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Butch Johnson

Michael McColly Johnson

Position: WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
College: California-Riverside

Career AV: 28 (3256th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (87th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1976 22 DAL RET 86 14 2 45 489 0 55 10.9 28 693 0 74 24.8 1266 1
1977 23 DAL RET 86 14 0 50 423 0 38 8.5 22 536 0 64 24.4 1091 2
1978 24 DAL RET 86 16 0 51 401 0 23 7.9 29 603 0 56 20.8 1159 2
1979 25 DAL 86 11 1 118 1
1980 26 DAL 86 16 1 263 3
1981 27 DAL wr 86 16 7 552 5
1982 28 DAL 86 9 1 278 5
1983 29 DAL wr 86 16 5 561 6
1984 30 DEN WR 86 16 9 590 5
1985 31 DEN WR 86 16 8 380 3
Career 144 34 146 1313 0 55 9.0 79 1832 0 74 23.2 6258 33

Receiving & Rushing

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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
1976 22 DAL RET 86 14 2 5 84 16.8 2 43 0.4 6.0 84 2 5
1977 23 DAL RET 86 14 0 12 135 11.3 1 22 0.9 9.6 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 132 1 4
1978 24 DAL RET 86 16 0 12 155 12.9 0 23 0.8 9.7 155 0 5
1979 25 DAL 86 11 1 6 105 17.5 1 28 0.5 9.5 1 13 0 13 13.0 1.2 0.1 118 1 0
1980 26 DAL 86 16 1 19 263 13.8 4 29 1.2 16.4 263 4 0
1981 27 DAL wr 86 16 7 25 552 22.1 5 55 1.6 34.5 552 5 0
1982 28 DAL 86 9 1 12 269 22.4 3 49 1.3 29.9 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.0 0.1 278 3 0
1983 29 DAL wr 86 16 5 41 561 13.7 3 46 2.6 35.1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 561 3 0
1984 30 DEN WR 86 16 9 42 587 14.0 6 49 2.6 36.7 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 590 6 1
1985 31 DEN WR 86 16 8 19 380 20.0 3 65 1.2 23.8 380 3 0
Career 144 34 193 3091 16.0 28 65 1.3 21.5 5 22 0 13 4.4 0.2 0.0 3113 28 15
8 yrs DAL 112 17 132 2124 16.1 19 55 1.2 19.0 4 19 0 13 4.8 0.2 0.0 2143 19 14
2 yrs DEN 32 17 61 967 15.9 9 65 1.9 30.2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.1 0.0 970 9 1

Defense & Fumbles

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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 DAL RET 86 14 2 5 2 0 0
1977 23 DAL RET 86 14 0 4 2 0 0
1978 24 DAL RET 86 16 0 5 1 0 0
1984 30 DEN WR 86 16 9 1 0 0 0
Career 144 34 15 5 0 0
8 yrs DAL 112 17 14 5 0 0
2 yrs DEN 32 17 1 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976 22 DAL RET 86 14 2 2 2 12
1977 23 DAL RET 86 14 0 1 1 6
1979 25 DAL 86 11 1 1 1 6
1980 26 DAL 86 16 1 4 4 24
1981 27 DAL wr 86 16 7 5 5 30
1982 28 DAL 86 9 1 3 3 18
1983 29 DAL wr 86 16 5 3 3 18
1984 30 DEN WR 86 16 9 6 6 36
1985 31 DEN WR 86 16 8 3 3 18
Career 144 34 28 28 168
8 yrs DAL 112 17 19 19 114
2 yrs DEN 32 17 9 9 54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Yds/Reception

Career 16.0 (157)

Yds/Touch

Career 14.8 (87)

Kick Returns

1976 NFL 28 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1976 NFL 693 (6)

Long Kick Return

1976 NFL 74 (7)

Yds/Kick Return

1977 NFL 24.4 (9)
Career 23.2 (141)

Punt Returns

1976 NFL 45 (3/73)
1977 NFL 50 (4/41)
1978 NFL 51 (2/33)
Career 146 (77)

Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 489 (4/70)
1977 NFL 423 (6)
1978 NFL 401 (5)
Career 1313 (89)

Long Punt Return

1976 NFL 55 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1976 NFL 10.9 (8)
Career 9.0 (150)

Kick & Punt Returns

1976 NFL 73 (3)
1977 NFL 72 (3)
1978 NFL 80 (3/95)
Career 225 (93)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1976 NFL 1182 (2)
1977 NFL 959 (5)
1978 NFL 1004 (8)
Career 3145 (143)

Playoff Games

Career 17 (125)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 22 14 WR 20 69
1977 23 14 WR 19 70
1978 24 16 WR 16 80
1979 25 11 WR 18 80
1980 26 16 WR 50 61
1981 27 16 WR 85 36
1982 28 9 WR 46 38
1983 29 16 WR 74 42
1984 30 16 WR 95 36
1985 31 16 WR 56 61
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