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Tom Colella

Thomas Anthony Colella

Position: HB-TB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.

Born: July 3, 1918 in Albion, NY
College: Canisius
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 7th round (55th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (13910th overall since 1950)

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P AV
1942 24 DET hb 9 2 16 609 63 0 38.1 0
1943 25 DET 8 0 7 315 55 0 45.0 0
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 1 1 100.0% 33 1247 63 0 37.8 0
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 0
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 47 1895 0 0 40.3 0
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 1 36 36 0 36.0 0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 49 1716 0 0 35.0 0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 44 1554 0 1 35.3 0
Career 89 22 1 1 100.0% 197 7372 63 1 37.4 0
3 yrs CLE 41 11 97 3647 36 0 37.6 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 23 924 63 0 40.2 0
2 yrs RAM 20 9 1 1 100.0% 33 1247 63 0 37.8 0
1 yr BUF 11 0 44 1554 0 1 35.3 0

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
1942 24 DET hb 9 2 23 51 0 34 2.2 5.7 2.6 51 0 0
1943 25 DET 8 0 15 24 0 18 1.6 3.0 1.9 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 23 0 0
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 53 208 2 75 3.9 20.8 5.3 2 64 32.0 1 54 0.2 6.4 272 3 0
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 46 224 2 30 4.9 22.4 4.6 7 64 9.1 2 20 0.7 6.4 288 4 4
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 30 118 2 50 3.9 8.4 2.1 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 0.9 130 3 0
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 11 77 1 0 7.0 5.5 0.8 4 63 15.8 1 18 0.3 4.5 140 2 0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 14 60 1 0 4.3 4.6 1.1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.5 67 1 0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 7 -9 0 0 -1.3 -0.8 0.6 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.5 -3 0 0
Career 89 22 199 753 8 75 3.8 8.5 2.2 18 215 11.9 5 54 0.2 2.4 968 13 4
3 yrs CLE 41 11 55 255 4 50 4.6 6.2 1.3 6 82 13.7 2 18 0.1 2.0 337 6 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 38 75 0 34 2.0 4.4 2.2 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0.1 -0.1 74 0 0
2 yrs RAM 20 9 99 432 4 75 4.4 21.6 5.0 9 128 14.2 3 54 0.5 6.4 560 7 4
1 yr BUF 11 0 7 -9 0 0 -1.3 -0.8 0.6 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.5 -3 0 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
1942 24 DET hb 9 2 18 41 43.9 178 0 0.0 4 9.8 23 4.3 0.0 9.9 19.8 17.2 0 0
1943 25 DET 8 0 11 31 35.5 103 0 0.0 4 12.9 21 3.3 -2.5 9.4 12.9 5.9 0 0
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 27 75 36.0 336 4 5.3 10 13.3 25 4.5 -0.5 12.4 33.6 28.9 0 0
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Career 89 22 56 148 37.8 617 4 2.7 18 12.2 25 4.2 -0.8 11.0 6.9 20.4 0 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 29 72 40.3 281 0 0.0 8 11.1 23 3.9 -1.1 9.7 16.5 12.3 0 0
2 yrs RAM 20 9 27 76 35.5 336 4 5.3 10 13.2 25 4.4 -0.4 12.4 16.8 28.1 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.

Advanced Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 75 80 78 84 98 84 88
Career 89 22 148 80 0 78 0 84 98 84 0 88

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
1942 24 DET hb 9 2 1 10 0 10 0
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 4 53 0 19 0
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 0 4 1 0 0
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 10 110 0 0 0
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 6 130 1 0 0
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 2 34 0 0 0
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 3 49 0 0 0
Career 89 22 26 386 1 19 0 0 4 1 0 0
3 yrs CLE 41 11 18 274 1 0 0
2 yrs DET 17 2 1 10 0 10 0
2 yrs RAM 20 9 4 53 0 19 0 0 4 1 0 0
1 yr BUF 11 0 3 49 0 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
1942 24 DET hb 9 2 2 14 0 10 7.0 4 74 0 25 18.5 139
1943 25 DET 8 0 2 11 0 7 5.5 34
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 4 65 0 29 16.3 10 241 0 41 24.1 578
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 3 79 0 30 26.3 377
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 8 172 0 0 21.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 331
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 5 113 1 82 22.6 1 13 0 13 13.0 266
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 5 60 0 0 12.0 127
1949 31 BUF P 11 0 5 42 0 0 8.4 7 107 0 0 15.3 146
Career 89 22 32 487 1 82 15.2 26 543 0 41 20.9 1998
3 yrs CLE 41 11 18 345 1 82 19.2 2 42 0 29 21.0 724
2 yrs DET 17 2 4 25 0 10 6.3 4 74 0 25 18.5 173
2 yrs RAM 20 9 5 75 0 29 15.0 13 320 0 41 24.6 955
1 yr BUF 11 0 5 42 0 0 8.4 7 107 0 0 15.3 146

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1944 26 RAM P/TB 10 8 2 1 3 1 21
1945 27 RAM hb 10 1 2 2 4 24
1946 28 CLE P 14 2 2 1 3 18
1947 29 CLE LH 14 7 1 1 1 1 4 24
1948 30 CLE P 13 2 1 1 6
Career 89 22 8 5 1 1 15 1 93
3 yrs CLE 41 11 4 2 1 1 8 48
2 yrs RAM 20 9 4 3 7 1 45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pass Attempts
1944 NFL 75 (10)

Passing TD
1944 NFL 4 (10)

Passes Intercepted
1944 NFL 10 (6)

Long Rush
1944 NFL 75 (2)
1946 AAFC 50 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs
1947 AAFC 2 (1)

Yds/Touch
1944 NFL 8.4 (6)

Kick Returns
1944 NFL 10 (8)

Kick Return Yds
1944 NFL 241 (9)

Long Kick Return
1946 AAFC 29 (10)

Yds/Kick Return
1944 NFL 24.1 (5)

Punt Return Yds
1946 AAFC 172 (9)

Punt Return TD
1947 AAFC 1 (1/95)
Career 1 (151)

Long Punt Return
1944 NFL 29 (5)
1947 AAFC 82 (1)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1944 NFL 306 (10)

Total Field Goals Made
1944 NFL 1 (7)

Punts
1944 NFL 33 (6)
1946 AAFC 47 (4)
1948 AAFC 49 (5)
1949 AAFC 44 (3)
Career 197 (193)

Punting Yds
1944 NFL 1247 (6)
1946 AAFC 1895 (5)
1948 AAFC 1716 (6)
1949 AAFC 1554 (5)

Long Punt
1942 NFL 63 (10)
1944 NFL 63 (9)
1947 AAFC 36 (2)

Punts Blocked
1949 AAFC 1 (3)

Yds/Punt
1944 NFL 37.8 (10)
1946 AAFC 40.3 (7)
1948 AAFC 35.0 (9)

Interceptions
1944 NFL 4 (9)
1946 AAFC 10 (1/28)
1947 AAFC 6 (1)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1946 AAFC 110 (3)
1947 AAFC 130 (3)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1947 AAFC 1 (2)

Sacks
1942 NFL 0.0 (1)
1943 NFL 0.0 (1)
1944 NFL 0.0 (1)
1945 NFL 0.0 (1)
1946 AAFC 0.0 (1)
1947 AAFC 0.0 (1)
1948 AAFC 0.0 (1)
1949 AAFC 0.0 (1)