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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
Died: January 28, 2011 in Seaside, OR
College: Oregon St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1950 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 34 (2879th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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
1950 24 CLE LDH 84 12 35 181 1 61 5.2 15.1 2.9 5 45 9.0 0 16 0.4 3.8 226 1 4 11
1951* 25 CLE KR/LH/PR 84 11 85 402 4 30 4.7 36.5 7.7 12 183 15.3 2 45 1.1 16.6 585 6 2 9
1952 26 CLE KR/LH 20 8 72 408 3 37 5.7 51.0 9.0 16 136 8.5 1 41 2.0 17.0 544 4 5 6
1953 27 CLE KR/LH 20 12 46 195 3 30 4.2 16.3 3.8 9 109 12.1 2 32 0.8 9.1 304 5 2 7
1960 34 DEN 89 6 4 13 0 9 3.3 2.2 0.7 29 350 12.1 1 36 4.8 58.3 363 1 0 4
Career 49 242 1199 11 61 5.0 24.5 4.9 71 823 11.6 6 45 1.4 16.8 2022 17 13 37
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 33
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 4

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
1950 24 CLE LDH 84 12 4 58 0 27 14.5 5 98 0 25 19.6 382
1951* 25 CLE KR/LH/PR 84 11 14 173 0 49 12.4 9 196 0 48 21.8 954
1952 26 CLE KR/LH 20 8 10 139 1 54 13.9 11 234 0 40 21.3 917
1953 27 CLE KR/LH 20 12 6 0 0 0 0.0 16 367 0 40 22.9 671
Career 49 34 370 1 54 10.9 41 895 0 48 21.8 3287

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
1950 24 CLE LDH 84 12 0 4 3 -14 0
1951* 25 CLE KR/LH/PR 84 11 0 2 1 0 0
1952 26 CLE KR/LH 20 8 0 5 1 0 0
1953 27 CLE KR/LH 20 12 0 2 2 0 0
Career 49 0 13 7 -14 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
1950 24 CLE LDH 84 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 49 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 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.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1950 24 CLE LDH 84 12 1 1 6
1951* 25 CLE KR/LH/PR 84 11 4 2 6 36
1952 26 CLE KR/LH 20 8 3 1 1 5 30
1953 27 CLE KR/LH 20 12 3 2 5 30
1960 34 DEN 89 6 1 1 6
Career 49 11 6 1 18 108
4 yrs CLE 43 0 11 5 1 17 102
1 yr DEN 6 0 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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 (5/97)
Career 1 (155)

Long Punt Return
1951 NFL 49 (9)

Yds/Punt Return
1951 NFL 12.4 (6)

Sacks
1950 NFL 0.0 (1)
1951 NFL 0.0 (1)
1952 NFL 0.0 (1)
1953 NFL 0.0 (1)
1960 AFL 0.0 (1)