Thomas Jesse Fears
Position: E
Height: 6-2 Weight: 216 lbs.
Born: December 3, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Santa Clara, UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 11th round (103rd overall) of the 1945 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 48 (1589th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1970
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| All-Time Rank: #571. Dwight Clark… #572. Bobby Bryant… #573. Tom Sestak… #574. TOM FEARS… #575. Will Wolford… #576. Rulon Jones… #577. Jevon Kearse… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1948 | 25 | RAM | le | 12 | 1 | 51 | 698 | 13.7 | 4 | 80 | 4.3 | 58.2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 706 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1949 | 26 | RAM | LE | 12 | 10 | 77 | 1013 | 13.2 | 9 | 51 | 6.4 | 84.4 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 1010 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1950*+ | 27 | RAM | LE | 55 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 1116 | 13.3 | 7 | 53 | 7.0 | 93.0 | 1116 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||||||
| 1951 | 28 | RAM | LE | 55 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 528 | 16.5 | 3 | 54 | 4.6 | 75.4 | 528 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| 1952 | 29 | RAM | LE | 80 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 600 | 12.5 | 6 | 36 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 600 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 1953 | 30 | RAM | 80 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 278 | 12.1 | 4 | 31 | 2.9 | 34.8 | 278 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1954 | 31 | RAM | LE | 80 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 546 | 15.2 | 3 | 43 | 3.6 | 54.6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 556 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1955 | 32 | RAM | LE | 80 | 12 | 0 | 44 | 569 | 12.9 | 2 | 31 | 3.7 | 47.4 | 569 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
| 1956 | 33 | RAM | 80 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 18 | 2.5 | 24.5 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | 87 | 11 | 400 | 5397 | 13.5 | 38 | 80 | 4.6 | 62.0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 5412 | 38 | 4 | 53 | ||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | |||
| 1951 | 28 | RAM | LE | 55 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | 30 | RAM | 80 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | 31 | RAM | LE | 80 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | 32 | RAM | LE | 80 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career | 87 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | 14 | 12 | 85.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1948 | 25 | RAM | le | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1949 | 26 | RAM | LE | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||||
| 1950*+ | 27 | RAM | LE | 55 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1951 | 28 | RAM | LE | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1952 | 29 | RAM | LE | 80 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 30 | RAM | 80 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 32 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 31 | RAM | LE | 80 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||
| 1955 | 32 | RAM | LE | 80 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 87 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 249 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1948 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1948 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1949 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1949 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1949 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1950 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1950 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1950 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1951 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1955 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |