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John Grigas

John Joseph Grigas

Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: August 19, 1920 in Chelsea, MA
College: Holy Cross

Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft.

Rushing & Receiving

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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 AV
1943 23 CRD FB 10 7 105 333 3 28 3.2 33.3 10.5 19 225 11.8 0 39 1.9 22.5 558 3 0
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 185 610 3 29 3.3 67.8 20.6 2 33 16.5 0 36 0.2 3.7 643 3 0
1945 25 BOS LH 10 8 64 160 2 45 2.5 16.0 6.4 5 59 11.8 0 29 0.5 5.9 219 2 4
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 84 426 2 59 5.1 38.7 7.6 3 61 20.3 1 44 0.3 5.5 487 3 3
1947 27 BOS 9 2 27 52 0 13 1.9 5.8 3.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 53 0 1
Career 49 35 465 1581 10 59 3.4 32.3 9.5 30 379 12.6 1 44 0.6 7.7 1960 11 8
3 yrs BYK 30 19 175 638 4 59 3.6 21.3 5.8 9 121 13.4 1 44 0.3 4.0 759 5 8
2 yrs CRD 19 16 290 943 6 29 3.3 49.6 15.3 21 258 12.3 0 39 1.1 13.6 1201 6 0

Passing

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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 Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1943 23 CRD FB 10 7 4 19 21.1 98 0 0.0 4 21.1 50 5.2 -4.3 24.5 9.8 9.0
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 50 131 38.2 690 6 4.6 21 16.0 72 5.3 -1.0 13.8 76.7 31.5
1945 25 BOS LH 10 8 5 14 35.7 85 0 0.0 1 7.1 30 6.1 2.9 17.0 8.5 27.4
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 1 2 50.0 16 0 0.0 1 50.0 16 8.0 -14.5 16.0 1.5 37.5
Career 49 35 60 166 36.1 889 6 3.6 27 16.3 72 5.4 -1.2 14.8 18.1 27.0
3 yrs BYK 30 19 6 16 37.5 101 0 0.0 2 12.5 30 6.3 0.7 16.8 3.4 20.1
2 yrs CRD 19 16 54 150 36.0 788 6 4.0 25 16.7 72 5.3 -1.4 14.6 41.5 27.7

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 131 87 75 88 94 71 89
Career 49 35 166 87 0 75 0 88 94 71 0 89

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
1943 23 CRD FB 10 7 2 -2 0 5 -1.0 3 72 0 31 24.0 628
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 5 40 0 11 8.0 23 471 0 35 20.5 1154
1945 25 BOS LH 10 8 4 65 0 27 16.3 284
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 1 8 0 8 8.0 495
1947 27 BOS 9 2 1 19 0 19 19.0 72
Career 49 35 7 38 0 11 5.4 32 635 0 35 19.8 2633
3 yrs BYK 30 19 6 92 0 27 15.3 851
2 yrs CRD 19 16 7 38 0 11 5.4 26 543 0 35 20.9 1782

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
1943 23 CRD FB 10 7 5 42 0 27
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 1 2 0 2
1945 25 BOS LH 10 8 1 3 0 3 4 2 -14 0
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
1947 27 BOS 9 2 1 0 0 0
Career 49 35 8 47 0 27 8 3 -14 0
3 yrs BYK 30 19 2 3 0 3 8 3 -14 0
2 yrs CRD 19 16 6 44 0 27

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 12 424 64 0 35.3
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 1 45 45 0 45.0
Career 49 35 13 469 64 0 36.1
3 yrs BYK 30 19 1 45 45 0 45.0
2 yrs CRD 19 16 12 424 64 0 35.3

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
1943 23 CRD FB 10 7 3 3 18
1944 24 CRD FB 9 9 3 3 18
1945 25 BOS LH 10 8 2 2 12
1946 26 BOS FB 11 9 2 1 3 18
Career 49 35 10 1 11 66
3 yrs BYK 30 19 4 1 5 30
2 yrs CRD 19 16 6 6 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Passes Completed

1944 NFL 50 (6)

Pass Attempts

1944 NFL 131 (6)

Passing Yds

1944 NFL 690 (8)

Passing TD

1944 NFL 6 (8)

Passer Rating

1944 NFL 31.5 (6)

Long Pass

1944 NFL 72 (3)

Passes Intercepted

1944 NFL 21 (1)

Passing Yds/Game

1944 NFL 76.7 (8)

Yds/Pass Att

1944 NFL 5.3 (6)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1944 NFL 13.8 (4)

Pass Attempts/Game

1944 NFL 14.6 (6)

Rushing Att

1943 NFL 105 (5)
1944 NFL 185 (2)
1946 NFL 84 (10)

Rushing Yds

1943 NFL 333 (8)
1944 NFL 610 (2)
1946 NFL 426 (7)

Rushing TD

1943 NFL 3 (6)

Long Rush

1946 NFL 59 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

1946 NFL 5.1 (2)

Rushing Yds/Game

1943 NFL 33.3 (8)
1944 NFL 67.8 (2)
1946 NFL 38.7 (8)

Receptions

1943 NFL 19 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1943 NFL 558 (9)
1944 NFL 643 (3)

All-Purpose Yds

1944 NFL 1154 (1)

Touches

1943 NFL 129 (5)
1944 NFL 215 (1)

Kick Returns

1944 NFL 23 (1)

Kick Return Yds

1944 NFL 471 (1)

Yds/Kick Return

1944 NFL 20.5 (10)

Kick & Punt Returns

1944 NFL 28 (2)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1944 NFL 511 (1)

Long Punt

1944 NFL 64 (8)

Interceptions

1943 NFL 5 (6)

Passes Completed/Game

1944 NFL 5.6 (6)

Pass Completion %

1944 NFL 38.2% (6)

Pass Intercept. %

1944 NFL 16.0% (6)

Passing TD %

1944 NFL 4.6% (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1944Int. News Service: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL