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Ken Carpenter

Kenneth Leroy Carpenter

Position: HB-FL
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: February 26, 1926 in Seaside, OR
College: Oregon State

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1950 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1950 24 CLE LDH 12 0 35 181 1 61 5.2 15.1 2.9 5 45 9.0 0 16 0.4 3.8 226 1 4
1951* 25 CLE LH 11 0 85 402 4 30 4.7 36.5 7.7 12 183 15.3 2 45 1.1 16.6 585 6 2
1952 26 CLE LH 8 0 72 408 3 37 5.7 51.0 9.0 16 136 8.5 1 41 2.0 17.0 544 4 5
1953 27 CLE LH 12 0 46 195 3 30 4.2 16.3 3.8 9 109 12.1 2 32 0.8 9.1 304 5 2
1960 34 DEN fl 6 0 4 13 0 9 3.3 2.2 0.7 29 350 12.1 1 36 4.8 58.3 363 1 0
Career 49 0 242 1199 11 61 5.0 24.5 4.9 71 823 11.6 6 45 1.4 16.8 2022 17 13
4 yrs CLE 43 0 238 1186 11 61 5.0 27.6 5.5 42 473 11.3 5 45 1.0 11.0 1659 16 13
1 yr DEN 6 0 4 13 0 9 3.3 2.2 0.7 29 350 12.1 1 36 4.8 58.3 363 1 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1950 24 CLE LDH 12 0 4 58 0 27 14.5 5 98 0 25 19.6 382
1951* 25 CLE LH 11 0 14 173 0 49 12.4 9 196 0 48 21.8 954
1952 26 CLE LH 8 0 10 139 1 54 13.9 11 234 0 40 21.3 917
1953 27 CLE LH 12 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 16 367 0 40 22.9 671
Career 49 0 34 370 1 54 10.9 41 895 0 48 21.8 3287

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1950 24 CLE LDH 12 0 4 3 -14 0
1951* 25 CLE LH 11 0 2 1 0 0
1952 26 CLE LH 8 0 5 1 0 0
1953 27 CLE LH 12 0 2 2 0 0
Career 49 0 13 7 -14 0

Passing

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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%
1950 24 CLE LDH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 49 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1950 24 CLE LDH 12 0 1 6
1951* 25 CLE LH 11 0 4 2 36
1952 26 CLE LH 8 0 3 1 1 30
1953 27 CLE LH 12 0 3 2 30
1960 34 DEN fl 6 0 1 6
Career 49 0 11 6 1 108
4 yrs CLE 43 0 11 5 1 102
1 yr DEN 6 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1951

Rushing Yds

1952 NFL 408 (10)

Rushing TD

1951 NFL 4 (9)
1952 NFL 3 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1951 NFL 4.7 (9)

Rushing Yds/Game

1952 NFL 51.0 (5)

Yds/Touch

1951 NFL 8.0 (9)
1952 NFL 8.4 (10)
1953 NFL 8.7 (7)

Kick Returns

1953 NFL 16 (6)

Kick Return Yds

1953 NFL 367 (10)

Long Kick Return

1951 NFL 48 (9)

Punt Return Yds

1951 NFL 173 (6)

Punt Return TD

1952 NFL 1 (5-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1951 NFL 49 (9)

Yds/Punt Return

1951 NFL 12.4 (6)

     

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)