Gail Cogdill

Gail Ross Cogdill

Position: SE-WR
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: April 7, 1937 in Worland, WY
College: Washington St. (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 6th round (63rd overall) of the 1960 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1358th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 21, 2013 8:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1187. John Elliott… #1188. Bill Brooks… #1189. Matt Snell… #1190. GAIL COGDILL… #1191. Tunch Ilkin… #1192. Emerson Boozer… #1193. Ed Brown…

All-Time Rank: #1187. John Elliott… #1188. Bill Brooks… #1189. Matt Snell… #1190. GAIL COGDILL… #1191. Tunch Ilkin… #1192. Emerson Boozer… #1193. Ed Brown…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1960*	23	DET	SE	89	12		43	642	14.9	1	63	3.6	53.5								642	1	0	8
1961	24	DET	SE	89	14		45	956	21.2	6	84	3.2	68.3								956	6	0	10
1962*	25	DET	SE	89	14		53	991	18.7	7	72	3.8	70.8	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	993	7	2	11
1963*	26	DET	SE	89	14		48	945	19.7	10	70	3.4	67.5								945	10	1	10
1964	27	DET	SE	89	11		45	665	14.8	2	57	4.1	60.5	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0.1	661	2	2	7
1965	28	DET	SE	89	9		20	247	12.4	0	33	2.2	27.4								247	0	0	3
1966	29	DET	SE	89	14		47	411	8.7	1	21	3.4	29.4								411	1	0	3
1967	30	DET	se	89	12	6	21	322	15.3	1	52	1.8	26.8								322	1	0	4
1968	31	2TM			8		3	42	14.0	0	20	0.4	5.3								42	0	0	0
		BAL		80	5		0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
		DET		89	3		3	42	14.0	0	20	1.0	14.0								42	0	0	0
1969	32	ATL	SE	15	13		24	374	15.6	5	52	1.8	28.8								374	5	0	5
1970	33	ATL		15	6	0	7	101	14.4	1	30	1.2	16.8								101	1	0	1
Career					127	6	356	5696	16.0	34	84	2.8	44.9	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	0.0	0.0	5694	34	5	62
9 yrs		DET			103	6	325	5221	16.1	28	84	3.2	50.7	2	-2	0	2	-1.0	0.0	0.0	5219	28	5	56
2 yrs		ATL			19	0	31	475	15.3	6	52	1.6	25.0								475	6	0	6

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
1960*	23	DET	SE	89	12								0	0	1	0	0
1962*	25	DET	SE	89	14								0	2	1	7	1
1963*	26	DET	SE	89	14								0	1	0	0	0
1964	27	DET	SE	89	11								0	2	1	1	1
1966	29	DET	SE	89	14								0	0	1	3	0
1969	32	ATL	SE	15	13								0	0	2	0	0
Career					127								0	5	6	11	2
9 yrs		DET			103	6							0	5	4	11	2
2 yrs		ATL			19	0							0	0	2	0	0

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
1962*	25	DET	SE	89	14							1	4	0	4	4.0	997
Career					127							1	4	0	4	4.0	5698

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	Pts
1960*	23	DET	SE	89	12		1		1	6
1961	24	DET	SE	89	14		6		6	36
1962*	25	DET	SE	89	14		7	1	8	48
1963*	26	DET	SE	89	14		10		10	60
1964	27	DET	SE	89	11		2	1	3	18
1966	29	DET	SE	89	14		1		1	6
1967	30	DET	se	89	12	6	1		1	6
1969	32	ATL	SE	15	13		5		5	30
1970	33	ATL		15	6	0	1		1	6
Career					127	6	34	2	36	216
9 yrs		DET			103	6	28	2	30	180
2 yrs		ATL			19	0	6		6	36

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4	Al Toon, Marques Colston, Andre Johnson, Duriel Harris, Greg Jennings, Lynn Swann*, Santonio Holmes, Anquan Boldin, Stanley Morgan, Larry Fitzgerald
5	Stanley Morgan, Anthony Miller, Anquan Boldin, Andre Johnson, Lee Evans, Isaac Curtis, Andre Rison, Darrell Jackson, John Jefferson, Keyshawn Johnson
6	Eric Martin, Anquan Boldin, Billy Wilson, Duriel Harris, Isaac Curtis, Lee Evans, Al Toon, Darrell Jackson, Anthony Miller, Stanley Morgan
7	Isaac Curtis, Eric Martin, Duriel Harris, Tommy McDonald, Al Toon, Carl Pickens, Jack Snow, Johnnie Morton, Anquan Boldin, Lynn Swann
8	Isaac Curtis, Duriel Harris, Tommy McDonald*, Muhsin Muhammad, Al Toon, Webster Slaughter, Haywood Jeffires, Jack Snow, Amani Toomer, Joey Galloway
9	Eddie Kennison, Duriel Harris, Tony Martin, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Curtis Conway, Amani Toomer, Joey Galloway, Haywood Jeffires, Terance Mathis, Isaac Curtis
10	Curtis Conway, Duriel Harris, Joey Galloway, Haywood Jeffires, Webster Slaughter, Amani Toomer, Eddie Kennison, Jack Snow, Isaac Curtis, Terance Mathis
11	Duriel Harris, Curtis Conway, Amani Toomer, Charlie Joiner*, Haywood Jeffires, Jack Snow, Brian Blades, Terance Mathis, Webster Slaughter, Jake Reed
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1960 1962 1963	Receptions 1960 NFL 43 (8) 1962 NFL 53 (9)	Receiving Yds 1961 NFL 956 (7) 1962 NFL 991 (6) 1963 NFL 945 (7) Career 5696 (180)	Receiving TD 1962 NFL 7 (7) 1963 NFL 10 (4)
Long Reception 1961 NFL 84 (4)	Yds/Reception 1961 NFL 21.2 (2) 1962 NFL 18.7 (10) 1963 NFL 19.7 (5) Career 16.0 (163)	Receiving Yds/Game 1961 NFL 68.3 (8) 1962 NFL 70.8 (7) 1963 NFL 67.5 (8)	Touchdowns 1963 NFL 10 (6)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1963 NFL 10 (5)	Non-Offensive TDs 1962 NFL 1 (8) 1964 NFL 1 (9)	Fumble Return TD 1962 NFL 1 (1/41) 1964 NFL 1 (2/41) Career 2 (39)	Sacks 1960 NFL 0.0 (1) 1961 NFL 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1962	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1963	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1963	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1964	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News

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