Otto Graham

Otto Everett Graham Jr.

Position: QB-DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: December 6, 1921 in Waukegan, IL
Died: December 17, 2003 in Sarasota, FL
College: Northwestern (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 84 (330th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 7-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1965

Coaching Record

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All-Time Rank: #39. Jim Parker… #40. Johnny Unitas… #41. Doug Atkins… #42. OTTO GRAHAM… #43. Chuck Bednarik… #44. Mike Singletary… #45. Joe Schmidt…

All-Time Rank: #39. Jim Parker… #40. Johnny Unitas… #41. Doug Atkins… #42. OTTO GRAHAM… #43. Chuck Bednarik… #44. Mike Singletary… #45. Joe Schmidt…

Passing

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	4QC	GWD	AV
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		95	174	54.6	1834	17	9.8	5	2.9	79	10.5	11.2	19.3	131.0	112.1			0
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		163	269	60.6	2753	25	9.3	11	4.1	99	10.2	10.3	16.9	196.6	109.2			0
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14		173	333	52.0	2713	25	7.5	15	4.5	78	8.1	7.6	15.7	193.8	85.6			0
1949+	28	CLE	QB		12	11		161	285	56.5	2785	19	6.7	10	3.5	74	9.8	9.5	17.3	232.1	97.5			0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	10-2-0	137	253	54.2	1943	14	5.5	20	7.9	80	7.7	5.2	14.2	161.9	64.7	1	2	14
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	11-1-0	147	265	55.5	2205	17	6.4	16	6.0	81	8.3	6.9	15.0	183.8	79.2			15
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8-4-0	181	364	49.7	2816	20	5.5	24	6.6	68	7.7	5.9	15.6	234.7	66.6			14
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	10-1-0	167	258	64.7	2722	11	4.3	9	3.5	70	10.6	9.8	16.3	226.8	99.7			18
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-3-0	142	240	59.2	2092	11	4.6	17	7.1	64	8.7	6.4	14.7	174.3	73.5			17
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-2-1	98	185	53.0	1721	15	8.1	8	4.3	61	9.3	9.0	17.6	143.4	94.0			17
Career					126	114	57-13-1	1464	2626	55.8	23584	174	6.6	135	5.1	99	9.0	8.0	16.1	187.2	86.6	1	2	95

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1946 (1-0), 1947 (1-0), 1948 (1-0), 1949 (2-0), 1950 (2-0), 1951 (0-1), 1952 (0-1), 1953 (0-1), 1954 (1-0), 1955 (1-0)
Playoff Comebacks: 1950 (1)
Playoff Game-Winning Drives: 1950 (2)

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Advanced Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		174	147		155		117	129	156		149
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		269	149		146		139	122	131		142
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14		333	114		120		110	111	124		120
1949+	28	CLE	QB		12	11		285	142		141		132	106	138		134
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	10-2-0	253	114		108		120	104	97		110
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	11-1-0	265	123		124		128	112	112		127
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8-4-0	364	113		112		107	106	106		111
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	10-1-0	258	144		148		143	95	134		142
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-3-0	240	123		115		127	100	98		114
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-2-1	185	131		142		110	131	124		138
Career					126	114	57-13-1	2626	129	0	129	0	123	110	121	0	127

Rushing & Receiving

							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
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	30	-125	1	0	-4.2	-8.9	2.1								-125	1	0
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	19	72	1	0	3.8	5.1	1.4								72	1	0
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14	23	146	6	0	6.3	10.4	1.6								146	6	0
1949+	28	CLE	QB		12	11	27	107	3	0	4.0	8.9	2.3								107	3	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	55	145	6	20	2.6	12.1	4.6								145	6	6
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	35	29	3	12	0.8	2.4	2.9								29	3	7
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	42	130	4	21	3.1	10.8	3.5								130	4	4
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	43	143	6	21	3.3	11.9	3.6								143	6	8
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	63	114	8	14	1.8	9.5	5.3								114	8	3
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	68	121	6	36	1.8	10.1	5.7								121	6	7
Career					126	114	405	882	44	36	2.2	7.0	3.2								882	44	35

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
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		5	102	1	0	0
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9		1	0	0	0	0
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14		1	0	0	0	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12							0	6	0	0	0
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12							0	7	2	2	1
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12							0	4	0	0	0
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11							0	8	5	0	0
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12							0	3	2	11	0
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12							0	7	3	0	0
Career					126	114		7	102	1	0	0	0	35	12	13	1

