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John Hoffman

John Wilks Hoffman

Position: HB-FB-E-LB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 8, 1925 in Little Rock, AR
College: Arkansas

2-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 5th round (49th overall) of the 1949 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
1949 24 CHI fb 12 6 53 216 1 27 4.1 18.0 4.4 25 373 14.9 2 64 2.1 31.1 589 3 1
1950 25 CHI FB 12 0 42 154 0 25 3.7 12.8 3.5 8 161 20.1 2 44 0.7 13.4 315 2 1
1951 26 CHI LE 12 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 28 394 14.1 2 78 2.3 32.8 391 2 0
1952 27 CHI LS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 9 0 0
1953* 28 CHI RH 12 0 32 95 3 34 3.0 7.9 2.7 28 341 12.2 1 40 2.3 28.4 436 4 2
1954 29 CHI RE 12 0 39 178 1 19 4.6 14.8 3.3 28 354 12.6 1 54 2.3 29.5 532 2 4
1955* 30 CHI LH 12 0 94 454 0 47 4.8 37.8 7.8 11 153 13.9 1 37 0.9 12.8 607 1 3
1956 31 CHI RH 12 0 56 272 2 39 4.9 22.7 4.7 7 85 12.1 0 35 0.6 7.1 357 2 2
Career 88 6 317 1366 7 47 4.3 15.5 3.6 136 1870 13.8 9 78 1.5 21.3 3236 16 13

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
1949 24 CHI fb 12 6 10 249 0 33 24.9 838
1950 25 CHI FB 12 0 7 75 0 20 10.7 2 52 0 32 26.0 442
1952 27 CHI LS 4 0 2 34 0 17 17.0 43
1953* 28 CHI RH 12 0 2 32 0 17 16.0 468
1954 29 CHI RE 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 560
Career 88 6 8 80 0 20 10.0 17 390 0 33 22.9 3706

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
1949 24 CHI fb 12 6 1 1 0 0
1950 25 CHI FB 12 0 1 39 1 39 1 1 0 0
1952 27 CHI LS 4 0 2 54 0 54 0 1 0 0
1953* 28 CHI RH 12 0 1 27 0 27 2 2 0 0
1954 29 CHI RE 12 0 4 0 0 0
1955* 30 CHI LH 12 0 3 0 0 0 1
1956 31 CHI RH 12 0 2 1 0 0
Career 88 6 4 120 1 54 13 6 0 0 1

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
1949 24 CHI fb 12 6 1 2 18
1950 25 CHI FB 12 0 2 1 18
1951 26 CHI LE 12 0 2 12
1953* 28 CHI RH 12 0 3 1 24
1954 29 CHI RE 12 0 1 1 12
1955* 30 CHI LH 12 0 1 1 8
1956 31 CHI RH 12 0 2 12
Career 88 6 7 9 1 1 104

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1953
1955

Yds/Rushing Att

1955 NFL 4.8 (5)

Long Reception

1949 NFL 64 (9)
1951 NFL 78 (7)

Yds/Reception

1949 NFL 14.9 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1950 NFL 1 (8)

Yds/Touch

1949 NFL 9.5 (4)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1950 NFL 1 (3)

Long Intercep. Return

1952 NFL 54 (6)

Safeties

1955 NFL 1 (1-- 16)
Career 1 (67)

     

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)