Jack Kemp

John French Kemp

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 201 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
College: Occidental

Career AV: 56 (1053rd overall since 1950)

7-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 17th round (203rd overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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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%	AV
1957	22	PIT		7	4	0		8	18	44.4	88	0	0.0	2	11.1	21	4.9	-0.1	11.0	22.0	19.9						1
1960+	25	LAC	QB	15	14	12	9-3-0	211	406	52.0	3018	20	4.9	25	6.2	69	7.4	5.6	14.3	215.6	67.1						8
1961*	26	SDG	QB	15	14	14	12-2-0	165	364	45.3	2686	15	4.1	22	6.0	91	7.4	5.5	16.3	191.9	59.2						7
1962	27	2TM			6	5	3-2-0	64	139	46.0	928	5	3.6	6	4.3	67	6.7	5.5	14.5	154.7	62.3						4
		BUF		15	4	3	2-1-0	51	94	54.3	636	3	3.2	4	4.3	31	6.8	5.5	12.5	159.0	68.4						2
		SDG		15	2	2	1-1-0	13	45	28.9	292	2	4.4	2	4.4	67	6.5	5.4	22.5	146.0	50.4						2
1963*	28	BUF	QB	15	14	12	5-6-1	193	384	50.3	2910	13	3.4	20	5.2	89	7.6	5.9	15.1	207.9	65.1						7
1964*	29	BUF	QB	15	14	13	11-2-0	119	269	44.2	2285	13	4.8	26	9.7	94	8.5	5.1	19.2	163.2	50.9						9
1965*+	30	BUF	QB	15	14	13	9-3-1	179	391	45.8	2368	10	2.6	18	4.6	78	6.1	4.5	13.2	169.1	54.8						8
1966*	31	BUF	QB	15	14	14	9-4-1	166	389	42.7	2451	11	2.8	16	4.1	55	6.3	5.0	14.8	175.1	56.2						10
1967	32	BUF	QB	15	14	11	3-8-0	161	369	43.6	2503	14	3.8	26	7.0	63	6.8	4.4	15.5	178.8	50.0						5
1969*	34	BUF	QB	15	14	11	4-7-0	170	344	49.4	1981	13	3.8	22	6.4	55	5.8	3.6	11.7	141.5	53.2	21	187	4.9	2.9	5.8	9
Career					122	105	65-37-3	1436	3073	46.7	21218	114	3.7	183	6.0	94	6.9	5.0	14.8	173.9	57.3	21	187	6.8	4.9	0.7	68
7 yrs		BUF			88	77	43-31-3	1039	2240	46.4	15134	77	3.4	132	5.9	94	6.8	4.8	14.6	172.0	55.8	21	187	4.9	2.9	5.8	50
3 yrs		SDG-LAC			30	28	22-6-0	389	815	47.7	5996	37	4.5	49	6.0	91	7.4	5.6	15.4	199.9	62.6						17
1 yr		PIT			4	0		8	18	44.4	88	0	0.0	2	11.1	21	4.9	-0.1	11.0	22.0	19.9						1

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1960 (0-1), 1961 (0-1), 1963 (0-1), 1964 (1-0), 1965 (1-0), 1966 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

Glossary · What is all this? · · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1960+	25	LAC	QB	15	14	12	9-3-0	406	112		107		116	99	99		107
1961*	26	SDG	QB	15	14	14	12-2-0	364	110		106		92	92	102		99
1962	27	2TM			6	5	3-2-0	139	97		104		94	88	118		101
		BUF		15	4	3	2-1-0	94
1963*	28	BUF	QB	15	14	12	5-6-1	384	110		108		105	84	111		103
1964*	29	BUF	QB	15	14	13	11-2-0	269	126		100		89	99	52		87
1965*+	30	BUF	QB	15	14	13	9-3-1	391	91		94		97	82	112		94
1966*	31	BUF	QB	15	14	14	9-4-1	389	96		100		89	83	121		95
1967	32	BUF	QB	15	14	11	3-8-0	369	100		93		90	91	83		89
1969*	34	BUF	QB	15	14	11	4-7-0	344	86	86	86	85	103	92	91	109	90
Career					122	105	65-37-3	3073	103	86	100	85	98	90	99	109	96

