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David Hill

David Earl Hill

Position: TE
Height: 6-2    Weight: 229 lbs.

Born: January 1, 1954 in San Antonio, TX
College: Texas A&M-Kingsville
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 50 (1542nd overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #1389. Carl Taseff… #1390. Will Sherman… #1391. Renaldo Wynn… #1392. DAVID HILL… #1393. Charlie Hall… #1394. Gern Nagler… #1395. Harland Svare… 

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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 AV
1976 22 DET te 81 14 1 19 249 13.1 5 24 1.4 17.8 249 5 2 4
1977 23 DET TE 81 14 12 32 465 14.5 2 61 2.3 33.2 4 10 0 14 2.5 0.7 0.3 475 2 1 6
1978* 24 DET TE 81 16 16 53 633 11.9 4 32 3.3 39.6 3 12 0 13 4.0 0.8 0.2 645 4 1 10
1979* 25 DET TE 81 16 15 47 569 12.1 3 40 2.9 35.6 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 584 3 1 6
1980 26 DET TE 81 16 16 39 424 10.9 1 29 2.4 26.5 424 1 1 6
1981 27 DET TE 81 15 15 33 462 14.0 4 34 2.2 30.8 462 4 1 7
1982 28 DET TE 81 9 8 22 252 11.5 4 27 2.4 28.0 252 4 0 6
1983 29 RAM te 81 16 2 28 280 10.0 2 34 1.8 17.5 280 2 1 4
1984 30 RAM TE 81 16 16 31 300 9.7 1 26 1.9 18.8 300 1 2 5
1985 31 RAM TE 81 16 16 29 271 9.3 1 37 1.8 16.9 271 1 2 4
1986 32 RAM TE 81 16 15 14 202 14.4 1 33 0.9 12.6 202 1 1 3
1987 33 RAM TE 81 12 12 11 105 9.5 0 24 0.9 8.8 105 0 0 3
Career 176 144 358 4212 11.8 28 61 2.0 23.9 8 37 0 15 4.6 0.2 0.0 4249 28 13 64
7 yrs DET 100 83 245 3054 12.5 23 61 2.5 30.5 8 37 0 15 4.6 0.4 0.1 3091 23 7 45
5 yrs RAM 76 61 113 1158 10.2 5 37 1.5 15.2 1158 5 6 19

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
1976 22 DET te 81 14 1 0 2 1 0 0
1977 23 DET TE 81 14 12 0 1 1 0 0
1978* 24 DET TE 81 16 16 0 1 1 0 0
1979* 25 DET TE 81 16 15 0 1 1 0 0
1980 26 DET TE 81 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
1981 27 DET TE 81 15 15 0 1 0 0 0
1983 29 RAM te 81 16 2 0 1 1 0 0
1984 30 RAM TE 81 16 16 0 2 1 0 0
1985 31 RAM TE 81 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
1986 32 RAM TE 81 16 15 0 1 2 0 0
1987 33 RAM TE 81 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
Career 176 144 0 13 9 0 0
7 yrs DET 100 83 0 7 4 0 0
5 yrs RAM 76 61 0 6 5 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. 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% 4QC GWD
1976 22 DET te 81 14 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
1977 23 DET TE 81 14 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 176 144 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -22.50 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976 22 DET te 81 14 1 5 5 30
1977 23 DET TE 81 14 12 2 2 12
1978* 24 DET TE 81 16 16 4 4 24
1979* 25 DET TE 81 16 15 3 3 18
1980 26 DET TE 81 16 16 1 1 6
1981 27 DET TE 81 15 15 4 4 24
1982 28 DET TE 81 9 8 4 4 24
1983 29 RAM te 81 16 2 2 2 12
1984 30 RAM TE 81 16 16 1 1 6
1985 31 RAM TE 81 16 16 1 1 6
1986 32 RAM TE 81 16 15 1 1 6
Career 176 144 28 28 168
7 yrs DET 100 83 23 23 138
5 yrs RAM 76 61 5 5 30

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1978
1979

Receiving TD
1982 NFL 4 (10)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 22 14 TE 53 13
1977 23 14 TE 60 2 11 72
1978 24 16 TE 89 31 6 38
1979 25 16 TE 76 4 10 71
1980 26 16 TE 48 22
1981 27 15 TE 70 13
1982 28 9 TE 49 15 9 56
1983 29 16 TE 40 26
1984 30 16 TE 36 32
1985 31 16 TE 33 36
1986 32 16 TE 26 29
1987 33 12 TE 11 57
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