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Tommy Casanova

Thomas Henry Casanova III

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: August 29, 1950 in New Orleans, LA
College: LSU

Career AV: 50 (1382nd overall since 1950)

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1972 22 CIN FS 37 14 0 30 289 1 66 9.6 1 34 0 34 34.0 323 10
1973 23 CIN FS 37 10 0 15 119 0 27 7.9 119 8
1974* 24 CIN FS 37 14 0 24 265 0 74 11.0 1 48 0 48 48.0 313 9
1975 25 CIN SS 37 11 0 11 60 0 12 5.5 60 7
1976*+ 26 CIN SS 37 11 0 10 45 0 15 4.5 45 13
1977* 27 CIN SS 37 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 26 9
Career 71 0 91 784 1 74 8.6 2 82 0 48 41.0 886 56

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1972 22 CIN FS 37 14 0 5 108 0 33
1973 23 CIN FS 37 10 0 4 33 0 16
1974* 24 CIN FS 37 14 0 2 26 0 26 3 0 -10 0
1975 25 CIN SS 37 11 0 1 1 13 0
1976*+ 26 CIN SS 37 11 0 5 109 2 33 2 1 25 1
1977* 27 CIN SS 37 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Career 71 0 17 276 2 33 6 3 28 1

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1977* 27 CIN SS 37 11 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.8 0.1 20 0 0
Career 71 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 0.3 0.0 20 0 6

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1972 22 CIN FS 37 14 0 1 1 6
1976*+ 26 CIN SS 37 11 0 1 2 3 18
Career 71 0 1 1 2 4 24

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1974
1976
1977

First-Team All-Pro

1976

Non-Offensive TDs

1972 NFL 1 (7)
1976 NFL 3 (2/23)
Career 4 (176)

Punt Returns

1972 NFL 30 (2)
Career 91 (170)

Punt Return Yds

1972 NFL 289 (2)
Career 784 (186)

Punt Return TD

1972 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1972 NFL 66 (3)
1974 NFL 74 (5)

Yds/Punt Return

1972 NFL 9.6 (5)
Career 8.6 (176)

Kick & Punt Returns

1972 NFL 31 (10)

Fumble Return TD

1976 NFL 1 (1/38)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1972 NFL 108 (9)
1976 NFL 109 (9)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1976 NFL 2 (2/24)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1972UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1976Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1977Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.