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Willie Ellison

William Henry Ellison

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 1, 1945 in Lockhart, TX
College: Texas Southern

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1967 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1967 22 RAM RET 14 0 14 84 0 42 6.0 6.0 1.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 1.3 102 0 1
1968 23 RAM HB 14 8 151 616 5 52 4.1 44.0 10.8 20 248 12.4 2 36 1.4 17.7 864 7 3
1969 24 RAM 14 0 20 56 1 15 2.8 4.0 1.4 4 31 7.8 1 14 0.3 2.2 87 2 0
1970 25 RAM 14 0 90 381 5 24 4.2 27.2 6.4 10 84 8.4 2 20 0.7 6.0 465 7 4
1971* 26 RAM RB 14 13 211 1000 4 80 4.7 71.4 15.1 32 238 7.4 0 49 2.3 17.0 1238 4 8
1972 27 RAM FB 13 12 170 764 5 37 4.5 58.8 13.1 23 141 6.1 1 39 1.8 10.8 905 6 3
1973 28 KAN fb 10 0 108 411 2 19 3.8 41.1 10.8 9 64 7.1 0 17 0.9 6.4 475 2 3
1974 29 KAN 5 0 37 114 2 11 3.1 22.8 7.4 5 64 12.8 0 26 1.0 12.8 178 2 2
Career 98 33 801 3426 24 80 4.3 35.0 8.2 104 888 8.5 6 49 1.1 9.1 4314 30 24
6 yrs STL 83 33 656 2901 20 80 4.4 35.0 7.9 90 760 8.4 6 49 1.1 9.2 3661 26 19
2 yrs KAN 15 0 145 525 4 19 3.6 35.0 9.7 14 128 9.1 0 26 0.9 8.5 653 4 5

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1967 22 RAM RET 14 0 13 340 0 58 26.2 442
1968 23 RAM HB 14 8 12 268 0 40 22.3 1132
1969 24 RAM 14 0 2 38 0 22 19.0 125
1970 25 RAM 14 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 485
1972 27 RAM FB 13 12 14 345 0 32 24.6 1250
Career 98 33 42 1011 0 58 24.1 5325

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1968 23 RAM HB 14 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1969 24 RAM 14 0 0 2 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 98 33 0 3 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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1967 22 RAM RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
1968 23 RAM HB 14 8 3 1 0 0
1970 25 RAM 14 0 4 1 0 0
1971* 26 RAM RB 14 13 8 3 0 0
1972 27 RAM FB 13 12 3 0 -4 0
1973 28 KAN fb 10 0 3 0 0 0
1974 29 KAN 5 0 2 0 -3 0
Career 98 33 24 6 -7 0
6 yrs STL 83 33 19 6 -4 0
2 yrs KAN 15 0 5 0 -3 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1968 23 RAM HB 14 8 5 2 42
1969 24 RAM 14 0 1 1 12
1970 25 RAM 14 0 5 2 42
1971* 26 RAM RB 14 13 4 24
1972 27 RAM FB 13 12 5 1 36
1973 28 KAN fb 10 0 2 12
1974 29 KAN 5 0 2 12
Career 98 33 24 6 180
6 yrs STL 83 33 20 6 156
2 yrs KAN 15 0 4 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1971

Rushing Att

1971 NFL 211 (7)

Rushing Yds

1971 NFL 1000 (5)

Rushing TD

1968 NFL 5 (7)

Long Rush

1968 NFL 52 (8)
1971 NFL 80 (2-- 75)

Yds/Rushing Att

1971 NFL 4.7 (5)
Career 4.3 (108)

Rushing Yds/Game

1971 NFL 71.4 (7)

Yds From Scrimmage

1971 NFL 1238 (3)

All-Purpose Yds

1971 NFL 1238 (8)

Touches

1968 NFL 183 (10)
1971 NFL 243 (6)

Yds/Touch

1968 NFL 6.2 (7)

Fumbles

1971 NFL 8 (7)

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
1971 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 14 RB 89 35
1971 26 14 RB 148 31 12 41
1972 27 13 RB 127 26
1973 28 10 RB 60 63
1974 29 5 RB 30 92
454 31