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
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View Details For: 30 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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 |
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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)
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1971 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. |