Billy Cannon

William Abb Cannon

Position: TE-HB-FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 lbs.

Born: August 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, MS
College: LSU (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 68 (705th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 21, 2013 4:25AM

All-Time Rank: #815. Tom Scott… #816. Keena Turner… #817. Mike Bass… #818. BILLY CANNON… #819. Dave Duerson… #820. Earl Faison… #821. Doug Buffone…

All-Time Rank: #815. Tom Scott… #816. Keena Turner… #817. Mike Bass… #818. BILLY CANNON… #819. Dave Duerson… #820. Earl Faison… #821. Doug Buffone…

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
1960	23	HOU	HB	20	14		152	644	1	39	4.2	46.0	10.9	15	187	12.5	5	88	1.1	13.4	831	6	3	10
1961*+	24	HOU	HB/KR/PR	20	14		200	948	6	61	4.7	67.7	14.3	43	586	13.6	9	78	3.1	41.9	1534	15	5	19
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14		147	474	7	64	3.2	33.9	10.5	32	451	14.1	6	60	2.3	32.2	925	13	5	10
1963	26	HOU		20	6		13	45	0	12	3.5	7.5	2.2	5	39	7.8	0	12	0.8	6.5	84	0	2	1
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14		89	338	3	34	3.8	24.1	6.4	37	454	12.3	5	40	2.6	32.4	792	8	5	8
1965	28	OAK	TE	33	10		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	127	18.1	0	36	0.7	12.7	127	0	0	3
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	436	31.1	2	75	1.0	31.1	436	2	0	6
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	629	19.7	10	64	2.3	44.9	629	10	1	10
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	360	15.7	6	48	1.6	25.7	360	6	0	6
1969*	32	OAK	TE	33	13	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	262	12.5	2	53	1.6	20.2	262	2	0	5
1970	33	KAN		80	6	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	7	125	17.9	2	45	1.2	20.8	131	2	0	2
Career					133	24	602	2455	17	64	4.1	18.5	4.5	236	3656	15.5	47	88	1.8	27.5	6111	64	21	80
6 yrs		OAK			79	24	89	338	3	34	3.8	4.3	1.1	134	2268	16.9	25	75	1.7	28.7	2606	28	6	38
4 yrs		HOU			48	0	512	2111	14	64	4.1	44.0	10.7	95	1263	13.3	20	88	2.0	26.3	3374	34	15	40
1 yr		KAN			6	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	7	125	17.9	2	45	1.2	20.8	131	2	0	2

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
1960	23	HOU	HB	20	14		4	96	0	51	24.0	8	266	1	88	33.3	1193
1961*+	24	HOU	HB/KR/PR	20	14		9	70	0	20	7.8	18	439	0	47	24.4	2043
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14							18	442	0	38	24.6	1367
1963	26	HOU		20	6							2	39	0	20	19.5	123
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14							21	518	0	45	24.7	1310
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14		1	12	0	12	12.0						448
Career					133		14	178	0	51	12.7	67	1704	1	88	25.4	7993
6 yrs		OAK			79	24	1	12	0	12	12.0	21	518	0	45	24.7	3136
4 yrs		HOU			48	0	13	166	0	51	12.8	46	1186	1	88	25.8	4726

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	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%
1960	23	HOU	HB	20	14	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*+	24	HOU	HB/KR/PR	20	14	0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0.0	-9.0		0.0	0.0
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14	2	3	66.7	46	1	33.3	0	0.0	40	15.3	22.0	23.0	3.3	149.3
1963	26	HOU		20	6	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					133	2	12	16.7	46	1	8.3	1	8.3	40	3.8	1.8	23.0	0.3	36.1	0	0	3.83	1.75	0.0

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
1960	23	HOU	HB	20	14								0	3	0	0	0
1961*+	24	HOU	HB/KR/PR	20	14								0	5	0	0	0
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14								0	5	0	0	0
1963	26	HOU		20	6								0	2	0	0	0
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14								0	5	0	0	0
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14								0	1	0	0	0
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13							0	0	1	0	0
Career					133	24							0	21	1	0	0
6 yrs		OAK			79	24							0	6	1	0	0
4 yrs		HOU			48	0							0	15	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1960	23	HOU	HB	20	14		1	5	1	7		42
1961*+	24	HOU	HB/KR/PR	20	14		6	9		15		90
1962	25	HOU	HB	20	14		7	6		13	1	80
1964	27	OAK	FB	33	14		3	5		8		48
1966	29	OAK	TE	33	14			2		2		12
1967+	30	OAK	TE	33	14			10		10		60
1968	31	OAK	TE	33	14	13		6		6		36
1969*	32	OAK	TE	33	13	11		2		2		12
1970	33	KAN		80	6	0		2		2		12
Career					133	24	17	47	1	65	1	392
6 yrs		OAK			79	24	3	25		28		168
4 yrs		HOU			48	0	14	20	1	35	1	212
1 yr		KAN			6	0		2		2		12

