Earl Campbell

Earl Christian Campbell

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 232 lbs.

Born: March 29, 1955 in Tyler, TX
College: Texas (school history)
Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (659th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1991

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All-Time Rank: #84. Curtis Martin… #85. Zach Thomas… #86. Champ Bailey… #87. EARL CAMPBELL… #88. Sam Mills… #89. Rickey Jackson… #90. Gene Upshaw…

All-Time Rank: #84. Curtis Martin… #85. Zach Thomas… #86. Champ Bailey… #87. EARL CAMPBELL… #88. Sam Mills… #89. Rickey Jackson… #90. Gene Upshaw…

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
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14	302	1450	13	81	4.8	96.7	20.1	12	48	4.0	0	20	0.8	3.2	1498	13	9	13
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16	368	1697	19	61	4.6	106.1	23.0	16	94	5.9	0	46	1.0	5.9	1791	19	8	15
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	373	1934	13	55	5.2	128.9	24.9	11	47	4.3	0	10	0.7	3.1	1981	13	4	13
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16	361	1376	10	43	3.8	86.0	22.6	36	156	4.3	0	17	2.3	9.8	1532	10	10	11
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	157	538	2	22	3.4	59.8	17.4	18	130	7.2	0	46	2.0	14.4	668	2	2	8
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14	322	1301	12	42	4.0	92.9	23.0	19	216	11.4	0	66	1.4	15.4	1517	12	4	10
1984	29	2TM	rb/		14	6	146	468	4	22	3.2	33.4	10.4	3	27	9.0	0	15	0.2	1.9	495	4	2	3
		HOU	rb	34	6	6	96	278	4	22	2.9	46.3	16.0	3	27	9.0	0	15	0.5	4.5	305	4	2	2
		NOR		35	8	0	50	190	0	19	3.8	23.8	6.3								190	0	0	1
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	13	158	643	1	45	4.1	40.2	9.9	6	88	14.7	0	39	0.4	5.5	731	1	4	5
Career					115	103	2187	9407	74	81	4.3	81.8	19.0	121	806	6.7	0	66	1.1	7.0	10213	74	43	78
7 yrs		HOU			91	90	1979	8574	73	81	4.3	94.2	21.7	115	718	6.2	0	66	1.3	7.9	9292	73	39	72
2 yrs		NOR			24	13	208	833	1	45	4.0	34.7	8.7	6	88	14.7	0	39	0.3	3.7	921	1	4	6

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
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14							0	9	2	0	0
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16							0	8	2	-1	0
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15							0	4	2	0	0
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16							0	10	2	0	0
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9							0	2	1	0	0
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14							0	4	0	0	0
1984	29	2TM	rb/		14	6							0	2	2	1	0
		HOU	rb	34	6	6							0	2	2	1	0
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	13							0	4	0	0	0
Career					115	103							0	43	11	0	0
7 yrs		HOU			91	90							0	39	11	0	0
2 yrs		NOR			24	13							0	4	0	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	1	2	50.0	57	1	50.0	0	0.0	57	28.5	38.5	57.0	3.8	135.4	28.5	38.5
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	-45.0
Career					115	103	1	3	33.3	57	1	33.3	1	33.3	57	19.0	10.7	57.0	0.5	81.9	19.0	10.7

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14	13	13	78
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16	19	19	114
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	13	13	78
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16	10	10	60
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	2	2	12
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14	12	12	72
1984	29	2TM	rb/		14	6	4	4	24
		HOU	rb	34	6	6	4	4	24
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	13	1	1	6
Career					115	103	74	74	444
7 yrs		HOU			91	90	73	73	438
2 yrs		NOR			24	13	1	1	6

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Terry Metcalf, Adrian Peterson, John Brockington, Alan Ameche, Jim Brown, Billy Sims, Ottis Anderson, Herschel Walker, Marcus Allen, Warrick Dunn
4	Eddie George, Alan Ameche, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Maurice Jones-Drew, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk, Billy Sims, Tony Dorsett*
5	Franco Harris, Ottis Anderson, Terry Metcalf, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Eddie George
6	Franco Harris, Ottis Anderson, John L. Williams, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Eddie George, Herschel Walker, Frank Gifford, Alan Ameche, Calvin Hill
7	Brian Westbrook, Ottis Anderson, Larry Csonka, John L. Williams, Chuck Muncie, Shaun Alexander, Floyd Little, Frank Gifford, Clinton Portis, Jim Taylor
8	Brian Westbrook, Ottis Anderson, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little, Clinton Portis, Jerome Bettis, John Riggins, Fred Taylor, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka*
Career	Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, Terry Metcalf, Neal Anderson, Shaun Alexander, Altie Taylor, Sam Cunningham, Chuck Muncie, Don Perkins, Mark van Eeghen

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1978 NFL PFWA MVP 1978 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1978 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year 1978 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year 1979 NFL AP MVP 1979 NFL PFWA MVP 1979 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1979 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) 1979 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year 1980 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP 1980 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983	First-Team All-Pro 1978 1979 1980	Approximate Value 1979 NFL 15 (6)
Rushing Att 1978 NFL 302 (3) 1979 NFL 368 (2/33) 1980 NFL 373 (1/23) 1981 NFL 361 (2/40) 1982 NFL 157 (7) 1983 NFL 322 (5) Career 2187 (28)	Rushing Yds 1978 NFL 1450 (1) 1979 NFL 1697 (1/30) 1980 NFL 1934 (1/7) 1981 NFL 1376 (5) 1983 NFL 1301 (7) Career 9407 (30)	Rushing TD 1978 NFL 13 (2/88) 1979 NFL 19 (1/12) 1980 NFL 13 (1/88) 1981 NFL 10 (7) 1983 NFL 12 (5) Career 74 (23)	Long Rush 1978 NFL 81 (1/76) 1980 NFL 55 (10)
Yds/Rushing Att 1978 NFL 4.8 (6) 1980 NFL 5.2 (1) Career 4.3 (121)	Rushing Yds/Game 1978 NFL 96.7 (1/95) 1979 NFL 106.1 (1/41) 1980 NFL 128.9 (1/7) 1981 NFL 86.0 (5) 1983 NFL 92.9 (3) Career 81.8 (14)	Touchdowns 1978 NFL 13 (2) 1979 NFL 19 (1/28) 1980 NFL 13 (2) 1983 NFL 12 (8) Career 74 (66)	Points Scored 1979 NFL 114 (2) Career 444 (197)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1978 NFL 13 (2) 1979 NFL 19 (1/27) 1980 NFL 13 (2) 1983 NFL 12 (8) Career 74 (64)	Yds From Scrimmage 1978 NFL 1498 (4) 1979 NFL 1791 (4) 1980 NFL 1981 (1/61) 1983 NFL 1517 (10) Career 10213 (79)	All-Purpose Yds 1978 NFL 1498 (7) 1979 NFL 1791 (5) 1980 NFL 1981 (2) Career 10213 (120)	Total Offense Career 9464 (167)
Touches 1978 NFL 314 (5) 1979 NFL 384 (2/66) 1980 NFL 384 (2/66) 1981 NFL 397 (1/45) 1982 NFL 175 (10) 1983 NFL 341 (7) Career 2308 (35)	Fumbles 1978 NFL 9 (7) 1981 NFL 10 (9) Career 43 (158)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1978	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1978	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1978	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1978	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1978	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1981	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1978	23	15	RB	228	80	2	8
1979	24	16	RB	293	147	2	2
1980	25	15	RB	284	157	2	2
1981	26	16	RB	213	67	12	21
1982	27	9	RB	77		27
1983	28	14	RB	224	73	8	22
1984	29	14	RB	74		55
1985	30	16	RB	79		52
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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Terry Metcalf, Adrian Peterson, John Brockington, Alan Ameche, Jim Brown, Billy Sims, Ottis Anderson, Herschel Walker, Marcus Allen, Warrick Dunn
4	Eddie George, Alan Ameche, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Maurice Jones-Drew, Terry Metcalf, Franco Harris, Marshall Faulk, Billy Sims, Tony Dorsett*
5	Franco Harris, Ottis Anderson, Terry Metcalf, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Roger Craig, Lenny Moore, John L. Williams, Herschel Walker, Eddie George
6	Franco Harris, Ottis Anderson, John L. Williams, Curtis Martin, Warrick Dunn, Eddie George, Herschel Walker, Frank Gifford, Alan Ameche, Calvin Hill
7	Brian Westbrook, Ottis Anderson, Larry Csonka, John L. Williams, Chuck Muncie, Shaun Alexander, Floyd Little, Frank Gifford, Clinton Portis, Jim Taylor
8	Brian Westbrook, Ottis Anderson, Earnest Byner, Floyd Little, Clinton Portis, Jerome Bettis, John Riggins, Fred Taylor, Shaun Alexander, Larry Csonka*
Career	Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, Terry Metcalf, Neal Anderson, Shaun Alexander, Altie Taylor, Sam Cunningham, Chuck Muncie, Don Perkins, Mark van Eeghen