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Charlie Joiner

Charles Joiner Jr.

Position: WR
Height: 5-11    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: October 14, 1947 in Many, LA
College: Grambling State

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1996

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1969 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1969 22 HOU 7 0 7 77 11.0 0 16 1.0 11.0 77 0 0
1970 23 HOU WR 9 8 28 416 14.9 3 87 3.1 46.2 416 3 0
1971 24 HOU WR 14 13 31 681 22.0 7 70 2.2 48.6 681 7 1
1972 25 2TM /WR 12 0 24 439 18.3 2 82 2.0 36.6 3 14 0 9 4.7 1.2 0.3 453 2 2
HOU WR 6 0 16 306 19.1 2 82 2.7 51.0 2 12 0 9 6.0 2.0 0.3 318 2 1
CIN 6 0 8 133 16.6 0 25 1.3 22.2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.2 135 0 1
1973 26 CIN 5 4 13 214 16.5 0 26 2.6 42.8 214 0 1
1974 27 CIN WR 14 12 24 390 16.3 1 65 1.7 27.9 4 20 0 8 5.0 1.4 0.3 410 1 3
1975 28 CIN WR 14 11 37 726 19.6 5 51 2.6 51.9 726 5 1
1976* 29 SDG WR 14 14 50 1056 21.1 7 81 3.6 75.4 1056 7 0
1977 30 SDG WR 14 14 35 542 15.5 6 32 2.5 38.7 542 6 1
1978 31 SDG WR 16 15 33 607 18.4 1 46 2.1 37.9 607 1 2
1979* 32 SDG WR 16 16 72 1008 14.0 4 39 4.5 63.0 1 -12 0 -12 -12.0 -0.8 0.1 996 4 1
1980*+ 33 SDG WR 16 16 71 1132 15.9 4 51 4.4 70.8 1132 4 3
1981 34 SDG WR 16 16 70 1188 17.0 7 57 4.4 74.3 1188 7 2
1982 35 SDG WR 9 9 36 545 15.1 0 43 4.0 60.6 545 0 1
1983 36 SDG WR 16 16 65 960 14.8 3 33 4.1 60.0 960 3 2
1984 37 SDG WR 16 16 61 793 13.0 6 41 3.8 49.6 793 6 0
1985 38 SDG WR 16 14 59 932 15.8 7 39 3.7 58.3 932 7 1
1986 39 SDG WR 15 9 34 440 12.9 2 33 2.3 29.3 440 2 0
Career 239 203 750 12146 16.2 65 87 3.1 50.8 8 22 0 9 2.8 0.1 0.0 12168 65 21
11 yrs SDG 164 155 586 9203 15.7 47 81 3.6 56.1 1 -12 0 0 -12.0 -0.1 0.0 9191 47 13
4 yrs CIN 39 27 82 1463 17.8 6 65 2.1 37.5 5 22 0 8 4.4 0.6 0.1 1485 6 6
4 yrs TEN 36 21 82 1480 18.0 12 87 2.3 41.1 2 12 0 9 6.0 0.3 0.1 1492 12 2

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
1969 22 HOU 7 0 3 73 0 28 24.3 150
1971 24 HOU WR 14 13 1 25 0 25 25.0 706
1972 25 2TM /WR 12 0 5 88 0 25 17.6 541
CIN 6 0 5 88 0 25 17.6 223
1977 30 SDG WR 14 14 1 8 0 8 8.0 550
Career 239 203 10 194 0 28 19.4 12362
11 yrs SDG 164 155 1 8 0 8 8.0 9199
4 yrs CIN 39 27 5 88 0 25 17.6 1573
4 yrs TEN 36 21 4 98 0 28 24.5 1590

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1976* 29 SDG WR 14 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 239 203 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1971 24 HOU WR 14 13 1 0 0 0
1972 25 2TM /WR 12 0 2 0 0 0
CIN 6 0 1 0 0 0
HOU WR 6 0 1 0 0 0
1973 26 CIN 5 4 1 0 0 0
1974 27 CIN WR 14 12 3 0 0 0
1975 28 CIN WR 14 11 1 1 0 0
1976* 29 SDG WR 14 14 0 1 5 0
1977 30 SDG WR 14 14 1 0 0 0
1978 31 SDG WR 16 15 2 0 0 0
1979* 32 SDG WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
1980*+ 33 SDG WR 16 16 3 0 0 0
1981 34 SDG WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
1982 35 SDG WR 9 9 1 0 0 0
1983 36 SDG WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
1985 38 SDG WR 16 14 1 0 0 0
Career 239 203 21 2 5 0
11 yrs SDG 164 155 13 1 5 0
4 yrs CIN 39 27 6 1 0 0
4 yrs TEN 36 21 2 0 0 0

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
1970 23 HOU WR 9 8 3 18
1971 24 HOU WR 14 13 7 42
1972 25 2TM /WR 12 0 2 12
HOU WR 6 0 2 12
1974 27 CIN WR 14 12 1 6
1975 28 CIN WR 14 11 5 30
1976* 29 SDG WR 14 14 7 42
1977 30 SDG WR 14 14 6 36
1978 31 SDG WR 16 15 1 6
1979* 32 SDG WR 16 16 4 24
1980*+ 33 SDG WR 16 16 4 24
1981 34 SDG WR 16 16 7 42
1983 36 SDG WR 16 16 3 18
1984 37 SDG WR 16 16 6 36
1985 38 SDG WR 16 14 7 42
1986 39 SDG WR 15 9 2 12
Career 239 203 65 390
11 yrs SDG 164 155 47 282
4 yrs CIN 39 27 6 36
4 yrs TEN 36 21 12 72

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1976
1979
1980

1st-team All-Pro

1980

Receptions

1979 NFL 72 (4)
1980 NFL 71 (5)
1981 NFL 70 (9)
Career 750 (24)

Receiving Yds

1976 NFL 1056 (3)
1980 NFL 1132 (4)
1981 NFL 1188 (6)
Career 12146 (15)

Receiving TD

1971 NFL 7 (5)
1976 NFL 7 (7)
1977 NFL 6 (9)
Career 65 (39)

Long Reception

1970 NFL 87 (3)
1972 NFL 82 (6)
1976 NFL 81 (4)

Yds/Reception

1971 NFL 22.0 (4-- 64)
1975 NFL 19.6 (4)
1976 NFL 21.1 (4)
Career 16.2 (133)

Receiving Yds/Game

1976 NFL 75.4 (3)
1980 NFL 70.8 (4)
1981 NFL 74.3 (7)
Career 50.8 (121)

Touchdowns

Career 65 (98)

Rushing/Receiving TD

Career 65 (92)

Yds From Scrimmage

Career 12168 (41)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 12362 (62)

Yds/Touch

Career 16.1 (44)

Games

Career 239 (46)

Games Started

Career 203 (50)

 

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)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1976 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1976 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1980 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 23 9 WR 60 35
1971 24 14 WR 110 45 10 26
1972 25 12 WR 57 35
1973 26 5 WR 21 62
1974 27 14 WR 47 44
1975 28 14 WR 103 36 17 39
1976 29 14 WR 148 84 4 14
1977 30 14 WR 90 24 18 47
1978 31 16 WR 67 45
1979 32 16 WR 124 32 18 49
1980 33 16 WR 137 49 11 34
1981 34 16 WR 161 85 6 22
1982 35 9 WR 55 1 29 72
1983 36 16 WR 114 31 20 50
1984 37 16 WR 115 17 21 61
1985 38 16 WR 135 35 14 44
1986 39 15 WR 56 61
1600 439