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4	Bob Windsor, Jerramy Stevens, Morris Stroud, O.J. Santiago, Dan Johnson, Henry Childs, John Spagnola, Keith Krepfle, Jean Fugett, Pete Holohan
5	Clint Didier, Bob Windsor, Doug Marsh, Reuben Gant, Randy Grossman, Andre Tillman, David Sloan, Greg Latta, Morris Stroud, Dan Johnson
6	Clint Didier, David Sloan, Bob Windsor, Randy Grossman, Billy Masters, Paul Costa, Lonnie Johnson, Doug Marsh, Reuben Gant, Kyle Brady
7	David Sloan, Doug Marsh, Randy Grossman, Clint Didier, Kyle Brady, Bob Windsor, Reuben Gant, Ron Hall, Troy Drayton, Howard Cross
8	Mickey Shuler, Alvin Reed, Jean Fugett, Jim Mandich, Keith Krepfle, Kyle Brady, Marv Cook, Bob Windsor, Henry Childs, Charle Young
9	Alvin Reed, Kyle Brady, Charle Young, Keith Krepfle, Marcus Pollard, Doug Cosbie, Mickey Shuler, Rich McGeorge, Tony McGee, Jackie Harris
10	Doug Cosbie, Mark Bavaro, Charle Young, Alge Crumpler, Jim Gibbons, Johnny Brewer, Marcus Pollard, Mickey Shuler, Eric Green, Jimmie Giles
11	Charle Young, Doug Cosbie, Mark Bavaro, Marcus Pollard, Jim Gibbons, Alge Crumpler, Jimmie Giles, Ron Kramer, Johnny Brewer, Ken Dilger
Career	Doug Cosbie, Mark Bavaro, Alge Crumpler, Ron Kramer, Johnny Brewer, Jim Gibbons, Ken Dilger, Eric Green, Tony McGee, Marcus Pollard

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1961 1969	First-Team All-Pro 1961 1967	Approximate Value 1961 AFL 19 (2)	Rushing Att 1960 AFL 152 (3) 1961 AFL 200 (2) 1962 AFL 147 (5)
Rushing Yds 1960 AFL 644 (3) 1961 AFL 948 (1)	Rushing TD 1961 AFL 6 (4) 1962 AFL 7 (3)	Long Rush 1961 AFL 61 (7) 1962 AFL 64 (7)	Yds/Rushing Att 1960 AFL 4.2 (7) 1961 AFL 4.7 (1) 1964 AFL 3.8 (8)
Rushing Yds/Game 1960 AFL 46.0 (3) 1961 AFL 67.7 (1)	Receiving TD 1960 AFL 5 (8) 1961 AFL 9 (3) 1962 AFL 6 (7) 1967 AFL 10 (3) 1968 AFL 6 (8) Career 47 (132)	Long Reception 1960 AFL 88 (2) 1961 AFL 78 (6) 1966 AFL 75 (9)	Yds/Reception 1967 AFL 19.7 (3)
Touchdowns 1961 AFL 15 (2) 1962 AFL 13 (3) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1967 AFL 10 (4) Career 65 (112)	Points Scored 1961 AFL 90 (4) 1962 AFL 80 (8)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1961 AFL 15 (2) 1962 AFL 13 (3) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1967 AFL 10 (4) Career 64 (115)	Non-Offensive TDs 1960 AFL 1 (4)
2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (178)	Yds From Scrimmage 1961 AFL 1534 (2)	All-Purpose Yds 1961 AFL 2043 (1) 1962 AFL 1367 (7)	Touches 1960 AFL 179 (4) 1961 AFL 270 (1) 1962 AFL 197 (7) 1964 AFL 147 (10)
Yds/Touch 1961 AFL 7.6 (9) 1962 AFL 6.9 (6) 1964 AFL 8.9 (3)	Kick Returns 1961 AFL 18 (3) 1962 AFL 18 (9) 1964 AFL 21 (5)	Kick Return Yds 1961 AFL 439 (5) 1962 AFL 442 (9) 1964 AFL 518 (5)	Kick Return TD 1960 AFL 1 (2/67) Career 1 (117)
Long Kick Return 1960 AFL 88 (4)	Yds/Kick Return 1961 AFL 24.4 (6) 1962 AFL 24.6 (6) 1964 AFL 24.7 (4) Career 25.4 (51)	Punt Returns 1961 AFL 9 (6)	Punt Return Yds 1960 AFL 96 (8) 1961 AFL 70 (9)
Long Punt Return 1960 AFL 51 (3)	Kick & Punt Returns 1961 AFL 27 (4)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1961 AFL 509 (6) 1962 AFL 442 (10) 1964 AFL 518 (8)	Fumbles 1961 AFL 5 (10)
Sacks 1960 AFL 0.0 (1) 1961 AFL 0.0 (1) 1962 AFL 0.0 (1) 1963 AFL 0.0 (1) 1964 AFL 0.0 (1) 1965 AFL 0.0 (1) 1966 AFL 0.0 (1) 1967 AFL 0.0 (1) 1968 AFL 0.0 (1) 1969 AFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1960	2nd Team	All-AFL	AFL
1960	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI
1961	1st Team	All-AFL	AFL
1961	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1961	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1961	1st Team	All-AFL	Sporting News
1961	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1967	2nd Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1967	1st Team	All-AFL	UPI
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Writers

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	33	6	TE	25		26
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