 78 50 3.9 72.9 18.5 125 806 6.4 2 26 0.9 5.6 11377 80 28
3 yrs STL 47 41 796 3091 13 71 3.9 65.8 16.9 75 643 8.6 1 34 1.6 13.7 3734 14 13

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1993*+ 21 RAM RB 16 12 4 0 0 0
1994* 22 RAM RB 16 16 5 3 0 0
1995 23 STL RB 15 13 4 2 0 0
1996*+ 24 PIT RB 16 12 7 2 0 0
1997* 25 PIT RB 15 15 6 1 0 0
1998 26 PIT RB 15 15 2 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT RB 16 16 2 3 1 0
2000 28 PIT RB 16 16 1 1 1 0
2001* 29 PIT RB 11 11 3 2 0 0
2002 30 PIT RB 13 11 1 0 0 0
2003 31 PIT RB 16 10 5 1 0 0
2004* 32 PIT RB 15 6 1 1 0 0
Career 192 153 41 16 2 0
10 yrs PIT 145 112 28 11 2 0
3 yrs STL 47 41 13 5 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1999 27 PIT RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 21 1 100.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 31.0 21.0 1.3 158.3 0 0 21.0 31.0 0.0
2000 28 PIT RB 16 16 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
2001* 29 PIT RB 11 11 1 2 50.0 32 1 50.0 0 0.0 32 16.0 21.0 32.0 2.9 135.4 0 0 16.0 21.0 0.0
2004* 32 PIT RB 15 6 1 1 100.0 10 1 100.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 20.0 10.0 0.7 147.9 0 0 10.0 20.0 0.0
Career 192 153 3 6 50.0 63 3 50.0 1 16.7 32 10.5 8.0 21.0 0.3 87.5 0 0 10.5 8.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1993*+ 21 RAM RB 16 12 7 42
1994* 22 RAM RB 16 16 3 1 2 28
1995 23 STL RB 15 13 3 18
1996*+ 24 PIT RB 16 12 11 66
1997* 25 PIT RB 15 15 7 2 54
1998 26 PIT RB 15 15 3 18
1999 27 PIT RB 16 16 7 42
2000 28 PIT RB 16 16 8 48
2001* 29 PIT RB 11 11 4 24
2002 30 PIT RB 13 11 9 54
2003 31 PIT RB 16 10 7 1 44
2004* 32 PIT RB 15 6 13 78
2005 33 PIT 12 0 9 54
Career 192 153 91 3 3 570
10 yrs PIT 145 112 78 2 1 482
3 yrs STL 47 41 13 1 2 88

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1993 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
1996 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year
2001 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

1993
1994
1996
1997
2001
2004

1st-team All-Pro

1993
1996

Rushing Att

1993 NFL 294 (3)
1994 NFL 319 (6)
1996 NFL 320 (6)
1997 NFL 375 (1-- 20)
1998 NFL 316 (9)
1999 NFL 299 (7)
2000 NFL 355 (3-- 45)
Career 3479 (4)

Rushing Yds

1993 NFL 1429 (2)
1994 NFL 1025 (9)
1996 NFL 1431 (3)
1997 NFL 1665 (3-- 35)
2000 NFL 1341 (9)
Career 13662 (5)

Rushing TD

1993 NFL 7 (9)
1996 NFL 11 (6)
2004 NFL 13 (4-- 78)
2005 NFL 9 (10)
Career 91 (10)

Long Rush

1993 NFL 71 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att

1993 NFL 4.9 (3)
1996 NFL 4.5 (5)
1997 NFL 4.4 (9)
2001 NFL 4.8 (4)

Rushing Yds/Game

1993 NFL 89.3 (4)
1994 NFL 64.1 (10)
1996 NFL 89.4 (3)
1997 NFL 111.0 (3-- 25)
2001 NFL 97.5 (2-- 84)
Career 71.2 (32)

Touchdowns

1996 NFL 11 (9)
2004 NFL 13 (10)
Career 94 (22)

Points Scored

Career 570 (117)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1996 NFL 11 (9)
2004 NFL 13 (10)
Career 94 (22)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 3 (22)

Yds From Scrimmage

1993 NFL 1673 (3)
1996 NFL 1553 (4)
1997 NFL 1775 (4)
Career 15111 (15)

All-Purpose Yds

1993 NFL 1673 (4)
1997 NFL 1775 (10)
Career 15111 (22)

Touches

1993 NFL 320 (5)
1994 NFL 350 (6)
1996 NFL 342 (7)
1997 NFL 390 (2-- 51)
1998 NFL 332 (10)
1999 NFL 320 (10)
2000 NFL 368 (5)
Career 3679 (4)

Fumbles

Career 41 (162)

Fumbles Recovered

1994 NFL 3 (5)
Career 16 (191)

   

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1997 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1993 21 16 RB 209 96 2 7
1994 22 16 RB 156 28 13 44
1995 23 15 RB 92 41
1996 24 16 RB 221 93 7 14
1997 25 15 RB 232 97 4 5
1998 26 15 RB 146 18 20 48
1999 27 16 RB 169 39 16 38
2000 28 16 RB 190 31 19 50
2001 29 11 RB 143 8 21 61
2002 30 13 RB 126 31
2003 31 16 RB 132 26
2004 32 15 RB 183 26 18 55
2005 33 12 RB 95 36
2094 436