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Don Cockroft

Donald Lee Cockroft

Position: K
Height: 6-2    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: February 6, 1945 in Cheyenne, WY
College: Adams State

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 3rd round (55th overall) of the 1967 Draft

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1968 23 CLE P 14 0 6 6 7 7 4 2 6 2 1 1 24 18 75.0% 48 46 95.8% 61 2297 59 0 37.7
1969 24 CLE P 14 0 8 7 8 3 6 2 1 23 12 52.2% 45 45 100.0% 57 2138 55 1 37.5
1970 25 CLE P 14 0 4 3 3 2 7 4 7 3 1 22 12 54.5% 35 34 97.1% 71 3023 71 1 42.6
1971 26 CLE P 14 0 3 2 6 6 9 6 9 1 1 28 15 53.6% 34 34 100.0% 62 2508 59 2 40.5
1972 27 CLE P 14 0 5 5 8 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 27 22 81.5% 29 28 96.6% 81 3498 65 0 43.2
1973 28 CLE P 14 0 4 4 8 7 7 4 11 7 1 31 22 71.0% 24 24 100.0% 82 3321 71 1 40.5
1974 29 CLE P 14 0 1 1 7 7 3 3 4 3 1 16 14 87.5% 30 29 96.7% 90 3643 64 0 40.5
1975 30 CLE P 14 0 1 1 9 7 6 4 5 5 2 23 17 73.9% 24 21 87.5% 82 3317 67 1 40.5
1976 31 CLE P 14 0 2 2 6 3 6 5 11 4 3 1 28 15 53.6% 30 27 90.0% 64 2487 51 3 38.9
1977 32 CLE K 14 0 6 6 8 6 9 5 23 17 73.9% 31 30 96.8% 1 30 30 0 30.0
1978 33 CLE K 16 0 2 1 7 6 5 2 12 10 2 28 19 67.9% 40 37 92.5%
1979 34 CLE K 16 0 6 5 12 8 8 3 3 1 29 17 58.6% 43 38 88.4%
1980 35 CLE K 16 0 7 6 8 5 9 5 2 26 16 61.5% 44 39 88.6%
Career 188 0 28 25 88 76 91 59 102 52 19 4 328 216 65.9% 457 432 94.5% 651 26262 71 9 40.3

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1974 29 CLE P 14 0 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.9 118.7 0 0 27.0 27.0 0.0
1975 30 CLE P 14 0 2 2 100.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 31 CLE P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 188 0 3 4 75.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 6.8 6.8 9.0 0.1 92.7 0 0 6.8 6.8 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1971 26 CLE P 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0.9 0.1 12 0 0
1973 28 CLE P 14 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 -3 0 0
Career 188 0 2 9 0 12 4.5 0.0 0.0 9 0 1

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1974 29 CLE P 14 0 1 0 -21 0
1976 31 CLE P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Career 188 0 1 1 -21 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1968 23 CLE P 14 0 46 18 100
1969 24 CLE P 14 0 45 12 81
1970 25 CLE P 14 0 34 12 70
1971 26 CLE P 14 0 34 15 79
1972 27 CLE P 14 0 28 22 94
1973 28 CLE P 14 0 24 22 90
1974 29 CLE P 14 0 29 14 71
1975 30 CLE P 14 0 21 17 72
1976 31 CLE P 14 0 27 15 72
1977 32 CLE K 14 0 30 17 81
1978 33 CLE K 16 0 37 19 94
1979 34 CLE K 16 0 38 17 89
1980 35 CLE K 16 0 39 16 87
Career 188 0 432 216 1080

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Points Scored

1968 NFL 100 (4)
1969 NFL 81 (7)
1977 NFL 81 (8)
1978 NFL 94 (4)
Career 1080 (33)

Extra Pt Made

1968 NFL 46 (3)
1969 NFL 45 (1)
1970 NFL 34 (8)
1971 NFL 34 (7)
1974 NFL 29 (10)
1978 NFL 37 (6)
1979 NFL 38 (10)
1980 NFL 39 (9)
Career 432 (28)

Extra Pt Att

1968 NFL 48 (3-- 93)
1969 NFL 45 (1)
1970 NFL 35 (6)
1971 NFL 34 (7)
1978 NFL 40 (7)
1979 NFL 43 (6)
1980 NFL 44 (8)
Career 457 (27)

Extra Point %

Career 94.530% (138)

Total Field Goals Made

1968 NFL 18 (5)
1969 NFL 12 (10)
1972 NFL 22 (7)
1973 NFL 22 (10)
1974 NFL 14 (8)
1975 NFL 17 (8)
1977 NFL 17 (6)
1978 NFL 19 (6)
Career 216 (36)

Field Goals Att

1968 NFL 24 (8)
1976 NFL 28 (4)
1977 NFL 23 (9)
1978 NFL 28 (7)
1979 NFL 29 (5)
Career 328 (32)

Field Goal %

1968 NFL 75.000% (1)
1969 NFL 52.174% (9)
1972 NFL 81.481% (1)
1973 NFL 70.968% (3)
1974 NFL 87.500% (1-- 89)
1975 NFL 73.913% (7)
1977 NFL 73.913% (2)
1978 NFL 67.857% (10)
Career 65.854% (101)

Punts

1968 NFL 61 (8)
1972 NFL 81 (2)
1973 NFL 82 (1)
1974 NFL 90 (2)
1975 NFL 82 (6)
Career 651 (50)

Punting Yds

1968 NFL 2297 (10)
1972 NFL 3498 (1)
1973 NFL 3321 (4)
1974 NFL 3643 (3)
1975 NFL 3317 (6)
Career 26262 (52)

Long Punt

1968 NFL 59 (7)
1970 NFL 71 (2)
1972 NFL 65 (6)
1973 NFL 71 (4)
1974 NFL 64 (9)
1975 NFL 67 (5)

Punts Blocked

1969 NFL 1 (3)
1970 NFL 1 (2)
1971 NFL 2 (1-- 35)
1973 NFL 1 (6)
1975 NFL 1 (7)
1976 NFL 3 (1-- 5)
Career 9 (9)

Yds/Punt

1970 NFL 42.6 (7)
1972 NFL 43.2 (4)
1974 NFL 40.5 (6)
Career 40.3 (182)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.