Wesley Merritt Chesson III
Position: WR
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: January 15, 1949 in Edenton, NC
College: Duke
Career AV: 7 (7299th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 7th round (163rd overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
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| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1971 | 22 | ATL | WR | 81 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 224 | 11.2 | 0 | 24 | 1.4 | 16.0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972 | 23 | ATL | WR | 81 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 338 | 18.8 | 1 | 46 | 1.4 | 26.0 | 338 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 1973 | 24 | 2TM | 4 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | 20 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PHI | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| ATL | 81 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | 20 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 25 | PHI | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 43 | 0 | 40 | 598 | 15.0 | 2 | 46 | 0.9 | 13.9 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 594 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1972 | 23 | ATL | WR | 81 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 338 | |||||
| 1974 | 25 | PHI | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
| Career | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 595 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | ATL | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 594 | ||||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 23 | ATL | WR | 81 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 24 | 2TM | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ATL | 81 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |