Roy Lee Jefferson
Position: WR-SE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: November 9, 1943 in Texarkana, TX
College: Utah (school history)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (562nd overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
| Games | Receiving | Rushing | Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| League | NFL | 146 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 451 | 7539 | 16.72 | 52 | 3.1 | 51.6 | 25 | 188 | 7.52 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 53 | 318 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 58 | 435 | 7.50 | 1 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Place | Home | 74 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 222 | 3608 | 16.25 | 23 | 3.0 | 48.8 | 16 | 130 | 8.13 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 23 | 138 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 30 | 127 | 4.23 | 0 |
| Road | 72 | 33 | 37 | 2 | 229 | 3931 | 17.17 | 29 | 3.2 | 54.6 | 9 | 58 | 6.44 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 30 | 180 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 28 | 308 | 11.00 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Result | Win | 73 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 4023 | 17.05 | 26 | 3.2 | 55.1 | 14 | 90 | 6.43 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 26 | 156 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 12 | 66 | 5.50 | 0 |
| Loss | 68 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 202 | 3301 | 16.34 | 24 | 3.0 | 48.5 | 10 | 79 | 7.90 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 24 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 275 | 6.55 | 0 | ||
| Tie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 215 | 16.54 | 2 | 2.6 | 43.0 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 23.50 | 1 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 62 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 177 | 3007 | 16.99 | 18 | 2.9 | 48.5 | 12 | 87 | 7.25 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 19 | 114 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 22 | 269 | 12.23 | 1 |
| 8-14 points | 37 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 115 | 1989 | 17.30 | 15 | 3.1 | 53.8 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 15 | 90 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 4.21 | 0 | |
| 15+ points | 47 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 159 | 2543 | 15.99 | 19 | 3.4 | 54.1 | 8 | 80 | 10.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 19 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 107 | 4.86 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Month | September | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 87 | 1458 | 16.76 | 5 | 3.0 | 50.3 | 7 | 68 | 9.71 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 |
| October | 43 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 121 | 1900 | 15.70 | 17 | 2.8 | 44.2 | 7 | 24 | 3.43 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 17 | 102 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 16 | 150 | 9.38 | 0 | |
| November | 46 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 150 | 2551 | 17.01 | 20 | 3.3 | 55.5 | 6 | 52 | 8.67 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 21 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 169 | 8.05 | 1 | ||
| December | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 93 | 1630 | 17.53 | 10 | 3.3 | 58.2 | 5 | 44 | 8.80 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 5.08 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Day | Sunday | 126 | 61 | 60 | 5 | 387 | 6506 | 16.81 | 42 | 3.1 | 51.6 | 24 | 182 | 7.58 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 43 | 258 | 5 | 91 | 18.20 | 0 | 55 | 363 | 6.60 | 1 |
| Monday | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 600 | 15.38 | 4 | 3.3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thursday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 24.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 48.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Saturday | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 336 | 16.00 | 6 | 3.5 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.00 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Conference | AFC | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 1177 | 16.35 | 9 | 2.9 | 47.1 | 5 | 48 | 9.60 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFC | 60 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 180 | 2691 | 14.95 | 14 | 3.0 | 44.9 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Division | NFL East | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 901 | 21.98 | 4 | 2.1 | 45.1 | 3 | 35 | 11.67 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 117 | 5.32 | 0 | |
| NFL West | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 158 | 39.50 | 1 | 1.3 | 52.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | |||
| NFL Capital | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 588 | 18.38 | 2 | 3.2 | 58.8 | 7 | 28 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 9.00 | 0 | ||
| NFL Central | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 451 | 14.55 | 3 | 3.9 | 56.4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | |
| NFL Central | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 451 | 14.55 | 3 | 3.9 | 56.4 | 6 | 31 | 5.17 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6.25 | 0 | |
| NFL Coastal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 419 | 16.76 | 6 | 6.3 | 104.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 9.00 | 0 | |||
| AFC East | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 722 | 17.61 | 6 | 2.9 | 51.6 | 3 | 36 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFC Central | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 222 | 14.80 | 2 | 3.0 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AFC West | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 233 | 14.56 | 1 | 2.7 | 38.8 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFC East | 42 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 122 | 1832 | 15.02 | 10 | 2.9 | 43.6 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFC Central | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 365 | 14.60 | 1 | 3.1 | 45.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NFC West | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 494 | 14.97 | 3 | 3.3 | 49.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Opponent | Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 67 | 1047 | 15.63 | 6 | 3.0 | 47.6 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 131 | 7.71 | 1 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 383 | 19.15 | 5 | 6.7 | 127.7 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 7.20 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 164 | 23.43 | 0 | 2.3 | 54.7 | 1 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chicago Bears | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 165 | 11.00 | 1 | 3.8 | 41.3 | 2 | 32 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 419 | 14.96 | 6 | 3.1 | 46.6 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 13.83 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 795 | 18.07 | 4 | 2.8 | 49.7 | 2 | 23 | 11.50 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -1.00 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 77.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 269 | 19.21 | 1 | 2.8 | 53.8 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 360 | 21.18 | 2 | 2.8 | 60.0 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | ||
| Indianapolis (Bal) Colts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 17.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | |||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 7.43 | 1 | 2.3 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 153 | 13.91 | 2 | 3.7 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 137 | 10.54 | 1 | 4.3 | 45.7 | 2 | -31 | -15.50 | 0 | 0.7 | -10.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New England Patriots | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 121 | 17.29 | 2 | 2.3 | 40.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 341 | 16.24 | 1 | 3.5 | 56.8 | 3 | 22 | 7.33 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.00 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 60 | 1085 | 18.08 | 6 | 3.5 | 63.8 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 221 | 17.00 | 2 | 3.3 | 55.3 | 2 | 17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 665 | 15.47 | 4 | 2.9 | 44.3 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 17.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 52.0 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 243 | 17.36 | 2 | 3.5 | 60.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.00 | 0 | |||
| Seattle Seahawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16.33 | 0 | 3.0 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 235 | 16.79 | 3 | 3.5 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | |||
| Ten Titans/Hou Oilers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 155 | 19.38 | 2 | 4.0 | 77.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 23.75 | 1 | 1.3 | 31.7 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 11.67 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Rec | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||
| Playoffs | Total | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 435 | 14.50 | 4 | 3.3 | 48.3 | 4 | -8 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.4 | -0.9 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Super Bowl | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 102 | 12.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 51.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Conference Championship | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Divisional | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 278 | 16.35 | 4 | 3.4 | 55.6 | 4 | -8 | -2.00 | 0 | 0.8 | -1.6 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||