Melvin Farr
Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1944 in Beaumont, TX
College: UCLA
2-time Pro Bowler
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1967 Draft
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View Details For: 36 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1967* | 23 | DET | FB | 13 | 0 | 206 | 860 | 3 | 57 | 4.2 | 66.2 | 15.8 | 39 | 317 | 8.1 | 3 | 31 | 3.0 | 24.4 | 1177 | 6 | 7 |
| 1968 | 24 | DET | HB | 9 | 7 | 128 | 597 | 3 | 46 | 4.7 | 66.3 | 14.2 | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 4 | 86 | 2.7 | 41.7 | 972 | 7 | 2 |
| 1969 | 25 | DET | hb | 5 | 5 | 58 | 245 | 4 | 52 | 4.2 | 49.0 | 11.6 | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 0 | 24 | 2.6 | 18.8 | 339 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970* | 26 | DET | FB | 12 | 0 | 166 | 717 | 9 | 36 | 4.3 | 59.8 | 13.8 | 29 | 213 | 7.3 | 2 | 58 | 2.4 | 17.8 | 930 | 11 | 5 |
| 1971 | 27 | DET | 9 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 14 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | 39 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 124 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 28 | DET | 10 | 0 | 62 | 216 | 3 | 22 | 3.5 | 21.6 | 6.2 | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 0 | 42 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 348 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 29 | DET | 11 | 0 | 97 | 373 | 4 | 32 | 3.8 | 33.9 | 8.8 | 26 | 183 | 7.0 | 0 | 27 | 2.4 | 16.6 | 556 | 4 | 3 | |
| Career | 69 | 12 | 739 | 3072 | 26 | 57 | 4.2 | 44.5 | 10.7 | 146 | 1374 | 9.4 | 10 | 86 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 4446 | 36 | 19 | |||
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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* | 23 | DET | FB | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 24 | DET | HB | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 25 | DET | hb | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1970* | 26 | DET | FB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 28 | DET | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 29 | DET | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 69 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1967* | 23 | DET | FB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| 1969 | 25 | DET | hb | 5 | 5 | 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 | 69 | 12 | 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 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1967* | 23 | DET | FB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 24 | DET | HB | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1969 | 25 | DET | hb | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1970* | 26 | DET | FB | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1971 | 27 | DET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1972 | 28 | DET | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | 29 | DET | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Career | 69 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 216 |
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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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1970 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1970 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL |