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Mel Gray

Melvin Dean Gray

Position: WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 175 lbs.

Born: September 28, 1948 in Fresno, CA
College: Missouri   (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round (147th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (877th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 21, 2013 1:25PM
All-Time Rank: #461. Wesley Walker… #462. Jerome Bettis… #463. Freeman McNeil… #464. MEL GRAY… #465. Brian Waters… #466. Pete Retzlaff… #467. Curt Warner… 

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
1971 23 STL KR 85 14 0 18 534 29.7 4 80 1.3 38.1 2 56 0 38 28.0 4.0 0.1 590 4 1 6
1972 24 STL 85 7 0 3 62 20.7 0 33 0.4 8.9 62 0 1 1
1973 25 STL WR 85 12 29 513 17.7 7 80 2.4 42.8 513 7 0 7
1974* 26 STL WR 85 14 14 39 770 19.7 6 80 2.8 55.0 770 6 0 11
1975*+ 27 STL WR 85 14 0 48 926 19.3 11 74 3.4 66.1 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 932 11 1 13
1976* 28 STL WR 85 11 0 36 686 19.1 5 77 3.3 62.4 686 5 0 8
1977* 29 STL WR 85 14 0 38 782 20.6 5 69 2.7 55.9 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 781 5 0 10
1978 30 STL WR 85 13 0 44 871 19.8 1 74 3.4 67.0 5 51 1 27 10.2 3.9 0.4 922 2 0 7
1979 31 STL WR 85 13 13 25 447 17.9 1 78 1.9 34.4 4 41 0 38 10.3 3.2 0.3 488 1 1 4
1980 32 STL WR 85 16 16 40 709 17.7 3 69 2.5 44.3 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 706 3 0 6
1981 33 STL WR 85 12 12 27 310 11.5 2 41 2.3 25.8 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 314 2 0 3
1982 34 STL 85 5 0 4 34 8.5 0 13 0.8 6.8 34 0 0 1
Career 145 55 351 6644 18.9 45 80 2.4 45.8 15 154 1 38 10.3 1.1 0.1 6798 46 4 77

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
1971 23 STL KR 85 14 0 30 740 0 65 24.7 1330
1972 24 STL 85 7 0 2 -4 0 0 -2.0 17 378 0 29 22.2 436
1973 25 STL WR 85 12 4 73 0 21 18.3 586
1975*+ 27 STL WR 85 14 0 7 53 0 27 7.6 985
Career 145 55 9 49 0 27 5.4 51 1191 0 65 23.4 8038

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
1971 23 STL KR 85 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
1972 24 STL 85 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
1973 25 STL WR 85 12 0 0 1 3 0
1975*+ 27 STL WR 85 14 0 0 1 3 0 0
1976* 28 STL WR 85 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
1979 31 STL WR 85 13 13 0 1 0 0 0
Career 145 55 0 4 7 3 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
1971 23 STL KR 85 14 0 4 4 24
1973 25 STL WR 85 12 7 7 42
1974* 26 STL WR 85 14 14 6 6 36
1975*+ 27 STL WR 85 14 0 11 11 66
1976* 28 STL WR 85 11 0 5 5 30
1977* 29 STL WR 85 14 0 5 5 30
1978 30 STL WR 85 13 0 1 1 2 12
1979 31 STL WR 85 13 13 1 1 6
1980 32 STL WR 85 16 16 3 3 18
1981 33 STL WR 85 12 12 2 2 12
Career 145 55 1 45 46 276

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Johnny Morris, Bo Farrington, Cris Carter*, Ernest Wilford, Frank Lewis, Hassan Jones, Lawrence Dawsey, Bob Chandler, Dave L. Williams, Vincent Jackson
4 Johnnie Morton, Paul Warfield*, Hines Ward, Steve Smith, Calvin Johnson, Gary Collins, Chris Sanders, Pete Brewster, Peerless Price, Santana Moss
5 Paul Warfield*, Hines Ward, John Taylor, Gary Collins, Santana Moss, Jeff Graham, Vincent Jackson, Jimmy Orr, Johnnie Morton, Gene Washington
6 Gary Collins, Paul Warfield*, John Taylor, Hines Ward, Santana Moss, Fred Barnett, Laveranues Coles, Terry Glenn, Ron Jessie, Bobby Mitchell*
7 Paul Warfield*, Johnnie Morton, Louis Lipps, Hines Ward, John Jefferson, Santana Moss, Larry Fitzgerald, Derrick Alexander, Laveranues Coles, Alfred Jenkins
8 Santana Moss, Jimmy Orr, Bobby Mitchell*, Johnnie Morton, Louis Lipps, Laveranues Coles, Gary Garrison, Alfred Jenkins, Derrick Alexander, Darrell Jackson
9 Cris Carter*, Jimmy Orr, Darrell Jackson, Derrick Alexander, Bobby Mitchell*, Gary Garrison, Carl Pickens, Santana Moss, Johnnie Morton, Louis Lipps
10 Jimmy Orr, Bobby Mitchell*, Cris Carter*, Terry Glenn, Gary Garrison, Otis Taylor, Isaac Curtis, Santana Moss, Lynn Swann*, Darrell Jackson
11 Jimmy Orr, Terry Glenn, Bobby Mitchell*, Charlie Joiner*, Gary Garrison, Curtis Conway, Isaac Curtis, Amani Toomer, Terance Mathis, Jack Snow
12 Terry Glenn, Jimmy Orr, Bobby Mitchell*, Charlie Joiner*, Gary Garrison, Amani Toomer, Terance Mathis, Isaac Curtis, Roy Green, Jack Snow
Career Terry Glenn, Bobby Mitchell*, Gary Garrison, Jimmy Orr, Jack Snow, Isaac Curtis, Laveranues Coles, Terance Mathis, Otis Taylor, Curtis Conway

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1974
1975
1976
1977

First-Team All-Pro
1975

Receiving Yds
1974 NFL 770 (4)
1975 NFL 926 (3)
1977 NFL 782 (6)
1978 NFL 871 (8)
Career 6644 (134)

Receiving TD
1973 NFL 7 (8)
1974 NFL 6 (6)
1975 NFL 11 (1)
Career 45 (141)

Long Reception
1971 NFL 80 (8)
1973 NFL 80 (2)
1974 NFL 80 (4)
1975 NFL 74 (10)
1976 NFL 77 (8)
1978 NFL 74 (7)
1979 NFL 78 (4)

Yds/Reception
1973 NFL 17.7 (9)
1974 NFL 19.7 (4)
1975 NFL 19.3 (5)
1976 NFL 19.1 (8)
1977 NFL 20.6 (2)
1978 NFL 19.8 (8)
1980 NFL 17.7 (9)
Career 18.9 (20)

Receiving Yds/Game
1974 NFL 55.0 (7)
1975 NFL 66.1 (3)
1976 NFL 62.4 (8)
1977 NFL 55.9 (6)
1978 NFL 67.0 (4)
Career 45.8 (199)

Touchdowns
1975 NFL 11 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1975 NFL 11 (7)

All-Purpose Yds
1971 NFL 1330 (7)

Yds/Touch
Career 18.9 (5)

Kick Returns
1971 NFL 30 (6)

Kick Return Yds
1971 NFL 740 (8)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19742nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19741st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19751st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19751st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19752nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 23 14 WR 83 14 25 63
1972 24 7 WR 6 83
1973 25 12 WR 93 34 11 34
1974 26 14 WR 113 57 4 22
1975 27 14 WR 159 100 1 10
1976 28 11 WR 99 28 15 42
1977 29 14 WR 108 45 8 27
1978 30 13 WR 104 20 20 51
1979 31 13 WR 55 51
1980 32 16 WR 89 39
1981 33 12 WR 43 68
1982 34 5 WR 3 101
955 298