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Abner Haynes

Abner Haynes

Position: HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 19, 1937 in Denton, TX
College: North Texas

3-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 5th round (55th overall) of the 1960 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1960+ 23 DTX HB 14 0 156 875 9 67 5.6 62.5 11.1 55 576 10.5 3 34 3.9 41.1 1451 12 9
1961* 24 DTX HB 14 0 179 841 9 59 4.7 60.1 12.8 34 558 16.4 3 69 2.4 39.9 1399 12 11
1962*+ 25 DTX HB 14 0 221 1049 13 71 4.7 74.9 15.8 39 573 14.7 6 78 2.8 40.9 1622 19 4
1963 26 KAN HB 14 0 99 352 4 46 3.6 25.1 7.1 33 470 14.2 2 73 2.4 33.6 822 6 6
1964* 27 KAN HB 14 0 139 697 4 80 5.0 49.8 9.9 38 562 14.8 3 68 2.7 40.1 1259 7 0
1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 41 166 3 47 4.0 11.9 2.9 26 216 8.3 2 71 1.9 15.4 382 5 5
1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 129 304 2 20 2.4 21.7 9.2 46 480 10.4 1 52 3.3 34.3 784 3 11
1967 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 72 346 2 65 4.8 24.7 5.1 16 100 6.3 0 22 1.1 7.1 446 2 6
NYJ 3 0 16 72 0 14 4.5 24.0 5.3 72 0 0
MIA RET 11 0 56 274 2 65 4.9 24.9 5.1 16 100 6.3 0 22 1.5 9.1 374 2 6
Career 112 0 1036 4630 46 80 4.5 41.3 9.3 287 3535 12.3 20 78 2.6 31.6 8165 66 52
5 yrs KAN 70 0 794 3814 39 80 4.8 54.5 11.3 199 2739 13.8 17 78 2.8 39.1 6553 56 30
2 yrs DEN 28 0 170 470 5 47 2.8 16.8 6.1 72 696 9.7 3 71 2.6 24.9 1166 8 16
1 yr MIA 11 0 56 274 2 65 4.9 24.9 5.1 16 100 6.3 0 22 1.5 9.1 374 2 6
1 yr NYJ 3 0 16 72 0 14 4.5 24.0 5.3 72 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1960+ 23 DTX HB 14 0 14 215 0 46 15.4 19 434 0 82 22.8 2100
1961* 24 DTX HB 14 0 19 196 0 44 10.3 8 270 1 88 33.8 1865
1962*+ 25 DTX HB 14 0 15 119 0 30 7.9 1 27 0 27 27.0 1768
1963 26 KAN HB 14 0 6 57 0 20 9.5 12 317 0 45 26.4 1196
1964* 27 KAN HB 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 12 278 0 45 23.2 1548
1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 14 121 1 57 8.6 34 901 0 60 26.5 1404
1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 10 119 0 42 11.9 9 229 0 43 25.4 1132
1967 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 6 37 0 20 6.2 26 569 0 51 21.9 1052
NYJ 3 0 4 125 0 42 31.3 197
MIA RET 11 0 6 37 0 20 6.2 22 444 0 51 20.2 855
Career 112 0 85 875 1 57 10.3 121 3025 1 88 25.0 12065
5 yrs KAN 70 0 55 598 0 46 10.9 52 1326 1 88 25.5 8477
2 yrs DEN 28 0 24 240 1 57 10.0 43 1130 0 60 26.3 2536
1 yr MIA 11 0 6 37 0 20 6.2 22 444 0 51 20.2 855
1 yr NYJ 3 0 4 125 0 42 31.3 197

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1960+ 23 DTX HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1962*+ 25 DTX HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1963 26 KAN HB 14 0 1 1 100.0 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 24.0 24.0 24.0 1.7 118.7
1964* 27 KAN HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 112 0 1 7 14.3 24 0 0.0 2 28.6 24 3.4 -9.4 24.0 0.2 1.8
5 yrs KAN 70 0 1 4 25.0 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 6.0 6.0 24.0 0.3 52.1
2 yrs DEN 28 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1960+ 23 DTX HB 14 0 9 0 0 0
1961* 24 DTX HB 14 0 11 0 0 0
1962*+ 25 DTX HB 14 0 4 0 0 0
1963 26 KAN HB 14 0 6 0 0 0
1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 5 0 0 0
1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 11 0 0 0
1967 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 6 3 0 0
MIA RET 11 0 6 3 0 0
Career 112 0 52 3 0 1
5 yrs KAN 70 0 30 0 0 1
2 yrs DEN 28 0 16 0 0 0
1 yr MIA 11 0 6 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960+ 23 DTX HB 14 0 9 3 72
1961* 24 DTX HB 14 0 9 3 1 78
1962*+ 25 DTX HB 14 0 13 6 114
1963 26 KAN HB 14 0 4 2 36
1964* 27 KAN HB 14 0 4 3 1 48
1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 3 2 1 36
1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 2 1 18
1967 30 2TM RET/ 14 0 2 12
MIA RET 11 0 2 12
Career 112 0 46 20 1 1 1 414
5 yrs KAN 70 0 39 17 1 1 348
2 yrs DEN 28 0 5 3 1 54
1 yr MIA 11 0 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1960 AFL AP Player of the Year
1960 AFL UPI Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1961
1962
1964

