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Leroy Kelly

Leroy Kelly

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 202 lbs.

Born: May 20, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA
College: Morgan St.
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 8th round (110th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (296th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1994, finalist in 1982, 1988, 1989

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 9:25AM
All-Time Rank: #415. Anquan Boldin… #416. Dante Lavelli… #417. Ruben Brown… #418. LEROY KELLY… #419. Erik Williams… #420. London Fletcher… #421. Russ Grimm… 

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1964 22 CLE 44 14 6 12 0 5 2.0 0.9 0.4 12 0 0 1
1965 23 CLE KR 44 13 37 139 0 16 3.8 10.7 2.8 9 122 13.6 0 52 0.7 9.4 261 0 3 5
1966*+ 24 CLE HB/PR 44 14 209 1141 15 70 5.5 81.5 14.9 32 366 11.4 1 40 2.3 26.1 1507 16 1 19
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 235 1205 11 42 5.1 86.1 16.8 20 282 14.1 2 48 1.4 20.1 1487 13 7 15
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 44 14 248 1239 16 65 5.0 88.5 17.7 22 297 13.5 4 68 1.6 21.2 1536 20 6 18
1969* 27 CLE FB 44 13 196 817 9 31 4.2 62.8 15.1 20 267 13.4 1 36 1.5 20.5 1084 10 1 11
1970* 28 CLE RB 44 13 0 206 656 6 33 3.2 50.5 15.8 24 311 13.0 2 55 1.8 23.9 967 8 3 8
1971* 29 CLE PR/RB 44 14 0 234 865 10 35 3.7 61.8 16.7 25 252 10.1 2 29 1.8 18.0 1117 12 7 11
1972 30 CLE RB 44 14 0 224 811 4 18 3.6 57.9 16.0 23 204 8.9 1 28 1.6 14.6 1015 5 4 8
1973 31 CLE RB 44 13 132 389 3 19 2.9 29.9 10.2 15 180 12.0 0 36 1.2 13.8 569 3 3 6
Career 136 0 1727 7274 74 70 4.2 53.5 12.7 190 2281 12.0 13 68 1.4 16.8 9555 87 35 102

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1964 22 CLE 44 14 9 171 1 68 19.0 24 582 0 45 24.3 765
1965 23 CLE KR 44 13 17 265 2 67 15.6 24 621 0 51 25.9 1147
1966*+ 24 CLE HB/PR 44 14 13 104 0 52 8.0 19 403 0 49 21.2 2014
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 9 59 0 32 6.6 5 131 0 32 26.2 1677
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 44 14 1 9 0 9 9.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 1555
1969* 27 CLE FB 44 13 7 28 0 13 4.0 2 26 0 14 13.0 1138
1970* 28 CLE RB 44 13 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 982
1971* 29 CLE PR/RB 44 14 0 30 292 0 74 9.7 1 11 0 11 11.0 1420
1972 30 CLE RB 44 14 0 5 40 0 14 8.0 1055
1973 31 CLE RB 44 13 1 7 0 7 7.0 576
Career 136 0 94 990 3 74 10.5 76 1784 0 51 23.5 12329

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
1966*+ 24 CLE HB/PR 44 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 44 14 1 4 25.0 34 1 25.0 0 0.0 34 8.5 13.5 34.0 2.4 102.1
1969* 27 CLE FB 44 13 1 5 20.0 36 1 20.0 0 0.0 36 7.2 11.2 36.0 2.8 96.7 0 0 7.20 11.20 0.0
1971* 29 CLE PR/RB 44 14 0 1 4 25.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 5.8 5.8 23.0 1.6 51.0 0 0 5.75 5.75 0.0
1972 30 CLE RB 44 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 7 -3.50 -3.50 50.0
Career 136 0 3 16 18.8 93 2 12.5 0 0.0 36 5.8 8.3 31.0 0.7 90.9 1 7 5.06 7.41 5.9

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 10 407 51 0 40.7
Career 136 10 407 51 0 40.7

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
1965 23 CLE KR 44 13 0 3 2 0 0
1966*+ 24 CLE HB/PR 44 14 0 1 0 0 0
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 0 7 2 0 0
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 44 14 0 6 1 1 0
1969* 27 CLE FB 44 13 0 1 1 0 0
1970* 28 CLE RB 44 13 0 0 3 1 0 0
1971* 29 CLE PR/RB 44 14 0 0 7 2 0 0
1972 30 CLE RB 44 14 0 0 4 1 0 0
1973 31 CLE RB 44 13 0 3 0 0 0
Career 136 0 0 35 10 1 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
1964 22 CLE 44 14 1 1 6
1965 23 CLE KR 44 13 2 2 12
1966*+ 24 CLE HB/PR 44 14 15 1 16 96
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 44 14 11 2 13 78
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 44 14 16 4 20 120
1969* 27 CLE FB 44 13 9 1 10 60
1970* 28 CLE RB 44 13 0 6 2 8 48
1971* 29 CLE PR/RB 44 14 0 10 2 12 72
1972 30 CLE RB 44 14 0 4 1 5 30
1973 31 CLE RB 44 13 3 3 18
Career 136 0 74 13 3 90 540

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards
1968 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971

First-Team All-Pro
1966
1967
1968

Approximate Value
1966 NFL 19 (1)
1968 NFL 18 (5)

Rushing Att
1966 NFL 209 (4)
1967 NFL 235 (1)
1968 NFL 248 (1)
1969 NFL 196 (5)
1970 NFL 206 (7)
1971 NFL 234 (4)
1972 NFL 224 (8)
Career 1727 (51)

Rushing Yds
1966 NFL 1141 (2)
1967 NFL 1205 (1)
1968 NFL 1239 (1)
1969 NFL 817 (7)
1971 NFL 865 (8)
Career 7274 (52)

Rushing TD
1966 NFL 15 (1/40)
1967 NFL 11 (1)
1968 NFL 16 (1/30)
1969 NFL 9 (2)
1970 NFL 6 (9)
1971 NFL 10 (2)
Career 74 (24)

Long Rush
1966 NFL 70 (1)
1968 NFL 65 (4)

Yds/Rushing Att
1966 NFL 5.5 (1/80)
1967 NFL 5.1 (1)
1968 NFL 5.0 (2)
1969 NFL 4.2 (8)
Career 4.2 (166)

Rushing Yds/Game
1966 NFL 81.5 (2)
1967 NFL 86.1 (1)
1968 NFL 88.5 (2)
1969 NFL 62.8 (7)
1971 NFL 61.8 (9)
Career 53.5 (106)

Touchdowns
1966 NFL 16 (1/73)
1967 NFL 13 (2)
1968 NFL 20 (1/20)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 12 (2)
Career 90 (31)

Points Scored
1966 NFL 96 (6)
1967 NFL 78 (7)
1968 NFL 120 (1)
Career 540 (142)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1966 NFL 16 (1/72)
1967 NFL 13 (2)
1968 NFL 20 (1/19)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 12 (2)
Career 87 (35)

Non-Offensive TDs
1964 NFL 1 (9)
1965 NFL 2 (2)

Yds From Scrimmage
1966 NFL 1507 (2)
1967 NFL 1487 (1)
1968 NFL 1536 (1)
1969 NFL 1084 (7)
1971 NFL 1117 (9)
Career 9555 (97)

All-Purpose Yds
1965 NFL 1147 (8)
1966 NFL 2014 (2)
1967 NFL 1677 (2)
1968 NFL 1555 (2)
1971 NFL 1420 (5)
Career 12329 (77)

Touches
1966 NFL 273 (4)
1967 NFL 269 (1)
1968 NFL 272 (1)
1969 NFL 225 (5)
1970 NFL 232 (9)
1971 NFL 290 (2)
1972 NFL 252 (9)
Career 2087 (47)

Yds/Touch
1966 NFL 7.4 (5)
1967 NFL 6.2 (10)
1968 NFL 5.7 (9)

Kick Returns
1964 NFL 24 (7)
1965 NFL 24 (7)

Kick Return Yds
1964 NFL 582 (8)
1965 NFL 621 (8)

Yds/Kick Return
Career 23.5 (151)

Punt Returns
1965 NFL 17 (9)
1971 NFL 30 (4)
Career 94 (181)

Punt Return Yds
1964 NFL 171 (9)
1965 NFL 265 (3)
1971 NFL 292 (2)
Career 990 (142)

Punt Return TD
1964 NFL 1 (2/97)
1965 NFL 2 (1/17)
Career 3 (36)

Long Punt Return
1964 NFL 68 (4)
1965 NFL 67 (2)
1966 NFL 52 (9)
1971 NFL 74 (1)

Yds/Punt Return
1965 NFL 15.6 (1/39)
1971 NFL 9.7 (2)
Career 10.5 (48)

Kick & Punt Returns
1965 NFL 41 (5)
Career 170 (173)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1964 NFL 753 (7)
1965 NFL 886 (4)
Career 2774 (200)

Fumbles
1967 NFL 7 (2)
1968 NFL 6 (9)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19661st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19661st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19661st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19661st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19661st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19661st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19671st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19671st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19671st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19671st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19671st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19681st TeamAll-NFL/AFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19681st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19681st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19681st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19681st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19681st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19681st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19692nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19692nd TeamAll-NFLHall of Fame
19692nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19692nd TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19692nd TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19691st TeamAll-NFLUPI
19712nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19712nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19711st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 28 13 RB 145 46 10 33
1971 29 14 RB 185 73 2 9
1972 30 14 RB 132 5 22 68
1973 31 13 RB 75 47
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