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Lester Hayes

Lester Craig Hayes

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: January 22, 1955 in Houston, TX
College: Texas A&M   (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 5th round (126th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 73 (556th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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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 AV
1977 22 OAK db 37 14 2 1 27 0 27 0 0 1 2 -3 0 3
1978 23 OAK LCB 37 16 16 4 86 0 52 0 7
1979 24 OAK LCB 37 16 16 7 100 2 52 0 8
1980*+ 25 OAK LCB 37 16 16 13 273 1 62 0 0 0 2 0 0 17
1981* 26 OAK LCB 37 16 16 3 0 0 0 0 10
1982* 27 RAI LCB 37 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 9
1983* 28 RAI LCB 37 16 16 2 49 0 28 0 12
1984* 29 RAI LCB 37 16 16 1 3 0 3 0 9
1985 30 RAI LCB 37 16 13 4 27 1 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
1986 31 RAI LCB 37 14 14 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 2 42 1 6
Career 149 134 39 572 4 62 0 0 1 7 39 1 88

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
1977 22 OAK db 37 14 2 3 57 0 23 19.0 57
1980*+ 25 OAK LCB 37 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1985 30 RAI LCB 37 16 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 149 134 5 57 0 23 11.4 57

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1979 24 OAK LCB 37 16 16 2 2 12
1980*+ 25 OAK LCB 37 16 16 1 1 6
1985 30 RAI LCB 37 16 13 1 1 6
1986 31 RAI LCB 37 14 14 1 1 6
Career 149 134 1 4 5 30

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
1980 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year
Pro Football Hall of Fame 2nd team All-1980s Team

Pro Bowls
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

First-Team All-Pro
1980

Approximate Value
1980 NFL 17 (1)

Non-Offensive TDs
1979 NFL 2 (1)
1980 NFL 1 (6)
1985 NFL 1 (7)
Career 5 (112)

Playoff Games Started
Career 13 (158)

Fumble Return Yds
1986 NFL 42 (9)

Fumble Return TD
1986 NFL 1 (1)

Interceptions
1979 NFL 7 (3)
1980 NFL 13 (1/2)
Career 39 (83)

Intercept. Ret. Yds
1980 NFL 273 (1/13)
Career 572 (102)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1979 NFL 2 (1/28)
1980 NFL 1 (2)
1985 NFL 1 (1)
Career 4 (52)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19792nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19801st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19812nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19811st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19821st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19822nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19831st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19831st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19832nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19832nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19831st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19841st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19841st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers