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Earl Campbell

Earl Christian Campbell

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: March 29, 1955 in Tyler, TX
College: Texas

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1991

5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1978 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · 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
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 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
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 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
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 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
1981* 26 HOU RB 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
1982 27 HOU RB 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
1983* 28 HOU RB 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
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
NOR 8 0 50 190 0 19 3.8 23.8 6.3 190 0 0
HOU rb 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
1985 30 NOR RB 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
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
7 yrs TEN 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
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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 15 14 9 2 0 0
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 16 16 8 2 -1 0
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 4 2 0 0
1981* 26 HOU RB 16 16 10 2 0 0
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 2 1 0 0
1983* 28 HOU RB 14 14 4 0 0 0
1984 29 2TM /rb 14 6 2 2 1 0
HOU rb 6 6 2 2 1 0
1985 30 NOR RB 16 13 4 0 0 0
Career 115 103 43 11 0 0
7 yrs TEN 91 90 39 11 0 0
2 yrs NOR 24 13 4 0 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 1 2 50.0 57 1 50.0 0 0.0 57 28.5 33.5 57.0 3.8 135.4 0 0 28.5 33.5 0.0
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Career 115 103 1 3 33.3 57 1 33.3 1 33.3 57 19.0 7.3 57.0 0.5 81.9 0 0 19.0 7.3 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 15 14 13 78
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 16 16 19 114
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 13 78
1981* 26 HOU RB 16 16 10 60
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 2 12
1983* 28 HOU RB 14 14 12 72
1984 29 2TM /rb 14 6 4 24
HOU rb 6 6 4 24
1985 30 NOR RB 16 13 1 6
Career 115 103 74 444
7 yrs TEN 91 90 73 438
2 yrs NOR 24 13 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1978
1979
1980
1981
1983

1st-team All-Pro

1978
1979
1980

Rushing Att

1978 NFL 302 (3)
1979 NFL 368 (2-- 32)
1980 NFL 373 (1-- 22)
1981 NFL 361 (2-- 38)
1982 NFL 157 (7)
1983 NFL 322 (5)
Career 2187 (24)

Rushing Yds

1978 NFL 1450 (1-- 94)
1979 NFL 1697 (1-- 27)
1980 NFL 1934 (1-- 6)
1981 NFL 1376 (5)
1983 NFL 1301 (7)
Career 9407 (26)

Rushing TD

1978 NFL 13 (2-- 78)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 12)
1980 NFL 13 (1-- 78)
1981 NFL 10 (7)
1983 NFL 12 (5)
Career 74 (22)

Long Rush

1978 NFL 81 (1-- 72)
1980 NFL 55 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1978 NFL 4.8 (6)
1980 NFL 5.2 (1)
Career 4.3 (109)

Rushing Yds/Game

1978 NFL 96.7 (1-- 91)
1979 NFL 106.1 (1-- 38)
1980 NFL 128.9 (1-- 7)
1981 NFL 86.0 (5)
1983 NFL 92.9 (3)
Career 81.8 (16)

Touchdowns

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 26)
1980 NFL 13 (2)
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 74 (62)

Points Scored

1979 NFL 114 (2)
Career 444 (181)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 25)
1980 NFL 13 (2)
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 74 (60)

Yds From Scrimmage

1978 NFL 1498 (4)
1979 NFL 1791 (4)
1980 NFL 1981 (1-- 58)
1983 NFL 1517 (10)
Career 10213 (67)

All-Purpose Yds

1978 NFL 1498 (7)
1979 NFL 1791 (5)
1980 NFL 1981 (2)
Career 10213 (102)

Touches

1978 NFL 314 (5)
1979 NFL 384 (2-- 63)
1980 NFL 384 (2-- 63)
1981 NFL 397 (1-- 44)
1982 NFL 175 (10)
1983 NFL 341 (7)
Career 2308 (31)

Fumbles

1978 NFL 9 (7)
1981 NFL 10 (9)
Career 43 (146)

 

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
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 23 15 RB 228 107 2 7
1979 24 16 RB 293 196 2 2
1980 25 15 RB 284 209 2 2
1981 26 16 RB 213 89 12 21
1982 27 9 RB 77 27
1983 28 14 RB 224 98 8 22
1984 29 14 RB 74 55
1985 30 16 RB 79 52
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