1st-team All-Pro

1960
1962

Rushing Att

1960 AFL 156 (1)
1961 AFL 179 (3)
1962 AFL 221 (2)
1964 AFL 139 (8)
1966 AFL 129 (9)
Career 1036 (149)

Rushing Yds

1960 AFL 875 (1)
1961 AFL 841 (3)
1962 AFL 1049 (2)
1964 AFL 697 (5)
Career 4630 (127)

Rushing TD

1960 AFL 9 (1)
1961 AFL 9 (1)
1962 AFL 13 (1-- 78)
1963 AFL 4 (7)
1964 AFL 4 (7)
Career 46 (68)

Long Rush

1960 AFL 67 (6)
1961 AFL 59 (8)
1962 AFL 71 (4)
1963 AFL 46 (9)
1964 AFL 80 (2-- 75)
1965 AFL 47 (10)
1967 AFL 65 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att

1960 AFL 5.6 (2-- 56)
1961 AFL 4.7 (1)
1962 AFL 4.7 (7)
1963 AFL 3.6 (10)
1964 AFL 5.0 (3)
Career 4.5 (67)

Rushing Yds/Game

1960 AFL 62.5 (1)
1961 AFL 60.1 (3)
1962 AFL 74.9 (2)
1964 AFL 49.8 (5)
Career 41.3 (183)

Receptions

1960 AFL 55 (5)

Receiving TD

1962 AFL 6 (7)

Long Reception

1961 AFL 69 (10)
1962 AFL 78 (8)
1964 AFL 68 (10)
1965 AFL 71 (8)

Touchdowns

1960 AFL 12 (2)
1961 AFL 13 (3)
1962 AFL 19 (1-- 26)
1964 AFL 8 (7)
Career 69 (78)

Points Scored

1960 AFL 72 (7)
1961 AFL 78 (6)
1962 AFL 114 (4)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1960 AFL 12 (2)
1961 AFL 12 (3)
1962 AFL 19 (1-- 25)
Career 66 (88)

Non-Offensive TDs

1961 AFL 1 (9)
1964 AFL 1 (1)
1965 AFL 1 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1960 AFL 1451 (2)
1961 AFL 1399 (3)
1962 AFL 1622 (1)
1964 AFL 1259 (7)
Career 8165 (152)

All-Purpose Yds

1960 AFL 2100 (1-- 67)
1961 AFL 1865 (2)
1962 AFL 1768 (2)
1964 AFL 1548 (3)
1965 AFL 1404 (4)
1966 AFL 1132 (9)
Career 12065 (69)

Touches

1960 AFL 244 (1)
1961 AFL 240 (2)
1962 AFL 276 (1)
1963 AFL 150 (10)
1964 AFL 190 (7)
1966 AFL 194 (5)
Career 1529 (97)

Yds/Touch

1960 AFL 8.6 (6)
1961 AFL 7.8 (7)
1962 AFL 6.4 (9)
1963 AFL 8.0 (4)
1964 AFL 8.1 (4)
1965 AFL 12.2 (1)
1966 AFL 5.8 (10)
1967 AFL 8.6 (2)

Kick Returns

1960 AFL 19 (6)
1965 AFL 34 (1)
1967 AFL 26 (4)
Career 121 (111)

Kick Return Yds

1960 AFL 434 (7)
1965 AFL 901 (1)
1967 AFL 569 (4)
Career 3025 (97)

Kick Return TD

1961 AFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (107)

Long Kick Return

1960 AFL 82 (5)
1961 AFL 88 (5)
1965 AFL 60 (5)
1967 AFL 51 (8)

Yds/Kick Return

1960 AFL 22.8 (8)
1965 AFL 26.5 (1)
Career 25.0 (54)

Punt Returns

1960 AFL 14 (2)
1961 AFL 19 (2)
1962 AFL 15 (3)
1965 AFL 14 (7)
1966 AFL 10 (6)
Career 85 (180)

Punt Return Yds

1960 AFL 215 (1)
1961 AFL 196 (4)
1962 AFL 119 (5)
1965 AFL 121 (8)
1966 AFL 119 (6)
Career 875 (152)

Punt Return TD

1965 AFL 1 (2-- 86)
Career 1 (139)

Long Punt Return

1960 AFL 46 (4)
1961 AFL 44 (6)
1962 AFL 30 (6)
1965 AFL 57 (4)
1966 AFL 42 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1960 AFL 15.4 (1-- 41)
1961 AFL 10.3 (4)
1962 AFL 7.9 (5)
1965 AFL 8.6 (6)
Career 10.3 (60)

Kick & Punt Returns

1960 AFL 33 (4)
1961 AFL 27 (4)
1965 AFL 48 (2)
1967 AFL 32 (8)
Career 206 (111)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1960 AFL 649 (6)
1961 AFL 466 (7)
1965 AFL 1022 (2)
1967 AFL 606 (6)
Career 3900 (86)

Fumbles

1960 AFL 9 (3)
1961 AFL 11 (1)
1966 AFL 11 (1)
1967 AFL 6 (5)
Career 52 (103)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 AFL 3 (6)

Fumble Return TD

1964 AFL 1 (1)

 

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
1960 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-AFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1962 - AFL: 1st team all-AFL
1962 - Associated Press: 1st team all-AFL
1962 - UPI: 1st team all-AFL
1964 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL