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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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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 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
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All-Pro Teams
| 1979 | UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf. |
| 1980 | Pro 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 | |
| 1981 | UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf. |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| 1982 | UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| 1983 | Pro 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 | |
| 1984 | UPI: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL |