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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

Career AV: 72 (523rd overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 5th round (126th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

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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
1977 22 OAK 37 14 2 1 27 0 27 1 2 -3 0 3
1978 23 OAK LCB 37 16 16 4 86 0 52 7
1979 24 OAK LCB 37 16 16 7 100 2 52 8
1980*+ 25 OAK LCB 37 16 16 13 273 1 62 0 2 0 0 17
1981* 26 OAK LCB 37 16 16 3 0 0 0 10
1982* 27 RAI LCB 37 9 9 2 0 0 0 9
1983* 28 RAI LCB 37 16 16 2 49 0 28 12
1984* 29 RAI LCB 37 16 16 1 3 0 3 9
1985 30 RAI LCB 37 16 13 4 27 1 27 0 1 0 0 6
1986 31 RAI LCB 37 14 14 2 7 0 7 0 2 42 1 6
Career 149 134 39 572 4 62 1 7 39 1 87

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
1977 22 OAK 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

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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
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

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1980 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

First-Team All-Pro

1980

Non-Offensive TDs

1979 NFL 2 (1)
1980 NFL 1 (6)
1985 NFL 1 (7)
Career 5 (102)

Playoff Games Started

Career 13 (148)

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 (80)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1980 NFL 273 (1/11)
Career 572 (99)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1979 NFL 2 (1/24)
1980 NFL 1 (2)
1985 NFL 1 (1)
Career 4 (49)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1979UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1980Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1981UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1982UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1984UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL