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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 State

4-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 2nd round (52nd overall) of the 1967 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1967 22 NOR fl 13 0 22 264 12.0 1 35 1.7 20.3 7 41 0 19 5.9 3.2 0.5 305 1 2
1968 23 NOR RET 14 0 24 284 11.8 0 39 1.7 20.3 2 36 0 29 18.0 2.6 0.1 320 0 0
1969 24 STL FL 14 0 52 997 19.2 9 84 3.7 71.2 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 993 9 1
1970 25 STL WR 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
1971 26 STL WR 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
1972* 27 MIN WR 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
1973* 28 MIN WR 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
1974* 29 MIN WR 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
1975* 30 MIN WR 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
1976 31 ATL WR 14 0 21 292 13.9 2 49 1.5 20.9 292 2 0
1977 32 2TM /WR 12 0 11 133 12.1 1 23 0.9 11.1 133 1 0
NOR WR 10 0 11 133 12.1 1 23 1.1 13.3 133 1 0
CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
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
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
3 yrs ARI 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
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
1 yr ATL 14 0 21 292 13.9 2 49 1.5 20.9 292 2 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1967 22 NOR fl 13 0 7 13 0 8 1.9 16 481 1 94 30.1 799
1968 23 NOR RET 14 0 15 60 0 21 4.0 15 328 0 48 21.9 708
1969 24 STL FL 14 0 11 339 1 100 30.8 1332
1970 25 STL WR 14 0 5 107 0 26 21.4 1127
1971 26 STL WR 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 874
1972* 27 MIN WR 14 14 14 369 0 47 26.4 1418
1973* 28 MIN WR 14 14 10 174 0 29 17.4 1152
1974* 29 MIN WR 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 ARI 42 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 16 446 1 100 27.9 3333
3 yrs NOR 37 0 22 73 0 21 3.3 31 809 1 94 26.1 1640

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1967 22 NOR fl 13 0 2 0 0 0
1969 24 STL FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
1970 25 STL WR 14 0 3 0 0 0
1971 26 STL WR 14 0 2 2 0 0
1972* 27 MIN WR 14 14 2 2 13 0
1973* 28 MIN WR 14 14 1 0 0 0
1975* 30 MIN WR 14 14 1 1 0 0
Career 151 56 12 5 13 0
4 yrs MIN 56 56 4 3 13 0
3 yrs ARI 42 0 6 2 0 0
3 yrs NOR 37 0 2 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 22 NOR fl 13 0 1 1 12
1969 24 STL FL 14 0 9 1 60
1970 25 STL WR 14 0 1 5 36
1971 26 STL WR 14 0 3 18
1972* 27 MIN WR 14 14 7 42
1973* 28 MIN WR 14 14 1 8 54
1974* 29 MIN WR 14 14 5 30
1975* 30 MIN WR 14 14 7 42
1976 31 ATL WR 14 0 2 12
1977 32 2TM /WR 12 0 1 6
NOR WR 10 0 1 6
Career 151 56 2 48 2 312
4 yrs MIN 56 56 1 27 168
3 yrs ARI 42 0 1 17 1 114
3 yrs NOR 37 0 2 1 18
1 yr ATL 14 0 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1972
1973
1974
1975

Receptions

1969 NFL 52 (9)
1972 NFL 47 (10)
1975 NFL 50 (10)
Career 382 (196)

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 (101)

Receiving TD

1969 NFL 9 (4)
1972 NFL 7 (6)
1973 NFL 8 (6)
1975 NFL 7 (9)
Career 48 (109)

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-- 64)
1973 NFL 21.6 (3-- 82)
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 (170)

Touchdowns

1969 NFL 10 (5)
1973 NFL 9 (10)
Career 52 (175)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1969 NFL 9 (8)
1973 NFL 9 (10)
Career 50 (188)

Non-Offensive TDs

1969 NFL 1 (3)

Yds From Scrimmage

Career 7349 (192)

All-Purpose Yds

1969 NFL 1332 (5)
1972 NFL 1418 (8)
Career 9327 (140)

Yds/Touch

Career 18.1 (11)

Kick Return TD

1967 NFL 1 (3-- 57)
1969 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 2 (46)

Long Kick Return

1967 NFL 94 (7)
1969 NFL 100 (2-- 67)

Yds/Kick Return

1967 NFL 30.1 (3-- 43)
1972 NFL 26.4 (8)
Career 25.5 (37)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1972 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1973 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 29 12 36
1975 30 14 WR 123 59 9 26
1976 31 14 WR 41 52
1977 32 12 WR 19 69
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