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Elois Grooms

Elois T. Grooms

Position: DE-DT
Height: 6-4    Weight: 249 lbs.
Born: May 20, 1953 in Tompkinsville, KY
College: Tennessee Tech

Career AV: 43 (1828th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

78 78 98

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
1975 22 NOR 78 10 0 1
1976 23 NOR 78 11 1 1
1977 24 NOR LDE 78 14 14 0 2 0 0 6
1978 25 NOR LDE 78 16 16 0 1 0 0 8
1979 26 NOR LDE 78 16 16 1 -2 0 -2 0 2 0 0 1 7
1980 27 NOR LDE 78 16 16 1 37 0 37 0 1 0 0 4
1981 28 NOR RDE 78 16 16 0 1 20 0 6
1982 29 STL LDE 78 9 9 4.5 0 1 0 0 9
1983 30 STL LDT 78 11 11 1.0 1 10 0 10 0 1 40 1 5
1984 31 STL rdt 78 11 6 2.0 3
1985 32 STL 78 5 0 1.0 0
1987 34 PHI 98 3 3 2.0 1
Career 138 108 10.5 3 45 0 37 0 9 60 1 1 51
7 yrs NOR 99 79 2 35 0 37 0 7 20 0 1 33
4 yrs CRD 36 26 8.5 1 10 0 10 0 2 40 1 17
1 yr PHI 3 3 2.0 1

Receiving & Rushing

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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
1977 24 NOR LDE 78 14 14 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.1 0.2 3 1 0
Career 138 108 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.0 0.0 3 1 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
1977 24 NOR LDE 78 14 14 1 1 6
1979 26 NOR LDE 78 16 16 1 2
1983 30 STL LDT 78 11 11 1 1 6
Career 138 108 1 1 2 1 14
7 yrs NOR 99 79 1 1 1 8
4 yrs CRD 36 26 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Fumble Return TD

1983 NFL 1 (3/38)

Safeties

1979 NFL 1 (1/18)
Career 1 (69)

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