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
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	12	129	0	0	10.8						4
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	10	121	0	0	12.1						193
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0						158
Career					126	114	23	262	0	12	11.4						1144

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Pts
1946	25	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	1		1	2	12
1947+	26	CLE	PR/QB		14	9	1			1	6
1948+	27	CLE	QB		14	14	6			6	36
1949+	28	CLE	QB		12	11	3			3	18
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	6			6	36
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	3	1		4	24
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	4			4	24
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	6			6	36
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8			8	48
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	6			6	36
Career					126	114	44	1	1	46	276

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10	Drew Brees, Trent Green, Randall Cunningham, Roger Staubach, Aaron Brooks, Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Montana, Daunte Culpepper, Steve McNair, Michael Vick
Career	Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Michael Vick, Eli Manning, Daunte Culpepper, Aaron Brooks, Trent Green, Tony Romo, Drew Brees, Bert Jones

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards 1951 NFL UPI MVP 1953 NFL UPI MVP 1955 NFL UPI MVP	Pro Bowls 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954	First-Team All-Pro 1947 1948 1949 1951 1953 1954 1955	Approximate Value 1952 NFL 14 (10) 1953 NFL 18 (4) 1954 NFL 17 (7) 1955 NFL 17 (2)
Passes Completed 1946 AAFC 95 (4) 1947 AAFC 163 (2) 1948 AAFC 173 (2) 1949 AAFC 161 (1) 1950 NFL 137 (5) 1951 NFL 147 (2) 1952 NFL 181 (1) 1953 NFL 167 (2) 1954 NFL 142 (4) 1955 NFL 98 (8) Career 1464 (104)	Pass Attempts 1946 AAFC 174 (5) 1947 AAFC 269 (2) 1948 AAFC 333 (3) 1949 AAFC 285 (2) 1950 NFL 253 (7) 1951 NFL 265 (2) 1952 NFL 364 (1) 1953 NFL 258 (8) 1954 NFL 240 (8) 1955 NFL 185 (10) Career 2626 (105)	Passing Yds 1946 AAFC 1834 (2) 1947 AAFC 2753 (1) 1948 AAFC 2713 (1) 1949 AAFC 2785 (1) 1950 NFL 1943 (4) 1951 NFL 2205 (2) 1952 NFL 2816 (1) 1953 NFL 2722 (1) 1954 NFL 2092 (4) 1955 NFL 1721 (6) Career 23584 (74)	Passing TD 1946 AAFC 17 (1) 1947 AAFC 25 (1) 1948 AAFC 25 (2) 1949 AAFC 19 (2) 1950 NFL 14 (5) 1951 NFL 17 (2) 1952 NFL 20 (1) 1953 NFL 11 (7) 1954 NFL 11 (8) 1955 NFL 15 (3) Career 174 (53)
Passer Rating 1947 AAFC 109.2 (1/11) 1948 AAFC 85.6 (3) 1949 AAFC 97.5 (1/84) 1950 NFL 64.7 (3) 1951 NFL 79.2 (3) 1952 NFL 66.6 (3) 1953 NFL 99.7 (1/61) 1954 NFL 73.5 (5) 1955 NFL 94.0 (1) Career 86.6 (16)	Long Pass 1946 AAFC 79 (1) 1947 AAFC 99 (1/1) 1948 AAFC 78 (2) 1949 AAFC 74 (3) 1950 NFL 80 (5) 1951 NFL 81 (3) 1953 NFL 70 (9)	Passes Intercepted 1947 AAFC 11 (7) 1948 AAFC 15 (4) 1949 AAFC 10 (8) 1950 NFL 20 (7) 1951 NFL 16 (6) 1952 NFL 24 (1/58) 1954 NFL 17 (5) Career 135 (68)	Passing Yds/Game 1946 AAFC 131.0 (2) 1947 AAFC 196.6 (1) 1948 AAFC 193.8 (1) 1949 AAFC 232.1 (1) 1950 NFL 161.9 (4) 1951 NFL 183.8 (2) 1952 NFL 234.7 (1) 1953 NFL 226.8 (1) 1954 NFL 174.3 (5) 1955 NFL 143.4 (6) Career 187.2 (64)