Rushing & Receiving

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							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
1957	22	PIT		7	4	0	3	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.3	0.8								-1	0	1
1960+	25	LAC	QB	15	14	12	54	238	8	8	4.4	17.0	3.9								238	8	9
1961*	26	SDG	QB	15	14	14	43	105	6	23	2.4	7.5	3.1								105	6	10
1962	27	2TM			6	5	20	84	2	28	4.2	14.0	3.3								84	2	3
		SDG		15	2	2	8	28	1	19	3.5	14.0	4.0								28	1	2
		BUF		15	4	3	12	56	1	28	4.7	14.0	3.0								56	1	1
1963*	28	BUF	QB	15	14	12	50	239	8	26	4.8	17.1	3.6								239	8	10
1964*	29	BUF	QB	15	14	13	37	124	5	14	3.4	8.9	2.6								124	5	7
1965*+	30	BUF	QB	15	14	13	36	49	4	12	1.4	3.5	2.6	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.6	40	4	9
1966*	31	BUF	QB	15	14	14	40	130	5	26	3.3	9.3	2.9								130	5	7
1967	32	BUF	QB	15	14	11	36	58	2	14	1.6	4.1	2.6								58	2	14
1969*	34	BUF	QB	15	14	11	37	124	0	13	3.4	8.9	2.6								124	0	8
Career					122	105	356	1150	40	28	3.2	9.4	2.9	1	-9	-9.0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	1141	40	78
7 yrs		BUF			88	77	248	780	25	28	3.1	8.9	2.8	1	-9	-9.0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	771	25	56
3 yrs		SDG-LAC			30	28	105	371	15	23	3.5	12.4	3.5								371	15	21
1 yr		PIT			4	0	3	-1	0	2	-0.3	-0.3	0.8								-1	0	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
1957	22	PIT		7	4	0								1	0	0	0
1960+	25	LAC	QB	15	14	12								9	0	0	0
1961*	26	SDG	QB	15	14	14								10	0	0	0
1962	27	2TM			6	5								3	0	0	0
		BUF		15	4	3								1	0	0	0
		SDG		15	2	2								2	0	0	0
1963*	28	BUF	QB	15	14	12								10	0	0	0
1964*	29	BUF	QB	15	14	13								7	0	0	0
1965*+	30	BUF	QB	15	14	13								9	6	0	0
1966*	31	BUF	QB	15	14	14								7	0	0	0
1967	32	BUF	QB	15	14	11								14	6	0	0
1969*	34	BUF	QB	15	14	11								8	5	0	0
Career					122	105								78	17	0	0
7 yrs		BUF			88	77								56	17	0	0
3 yrs		SDG-LAC			30	28								21	0	0	0
1 yr		PIT			4	0								1	0	0	0

Kicking & Punting

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							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
1957	22	PIT		7	4	0																	2	55	33	0	27.5
Career					122	105																	2	55	33	0	27.5

