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Billy Howton

Billy Harris Howton

Position: E
Height: 6-2    Weight: 191 lbs.

Born: July 5, 1930 in Littlefield, TX
College: Rice   (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1952 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (415th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 12:25AM
All-Time Rank: #372. Harry Carson… #373. Wayne H. Walker… #374. Joey Porter… #375. BILLY HOWTON… #376. Terry Metcalf… #377. Bob Vogel… #378. Ottis Anderson… 

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
1952* 22 GNB RE 86 12 53 1231 23.2 13 90 4.4 102.6 1231 13 1 13
1953 23 GNB RE 86 8 25 463 18.5 4 80 3.1 57.9 463 4 1 5
1954 24 GNB RE 86 12 52 768 14.8 2 59 4.3 64.0 768 2 0 7
1955* 25 GNB RE 86 12 44 697 15.8 5 60 3.7 58.1 697 5 2 10
1956*+ 26 GNB RE 86 12 55 1188 21.6 12 66 4.6 99.0 1188 12 0 15
1957*+ 27 GNB RE 86 12 38 727 19.1 5 77 3.2 60.6 4 20 0 11 5.0 1.7 0.3 747 5 1 12
1958 28 GNB RE 86 12 36 507 14.1 2 50 3.0 42.3 507 2 0 5
1959 29 CLE RE 86 12 39 510 13.1 1 36 3.3 42.5 510 1 0 7
1960 30 DAL FL 81 11 7 23 363 15.8 4 41 2.1 33.0 363 4 0 4
1961 31 DAL SE 81 14 56 785 14.0 4 53 4.0 56.1 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 794 4 1 7
1962 32 DAL SE 81 14 49 706 14.4 6 69 3.5 50.4 706 6 0 9
1963 33 DAL SE 81 11 6 33 514 15.6 3 44 3.0 46.7 514 3 0 6
Career 142 13 503 8459 16.8 61 90 3.5 59.6 5 29 0 11 5.8 0.2 0.0 8488 61 6 100
7 yrs GNB 80 0 303 5581 18.4 43 90 3.8 69.8 4 20 0 11 5.0 0.3 0.1 5601 43 5 67
4 yrs DAL 50 13 161 2368 14.7 17 69 3.2 47.4 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.2 0.0 2377 17 1 26
1 yr CLE 12 0 39 510 13.1 1 36 3.3 42.5 510 1 0 7

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
1952* 22 GNB RE 86 12 0 1 0 0 0
1953 23 GNB RE 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1954 24 GNB RE 86 12 0 0 1 0 0
1955* 25 GNB RE 86 12 0 2 1 0 0
1957*+ 27 GNB RE 86 12 0 1 0 0 0
1960 30 DAL FL 81 11 7 0 0 1 0 0
1961 31 DAL SE 81 14 0 1 1 4 0
Career 142 13 0 6 4 4 0
7 yrs GNB 80 0 0 5 2 0 0
4 yrs DAL 50 13 0 1 2 4 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1952* 22 GNB RE 86 12 13 13 78
1953 23 GNB RE 86 8 4 4 24
1954 24 GNB RE 86 12 2 2 12
1955* 25 GNB RE 86 12 5 5 30
1956*+ 26 GNB RE 86 12 12 12 72
1957*+ 27 GNB RE 86 12 5 5 30
1958 28 GNB RE 86 12 2 2 12
1959 29 CLE RE 86 12 1 1 6
1960 30 DAL FL 81 11 7 4 4 24
1961 31 DAL SE 81 14 4 4 24
1962 32 DAL SE 81 14 6 6 36
1963 33 DAL SE 81 11 6 3 3 18
Career 142 13 61 61 366
7 yrs GNB 80 0 43 43 258
4 yrs DAL 50 13 17 17 102
1 yr CLE 12 0 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1952
1955
1956
1957

First-Team All-Pro
1956
1957

Approximate Value
1956 NFL 15 (10)

Receptions
1952 NFL 53 (6)
1954 NFL 52 (4)
1955 NFL 44 (3)
1956 NFL 55 (2)
1957 NFL 38 (6)
1958 NFL 36 (10)
1959 NFL 39 (9)
1961 NFL 56 (5)
Career 503 (117)

Receiving Yds
1952 NFL 1231 (1)
1954 NFL 768 (6)
1955 NFL 697 (5)
1956 NFL 1188 (1)
1957 NFL 727 (3)
Career 8459 (70)

Receiving TD
1952 NFL 13 (2/51)
1956 NFL 12 (1/86)
1957 NFL 5 (7)
Career 61 (65)

Long Reception
1952 NFL 90 (1/88)
1953 NFL 80 (3)
1956 NFL 66 (9)
1957 NFL 77 (4)

Yds/Reception
1952 NFL 23.2 (3/40)
1953 NFL 18.5 (5)
1955 NFL 15.8 (10)
1956 NFL 21.6 (2/84)
1957 NFL 19.1 (4)
Career 16.8 (93)

Receiving Yds/Game
1952 NFL 102.6 (1/22)
1953 NFL 57.9 (10)
1954 NFL 64.0 (6)
1955 NFL 58.1 (5)
1956 NFL 99.0 (1/37)
1957 NFL 60.6 (3)
Career 59.6 (57)

Touchdowns
1952 NFL 13 (2)
1956 NFL 12 (2)
Career 61 (139)

Points Scored
1952 NFL 78 (7)
1956 NFL 72 (4)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1952 NFL 13 (2)
1956 NFL 12 (2)
Career 61 (136)

Yds From Scrimmage
1952 NFL 1231 (1)
1956 NFL 1188 (3)
Career 8488 (149)

All-Purpose Yds
1952 NFL 1231 (5)
1956 NFL 1188 (7)

Yds/Touch
Career 16.7 (36)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19522nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19521st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19522nd TeamAll-NFLUPI
19552nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19552nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19561st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19561st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19561st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19561st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19561st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19571st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19571st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19571st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19571st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19592nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News