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John Gilliam

John Rally Gilliam

Position: WR-FL
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.

Born: August 7, 1945 in Greenwood, SC
College: South Carolina St.
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 2nd round (52nd overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 76 (484th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1967 22 NOR 42 13 22 264 12.0 1 35 1.7 20.3 7 41 0 19 5.9 3.2 0.5 305 1 2 3
1968 23 NOR PR 42 14 24 284 11.8 0 39 1.7 20.3 2 36 0 29 18.0 2.6 0.1 320 0 0 3
1969 24 STL FL 44 14 52 997 19.2 9 84 3.7 71.2 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 993 9 1 11
1970 25 STL WR 44 14 0 45 952 21.2 5 79 3.2 68.0 5 68 1 48 13.6 4.9 0.4 1020 6 3 14
1971 26 STL WR 44 14 0 42 837 19.9 3 54 3.0 59.8 2 16 0 12 8.0 1.1 0.1 853 3 2 9
1972* 27 MIN KR/WR 42 14 14 47 1035 22.0 7 66 3.4 73.9 8 14 0 14 1.8 1.0 0.6 1049 7 2 12
1973* 28 MIN WR 42 14 14 42 907 21.6 8 54 3.0 64.8 5 71 1 44 14.2 5.1 0.4 978 9 1 14
1974* 29 MIN WR 42 14 14 26 578 22.2 5 80 1.9 41.3 2 16 0 9 8.0 1.1 0.1 594 5 0 9
1975* 30 MIN WR 42 14 14 50 777 15.5 7 46 3.6 55.5 3 35 0 22 11.7 2.5 0.2 812 7 1 11
1976 31 ATL WR 42 14 0 21 292 13.9 2 49 1.5 20.9 292 2 0 3
1977 32 2TM 12 0 11 133 12.1 1 23 0.9 11.1 133 1 0 2
CHI 82 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
NOR WR 41 10 0 11 133 12.1 1 23 1.1 13.3 133 1 0 2
Career 151 56 382 7056 18.5 48 84 2.5 46.7 35 293 2 48 8.4 1.9 0.2 7349 50 12 91
4 yrs MIN 56 56 165 3297 20.0 27 80 2.9 58.9 18 136 1 44 7.6 2.4 0.3 3433 28 4 46
3 yrs NOR 37 0 57 681 11.9 2 39 1.5 18.4 9 77 0 29 8.6 2.1 0.2 758 2 2 8
3 yrs STL 42 0 139 2786 20.0 17 84 3.3 66.3 8 80 1 48 10.0 1.9 0.2 2866 18 6 34
1 yr ATL 14 0 21 292 13.9 2 49 1.5 20.9 292 2 0 3

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1967 22 NOR 42 13 7 13 0 8 1.9 16 481 1 94 30.1 799
1968 23 NOR PR 42 14 15 60 0 21 4.0 15 328 0 48 21.9 708
1969 24 STL FL 44 14 11 339 1 100 30.8 1332
1970 25 STL WR 44 14 0 5 107 0 26 21.4 1127
1971 26 STL WR 44 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 874
1972* 27 MIN KR/WR 42 14 14 14 369 0 47 26.4 1418
1973* 28 MIN WR 42 14 14 10 174 0 29 17.4 1152
1974* 29 MIN WR 42 14 14 3 86 0 31 28.7 680
Career 151 56 23 94 0 21 4.1 74 1884 2 100 25.5 9327
4 yrs MIN 56 56 27 629 0 47 23.3 4062
3 yrs NOR 37 0 22 73 0 21 3.3 31 809 1 94 26.1 1640
3 yrs STL 42 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 16 446 1 100 27.9 3333

Defense & Fumbles

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 22 NOR 42 13 0 2 0 0 0
1969 24 STL FL 44 14 0 1 0 0 0
1970 25 STL WR 44 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
1971 26 STL WR 44 14 0 0 2 2 0 0
1972* 27 MIN KR/WR 42 14 14 0 2 2 13 0
1973* 28 MIN WR 42 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
1975* 30 MIN WR 42 14 14 0 1 1 0 0
Career 151 56 0 12 5 13 0
4 yrs MIN 56 56 0 4 3 13 0
3 yrs NOR 37 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 yrs STL 42 0 0 6 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 22 NOR 42 13 1 1 2 12
1969 24 STL FL 44 14 9 1 10 60
1970 25 STL WR 44 14 0 1 5 6 36
1971 26 STL WR 44 14 0 3 3 18
1972* 27 MIN KR/WR 42 14 14 7 7 42
1973* 28 MIN WR 42 14 14 1 8 9 54
1974* 29 MIN WR 42 14 14 5 5 30
1975* 30 MIN WR 42 14 14 7 7 42
1976 31 ATL WR 42 14 0 2 2 12
1977 32 2TM 12 0 1 1 6
NOR WR 41 10 0 1 1 6
Career 151 56 2 48 2 52 312
4 yrs MIN 56 56 1 27 28 168
3 yrs NOR 37 0 2 1 3 18
3 yrs STL 42 0 1 17 1 19 114
1 yr ATL 14 0 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1972
1973
1974
1975

Receptions
1969 NFL 52 (9)
1972 NFL 47 (10)
1975 NFL 50 (10)

Receiving Yds
1969 NFL 997 (4)
1970 NFL 952 (5)
1971 NFL 837 (8)
1972 NFL 1035 (2)
1973 NFL 907 (2)
1975 NFL 777 (9)
Career 7056 (116)

Receiving TD
1969 NFL 9 (4)
1972 NFL 7 (6)
1973 NFL 8 (6)
1975 NFL 7 (9)
Career 48 (123)

Long Reception
1969 NFL 84 (4)
1970 NFL 79 (8)
1974 NFL 80 (4)

Yds/Reception
1969 NFL 19.2 (5)
1970 NFL 21.2 (6)
1971 NFL 19.9 (6)
1972 NFL 22.0 (1/66)
1973 NFL 21.6 (3/84)
Career 18.5 (29)

Receiving Yds/Game
1969 NFL 71.2 (5)
1970 NFL 68.0 (6)
1971 NFL 59.8 (10)
1972 NFL 73.9 (2)
1973 NFL 64.8 (2)
1975 NFL 55.5 (9)
Career 46.7 (188)

Touchdowns
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1973 NFL 9 (10)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1969 NFL 9 (8)
1973 NFL 9 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs
1969 NFL 1 (3)

All-Purpose Yds
1969 NFL 1332 (5)
1972 NFL 1418 (8)
Career 9327 (161)

Yds/Touch
Career 18.1 (13)

Kick Return TD
1967 NFL 1 (3/67)
1969 NFL 1 (1/67)
Career 2 (54)

Long Kick Return
1967 NFL 94 (7)
1969 NFL 100 (2/93)

Yds/Kick Return
1967 NFL 30.1 (3/47)
1972 NFL 26.4 (8)
Career 25.5 (47)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19722nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19731st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19731st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19732nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19732nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19731st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19752nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 14 WR 138 84 7 14
1971 26 14 WR 103 37 12 32
1972 27 14 WR 147 91 2 7
1973 28 14 WR 152 101 3 8
1974 29 14 WR 89 30 13 36
1975 30 14 WR 123 59 9 26
1976 31 14 WR 41 53
1977 32 12 WR 19 64
812 402