Yds/Pass Att 1947 AAFC 10.2 (1/3) 1948 AAFC 8.1 (2) 1949 AAFC 9.8 (1/6) 1950 NFL 7.7 (2) 1951 NFL 8.3 (3/97) 1952 NFL 7.7 (3) 1953 NFL 10.6 (1/2) 1954 NFL 8.7 (2/42) 1955 NFL 9.3 (1) Career 9.0 (1)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1947 AAFC 16.9 (1/21) 1948 AAFC 15.7 (1/74) 1949 AAFC 17.3 (1/16) 1950 NFL 14.2 (7) 1951 NFL 15.0 (6) 1952 NFL 15.6 (2/79) 1953 NFL 16.3 (2/39) 1954 NFL 14.7 (3) 1955 NFL 17.6 (1) Career 16.1 (4)	Pass Attempts/Game 1946 AAFC 12.4 (5) 1947 AAFC 19.2 (2) 1948 AAFC 23.8 (3) 1949 AAFC 23.8 (2) 1950 NFL 21.1 (7) 1951 NFL 22.1 (2) 1952 NFL 30.3 (1) 1953 NFL 21.5 (8) 1954 NFL 20.0 (10) Career 20.8 (153)	Passes Completed/Game 1946 AAFC 6.8 (4) 1947 AAFC 11.6 (2) 1948 AAFC 12.4 (2) 1949 AAFC 13.4 (2) 1950 NFL 11.4 (5) 1951 NFL 12.3 (2) 1952 NFL 15.1 (1) 1953 NFL 13.9 (2) 1954 NFL 11.8 (5) 1955 NFL 8.2 (9) Career 11.6 (143)
Pass Completion % 1947 AAFC 60.6% (1) 1948 AAFC 52.0% (3) 1949 AAFC 56.5% (2) 1950 NFL 54.2% (3) 1951 NFL 55.5% (2) 1952 NFL 49.7% (3) 1953 NFL 64.7% (1/86) 1954 NFL 59.2% (1) 1955 NFL 53.0% (1) Career 55.8% (120)	Pass Intercept. % 1947 AAFC 4.1% (1) 1948 AAFC 4.5% (3) 1949 AAFC 3.5% (1) 1950 NFL 7.9% (6) 1951 NFL 6.0% (5) 1952 NFL 6.6% (5) 1953 NFL 3.5% (1) 1954 NFL 7.1% (8) 1955 NFL 4.3% (2) Career 5.1% (168)	Passing TD % 1947 AAFC 9.3% (1/12) 1948 AAFC 7.5% (2/59) 1949 AAFC 6.7% (2) 1950 NFL 5.5% (4) 1951 NFL 6.4% (4) 1952 NFL 5.5% (7) 1953 NFL 4.3% (6) 1954 NFL 4.6% (7) 1955 NFL 8.1% (1) Career 6.6% (5)	Game-Winning Drives 1950 NFL 2 (1)
Comebacks 1950 NFL 1 (1)	Rushing TD 1948 AAFC 6 (7) 1950 NFL 6 (5) 1952 NFL 4 (6) 1953 NFL 6 (5) 1954 NFL 8 (3) 1955 NFL 6 (4) Career 44 (86)	Touchdowns 1954 NFL 8 (8)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1954 NFL 8 (7)
Non-Offensive TDs 1946 AAFC 1 (6) 1951 NFL 1 (9)	Punt Returns 1946 AAFC 12 (9) 1947 AAFC 10 (9)	Fumbles 1951 NFL 7 (3) 1953 NFL 8 (4) 1955 NFL 7 (5)	Fumbles Recovered 1953 NFL 5 (2) 1955 NFL 3 (10)
Fumble Return TD 1951 NFL 1 (2)	Interceptions 1946 AAFC 5 (5)	Intercept. Ret. Yds 1946 AAFC 102 (5)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1946 AAFC 1 (1)
Sacks 1949 AAFC 0.0 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1946	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1946	2nd Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1946	1st Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1947	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1947	1st Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1947	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1948	2nd Team	All-NFL/AAFC	Sporting News
1948	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1948	1st Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1948	2nd Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1948	1st Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1949	1st Team	All-NFL/AAFC	Int. News Service
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	Associated Press
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1950	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1951	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1952	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1952	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1952	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1953	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1954	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1955	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI

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