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Lee Roy Jordan

Lee Roy Jordan

Position: LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 221 lbs.
Born: April 27, 1941 in Excel, AL
College: Alabama

Career AV: 95 (186th overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.

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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 AV
1963 22 DAL RLB 55 7 7 3 41 0 23 0 1 0 0 6
1964 23 DAL RLB 55 12 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 8
1965 24 DAL 55 13 0 2
1966 25 DAL MLB 55 14 0 1 49 1 49 0 1 28 0 8
1967* 26 DAL MLB 55 14 0 3 85 1 40 1 10
1968* 27 DAL MLB 55 14 0 3 17 0 7 0 2 9 0 11
1969*+ 28 DAL MLB 55 14 0 2 38 0 38 0 2 0 0 13
1970 29 DAL MLB 55 14 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 9
1971 30 DAL MLB 55 14 0 2 34 0 23 0 3 0 0 9
1972 31 DAL MLB 55 14 0 2 18 0 12 0 1 0 0 9
1973* 32 DAL MLB 55 14 0 6 78 1 31 1 0 0 0 15
1974* 33 DAL MLB 55 14 0 2 23 0 13 0 1 0 0 11
1975 34 DAL MLB 55 14 0 6 80 0 38 1 2 0 0 9
1976 35 DAL MLB 55 14 14 0 1 0 0 9
Career 186 21 32 472 3 49 2 18 37 0 1 129

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
1966 25 DAL MLB 55 14 0 1 1 6
1967* 26 DAL MLB 55 14 0 1 1 1 8
1973* 32 DAL MLB 55 14 0 1 1 6
Career 186 21 3 3 1 20

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Harland Svare, Bill Roehnelt, Clay Matthews, Frank Manumaleuga, Ted Bates, Mike Peterson, Reggie McKenzie, Pepper Johnson, Anthony Griggs, Andra Davis
4 Jackie Burkett, Mike Peterson, Robert Jones, Anthony Griggs, Andra Davis, A.J. Duhe, Anthony Simmons, Brian Kelley, Ken Harvey, Thomas Davis
5 Lonnie Warwick, Al Carapella, A.J. Duhe, Wayne Simmons, Bob Swenson, Ron Porter, Stan White, Akin Ayodele, Earl Holmes, Riki Ellison
6 Keena Turner, Paul Naumoff, Lonnie Warwick, Bruce Scholtz, Stan White, Earl Holmes, Riki Ellison, A.J. Duhe, Joel Williams, Donnie Edwards
7 Stan West, Donnie Edwards, Vaughan Johnson, Paul Naumoff, Fredd Young, Shane Conlan, Keena Turner, Willie McGinest, Fred Carr, Chip Banks
8 Donnie Edwards, Frank LeMaster, Vaughan Johnson, LaVern Torgeson, Shane Conlan, Chip Banks, Harry Carson*, Fredd Young, Matt Blair, Bob Breunig
9 Bob Breunig, Donnie Edwards, John Reger, Frank LeMaster, Dexter Coakley, Les Richter, Jamie Sharper, Paul Naumoff, Mike Merriweather, Keith Brooking
10 Bob Breunig, Chris Spielman, Donnie Edwards, John Reger, Levon Kirkland, Matt Blair, Paul Naumoff, Fred Carr, Bill Svoboda, Brad Van Pelt
11 Levon Kirkland, Wayne H. Walker, Tom Jackson, Ken Norton, Chris Spielman, Larry Grantham, Mo Lewis, Walt Michaels, John Reger, Donnie Edwards
12 Wayne H. Walker, Dave Wilcox*, Tom Jackson, Levon Kirkland, Harry Carson*, Larry Grantham, Mo Lewis, Cornelius Bennett, Roy Winston, Bill Bergey
13 Wayne H. Walker, Harry Carson*, Larry Grantham, Cornelius Bennett, Tom Jackson, Mo Lewis, Dave Wilcox*, Bill Bergey, Roy Winston, Levon Kirkland
14 Wayne H. Walker, Larry Grantham, Cornelius Bennett, Harry Carson*, Tom Jackson, Roy Winston, Jack Reynolds, Andy Russell, Nick Buoniconti*, Clay Matthews
Career Wayne H. Walker, Larry Grantham, Jack Reynolds, Harry Carson*, Cornelius Bennett, Tom Jackson, Andy Russell, Hardy Nickerson, Roy Winston, Nick Buoniconti*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1967
1968
1969
1973
1974

First-Team All-Pro

1969

Non-Offensive TDs

1966 NFL 1 (7)

Playoff Games

Career 19 (68)

Playoff Games Started

Career 19 (22)

Fumbles Recovered

Career 18 (124)

Fumble Return Yds

1966 NFL 28 (6)

Interceptions

1973 NFL 6 (4)
1975 NFL 6 (7)
Career 32 (160)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

Career 472 (169)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1966 NFL 1 (3)
1967 NFL 1 (8)
1973 NFL 1 (3)
Career 3 (107)

Safeties

1967 NFL 1 (1/18)
Career 1 (69)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1966Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1968Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
1969Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1973Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1975Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.