Billy Cannon

William Abb Cannon

Position: TE-HB-FB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1937 in Philadelphia, MS
College: LSU

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

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1960 Draft

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View Details For: 65 Regular Season and 3 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · 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
1960	23	HOU	HB	14	0	152	644	1	39	4.2	46.0	10.9	15	187	12.5	5	88	1.1	13.4	831	6	3
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	14	0	200	948	6	61	4.7	67.7	14.3	43	586	13.6	9	78	3.1	41.9	1534	15	5
1962	25	HOU	HB	14	0	147	474	7	64	3.2	33.9	10.5	32	451	14.1	6	60	2.3	32.2	925	13	5
1963	26	HOU		6	0	13	45	0	12	3.5	7.5	2.2	5	39	7.8	0	12	0.8	6.5	84	0	2
1964	27	OAK	FB	14	0	89	338	3	34	3.8	24.1	6.4	37	454	12.3	5	40	2.6	32.4	792	8	5
1965	28	OAK	TE	10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	127	18.1	0	36	0.7	12.7	127	0	0
1966	29	OAK	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	436	31.1	2	75	1.0	31.1	436	2	0
1967+	30	OAK	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	629	19.7	10	64	2.3	44.9	629	10	1
1968	31	OAK	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	360	15.7	6	48	1.6	25.7	360	6	0
1969*	32	OAK	TE	13	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	262	12.5	2	53	1.6	20.2	262	2	0
1970	33	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
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
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
4 yrs		TEN		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
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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1960	23	HOU	HB	14	0	4	96	0	51	24.0	8	266	1	88	33.3	1193
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	14	0	9	70	0	20	7.8	18	439	0	47	24.4	2043
1962	25	HOU	HB	14	0						18	442	0	38	24.6	1367
1963	26	HOU		6	0						2	39	0	20	19.5	123
1964	27	OAK	FB	14	0						21	518	0	45	24.7	1310
1966	29	OAK	TE	14	0	1	12	0	12	12.0						448
Career				133	24	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		TEN		48	0	13	166	0	51	12.8	46	1186	1	88	25.8	4726

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · 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%
1960	23	HOU	HB	14	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	14	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	20.0	0	0.0	-9.0		0.0	0.0
1962	25	HOU	HB	14	0	2	3	66.7	46	1	33.3	0	0.0	40	15.3	18.7	23.0	3.3	149.3
1963	26	HOU		6	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career				133	24	2	12	16.7	46	1	8.3	1	8.3	40	3.8	0.9	23.0	0.3	36.1	0	0	3.8	0.9	0.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1960	23	HOU	HB	14	0								3	0	0	0
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	14	0								5	0	0	0
1962	25	HOU	HB	14	0								5	0	0	0
1963	26	HOU		6	0								2	0	0	0
1964	27	OAK	FB	14	0								5	0	0	0
1967+	30	OAK	TE	14	0								1	0	0	0
1968	31	OAK	TE	14	13								0	1	0	0
Career				133	24								21	1	0	0
6 yrs		OAK		79	24								6	1	0	0
4 yrs		TEN		48	0								15	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	2PM	Pts
1960	23	HOU	HB	14	0	1	5	1		42
1961*+	24	HOU	HB	14	0	6	9			90
1962	25	HOU	HB	14	0	7	6		1	80
1964	27	OAK	FB	14	0	3	5			48
1966	29	OAK	TE	14	0		2			12
1967+	30	OAK	TE	14	0		10			60
1968	31	OAK	TE	14	13		6			36
1969*	32	OAK	TE	13	11		2			12
1970	33	KAN		6	0		2			12
Career				133	24	17	47	1	1	392
6 yrs		OAK		79	24	3	25			168
4 yrs		TEN		48	0	14	20	1	1	212
1 yr		KAN		6	0		2			12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1961 1969	1st-team All-Pro 1961 1967	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) Career 4.1 (184)	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 (116)	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-- 95) 1962 AFL 13 (3) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1967 AFL 10 (4) Career 65 (98)
Points Scored 1961 AFL 90 (4) 1962 AFL 80 (8)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1961 AFL 15 (2-- 93) 1962 AFL 13 (3) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1967 AFL 10 (4) Career 64 (102)	Non-Offensive TDs 1960 AFL 1 (4)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (134)
Yds From Scrimmage 1961 AFL 1534 (2)	All-Purpose Yds 1961 AFL 2043 (1-- 85) 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-- 57) Career 1 (106)	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 (38)	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)

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

1960 - AFL: 2nd team all-AFL
1960 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL
1961 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-AFL

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

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