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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 (school history)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1681st overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1972 | 22 | CIN | FS/PR | 37 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 289 | 1 | 66 | 9.6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 323 | 10 |
| 1973 | 23 | CIN | FS | 37 | 10 | 15 | 119 | 0 | 27 | 7.9 | 119 | 9 | ||||||
| 1974* | 24 | CIN | FS/PR | 37 | 14 | 24 | 265 | 0 | 74 | 11.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 | 313 | 8 | |
| 1975 | 25 | CIN | SS | 37 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 60 | 0 | 12 | 5.5 | 60 | 6 | |||||
| 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 | 8 | |||||
| Career | 71 | 0 | 91 | 784 | 1 | 74 | 8.6 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 48 | 41.0 | 886 | 54 | ||||
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| 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/PR | 37 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 23 | CIN | FS | 37 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974* | 24 | CIN | FS/PR | 37 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | |||||
| 1975 | 25 | CIN | SS | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1976*+ | 26 | CIN | SS | 37 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 1977* | 27 | CIN | SS | 37 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career | 71 | 0 | 17 | 276 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 1 | ||||||||
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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First-Team All-Pro
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1972 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Associated Press |
| 1975 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1976 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Associated Press |
| 1976 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1976 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1976 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1976 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1976 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
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