Scoring Summary

Glossary · · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1960+	25	LAC	QB	15	14	12	8	8		48
1961*	26	SDG	QB	15	14	14	6	6		36
1962	27	2TM			6	5	2	2		12
		BUF		15	4	3	1	1		6
		SDG		15	2	2	1	1		6
1963*	28	BUF	QB	15	14	12	8	8		48
1964*	29	BUF	QB	15	14	13	5	5		30
1965*+	30	BUF	QB	15	14	13	4	4		24
1966*	31	BUF	QB	15	14	14	5	5		30
1967	32	BUF	QB	15	14	11	2	2	1	14
Career					122	105	40	40	1	242
7 yrs		BUF			88	77	25	25	1	152
3 yrs		SDG-LAC			30	28	15	15		90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards 1965 AFL AP Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1969	First-Team All-Pro 1960 1965	Passes Completed 1960 AFL 211 (2) 1961 AFL 165 (5) 1962 AFL 64 (9) 1963 AFL 193 (2) 1964 AFL 119 (8) 1965 AFL 179 (2) 1966 AFL 166 (4) 1967 AFL 161 (6) 1969 AFL 170 (4) Career 1436 (98)
Pass Attempts 1960 AFL 406 (2) 1961 AFL 364 (3) 1962 AFL 139 (9) 1963 AFL 384 (2) 1964 AFL 269 (7) 1965 AFL 391 (3) 1966 AFL 389 (2) 1967 AFL 369 (4) 1969 AFL 344 (4) Career 3073 (79)	Passing Yds 1960 AFL 3018 (2) 1961 AFL 2686 (2) 1962 AFL 928 (9) 1963 AFL 2910 (2) 1964 AFL 2285 (6) 1965 AFL 2368 (4) 1966 AFL 2451 (6) 1967 AFL 2503 (5) 1969 AFL 1981 (7) Career 21218 (82)	Passing TD 1960 AFL 20 (5) 1961 AFL 15 (4) 1963 AFL 13 (6) 1964 AFL 13 (7) 1965 AFL 10 (7) 1966 AFL 11 (7) 1967 AFL 14 (8) 1969 AFL 13 (6) Career 114 (102)	Passer Rating 1960 AFL 67.1 (4) 1961 AFL 59.2 (5) 1963 AFL 65.1 (6) 1964 AFL 50.9 (9) 1965 AFL 54.8 (5) 1966 AFL 56.2 (6) 1967 AFL 50.0 (8) 1969 AFL 53.2 (9)
Long Pass 1960 AFL 69 (7) 1961 AFL 91 (1/69) 1963 AFL 89 (3/99) 1964 AFL 94 (1/43) 1965 AFL 78 (4) 1967 AFL 63 (8)	Passes Intercepted 1960 AFL 25 (3/39) 1961 AFL 22 (3) 1963 AFL 20 (3) 1964 AFL 26 (3/26) 1965 AFL 18 (4) 1966 AFL 16 (4) 1967 AFL 26 (2/26) 1969 AFL 22 (2) Career 183 (32)	Sacked 1969 AFL 21 (7)	Sacked Yds Lost 1969 AFL 187 (7)
Passing Yds/Game 1960 AFL 215.6 (2) 1961 AFL 191.9 (2) 1963 AFL 207.9 (2) 1964 AFL 163.2 (6) 1965 AFL 169.1 (5) 1966 AFL 175.1 (6) 1967 AFL 178.8 (5) 1969 AFL 141.5 (10) Career 173.9 (72)	Yds/Pass Att 1960 AFL 7.4 (1) 1961 AFL 7.4 (2) 1963 AFL 7.6 (3) 1964 AFL 8.5 (1/64) 1965 AFL 6.1 (4) 1966 AFL 6.3 (7) 1967 AFL 6.8 (5) 1969 AFL 5.8 (9) Career 6.9 (100)	Yds/Pass Cmp 1960 AFL 14.3 (1) 1961 AFL 16.3 (2/39) 1963 AFL 15.1 (3) 1964 AFL 19.2 (1/2) 1965 AFL 13.2 (6) 1966 AFL 14.8 (4) 1967 AFL 15.5 (1/87) 1969 AFL 11.7 (9) Career 14.8 (11)	Pass Attempts/Game 1960 AFL 29.0 (2) 1961 AFL 26.0 (3) 1963 AFL 27.4 (3) 1964 AFL 19.2 (7) 1965 AFL 27.9 (3) 1966 AFL 27.8 (2) 1967 AFL 26.4 (5) 1969 AFL 24.6 (5) Career 25.2 (72)
Adj Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 3.64 (9) Career 4.97 (172)	Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 4.92 (9)	Adj Net Yds/Pass Att 1969 AFL 2.92 (9)	Passes Completed/Game 1960 AFL 15.1 (2) 1961 AFL 11.8 (5) 1963 AFL 13.8 (2) 1964 AFL 8.5 (8) 1965 AFL 12.8 (2) 1966 AFL 11.9 (4) 1967 AFL 11.5 (6) 1969 AFL 12.1 (5) Career 11.8 (126)
Pass Completion % 1960 AFL 52.0% (2) 1961 AFL 45.3% (7) 1963 AFL 50.3% (4) 1964 AFL 44.2% (9) 1965 AFL 45.8% (4) 1966 AFL 42.7% (7) 1967 AFL 43.6% (7) 1969 AFL 49.4% (4)	Pass Intercept. % 1960 AFL 6.2% (6) 1961 AFL 6.0% (4) 1963 AFL 5.2% (1) 1964 AFL 9.7% (9) 1965 AFL 4.6% (3) 1966 AFL 4.1% (3) 1967 AFL 7.0% (8) 1969 AFL 6.4% (9) Career 6.0% (191)	Passing TD % 1960 AFL 4.9% (5) 1961 AFL 4.1% (6) 1963 AFL 3.4% (8) 1964 AFL 4.8% (5) 1965 AFL 2.6% (8) 1966 AFL 2.8% (7) 1967 AFL 3.8% (9) 1969 AFL 3.8% (7) Career 3.7% (154)	Sack % 1969 AFL 5.75% (5)
Rushing TD 1960 AFL 8 (2) 1961 AFL 6 (4) 1963 AFL 8 (2) 1964 AFL 5 (4) 1965 AFL 4 (9) 1966 AFL 5 (7) Career 40 (94)	Touchdowns 1960 AFL 8 (10) 1963 AFL 8 (10)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1960 AFL 8 (9) 1963 AFL 8 (10)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 1 (146)
Fumbles 1960 AFL 9 (3) 1961 AFL 10 (2) 1963 AFL 10 (1) 1964 AFL 7 (4) 1965 AFL 9 (1) 1966 AFL 7 (3) 1967 AFL 14 (1/41) 1969 AFL 8 (3) Career 78 (36)	Fumbles Recovered 1965 AFL 6 (1/44) 1967 AFL 6 (1/44) 1969 AFL 5 (1) Career 17 (151)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1960	AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
	Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
	UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1961	AFL: 2nd Team All-AFL
	NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
	UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1963	UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1965	AFL: 1st Team All-AFL
	Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
	NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
	UPI: 1st Team All-AFL
1966	AFL: 2nd Team All-AFL
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
	NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL

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