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Mel Farr

Melvin Farr

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1944 in Beaumont, TX
College: UCLA

Career AV: 35 (2510th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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 AV
1967* 23 DET FB 24 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 6
1968 24 DET HB 24 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 5
1969 25 DET hb 24 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 3
1970* 26 DET FB 24 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 12
1971 27 DET 24 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 2
1972 28 DET 24 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 5
1973 29 DET 24 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 6
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 39

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1967* 23 DET FB 24 13 0 7 3 0 0
1968 24 DET HB 24 9 7 2 0 0 0
1969 25 DET hb 24 5 5 2 0 0 0
1970* 26 DET FB 24 12 0 5 2 0 0
1972 28 DET 24 10 0 0 1 0 0
1973 29 DET 24 11 0 3 1 0 0
Career 69 12 19 7 0 0

Passing

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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%
1967* 23 DET FB 24 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 24 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

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967* 23 DET FB 24 13 0 3 3 6 36
1968 24 DET HB 24 9 7 3 4 7 42
1969 25 DET hb 24 5 5 4 4 24
1970* 26 DET FB 24 12 0 9 2 11 66
1971 27 DET 24 9 0 1 1 6
1972 28 DET 24 10 0 3 3 18
1973 29 DET 24 11 0 4 4 24
Career 69 12 26 10 36 216

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1967 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

Pro Bowls

1967
1970

Rushing Att

1967 NFL 206 (4)

Rushing Yds

1967 NFL 860 (5)

Rushing TD

1970 NFL 9 (2)

Long Rush

1967 NFL 57 (8)
1968 NFL 46 (10)
1969 NFL 52 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1967 NFL 4.2 (10)
1968 NFL 4.7 (4)
1970 NFL 4.3 (8)
Career 4.2 (154)

Rushing Yds/Game

1967 NFL 66.2 (5)
1968 NFL 66.3 (5)
1970 NFL 59.8 (9)
Career 44.5 (155)

Long Reception

1968 NFL 86 (4)

Touchdowns

1970 NFL 11 (6)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1970 NFL 11 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

1967 NFL 1177 (7)

Touches

1967 NFL 245 (4)

Yds/Touch

1968 NFL 6.4 (6)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 7 (2)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 NFL 3 (6)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1970UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 26 12 RB 159 63 6 22
1971 27 9 RB 18 100
1972 28 10 RB 53 58
1973 29 11 RB 80 45
310 63