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William Gay

William Howard Gay

Position: DE-DT-TE
Height: 6-5    Weight: 250 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
College: USC

Career AV: 51 (1324th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2nd round (55th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1978 23 DET 83 16 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 24 DET 79 15 2 1 1 0 1 3
1980 25 DET LDT 79 16 9 7
1981 26 DET LDT 79 16 14 0 1 0 0 7
1982 27 DET LDT 79 9 8 5.0 1 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 8
1983 28 DET RDE/ldt 79 15 15 13.5 0 1 11 0 8
1984 29 DET RDE 79 16 16 10.0 0 2 30 0 7
1985 30 DET RDE 79 16 16 7.5 1 7 0 7 0 6 3 0 9
1986 31 DET RDE 79 16 16 6.5 0 1 0 0 8
1987 32 DET rde 79 11 5 2.0 2
1988 33 MIN 78 5 1 1
Career 151 102 44.5 2 14 0 7 1 14 44 1 61

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1979 24 DET 79 15 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 151 102 1 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
1979 24 DET 79 15 2 1 1 6
Career 151 102 1 1 6

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Non-Offensive TDs

1979 NFL 1 (6)

Fumbles Recovered

1985 NFL 6 (1/44)

Fumble Return TD

1979 NFL 1 (1/38)

Sacks

1983 NFL 13.5 (8)
Career 44.5 (159)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1983UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.