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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 State

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1994

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

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 8th round (110th overall) of the 1964 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1964 22 CLE 14 0 6 12 0 5 2.0 0.9 0.4 12 0 0
1965 23 CLE RET 13 0 37 139 0 16 3.8 10.7 2.8 9 122 13.6 0 52 0.7 9.4 261 0 3
1966*+ 24 CLE HB 14 0 209 1141 15 70 5.5 81.5 14.9 32 366 11.4 1 40 2.3 26.1 1507 16 1
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 14 0 235 1205 11 42 5.1 86.1 16.8 20 282 14.1 2 48 1.4 20.1 1487 13 7
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 14 0 248 1239 16 65 5.0 88.5 17.7 22 297 13.5 4 68 1.6 21.2 1536 20 6
1969* 27 CLE FB 13 0 196 817 9 31 4.2 62.8 15.1 20 267 13.4 1 36 1.5 20.5 1084 10 1
1970* 28 CLE RB 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
1971* 29 CLE RB 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
1972 30 CLE RB 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
1973 31 CLE RB 13 0 132 389 3 19 2.9 29.9 10.2 15 180 12.0 0 36 1.2 13.8 569 3 3
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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1964 22 CLE 14 0 9 171 1 68 19.0 24 582 0 45 24.3 765
1965 23 CLE RET 13 0 17 265 2 67 15.6 24 621 0 51 25.9 1147
1966*+ 24 CLE HB 14 0 13 104 0 52 8.0 19 403 0 49 21.2 2014
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 14 0 9 59 0 32 6.6 5 131 0 32 26.2 1677
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 1555
1969* 27 CLE FB 13 0 7 28 0 13 4.0 2 26 0 14 13.0 1138
1970* 28 CLE RB 13 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 982
1971* 29 CLE RB 14 0 30 292 0 74 9.7 1 11 0 11 11.0 1420
1972 30 CLE RB 14 0 5 40 0 14 8.0 1055
1973 31 CLE RB 13 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 576
Career 136 0 94 990 3 74 10.5 76 1784 0 51 23.5 12329

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1966*+ 24 CLE HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 14 0 1 4 25.0 34 1 25.0 0 0.0 34 8.5 11.0 34.0 2.4 102.1
1969* 27 CLE FB 13 0 1 5 20.0 36 1 20.0 0 0.0 36 7.2 9.2 36.0 2.8 96.7 0 0 7.2 9.2 0.0
1971* 29 CLE RB 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 5.8 5.8 0.0
1972 30 CLE RB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 7 -3.5 -3.5 50.0
Career 136 0 3 16 18.8 93 2 12.5 0 0.0 36 5.8 7.1 31.0 0.7 90.9 1 7 5.1 6.2 5.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos 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 14 0 10 407 51 0 40.7
Career 136 0 10 407 51 0 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1965 23 CLE RET 13 0 3 2 0 0
1966*+ 24 CLE HB 14 0 1 0 0 0
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 14 0 7 2 0 0
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 14 0 6 1 1 0
1969* 27 CLE FB 13 0 1 1 0 0
1970* 28 CLE RB 13 0 3 1 0 0
1971* 29 CLE RB 14 0 7 2 0 0
1972 30 CLE RB 14 0 4 1 0 0
1973 31 CLE RB 13 0 3 0 0 0
Career 136 0 35 10 1 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1964 22 CLE 14 0 1 6
1965 23 CLE RET 13 0 2 12
1966*+ 24 CLE HB 14 0 15 1 96
1967*+ 25 CLE HB 14 0 11 2 78
1968*+ 26 CLE HB 14 0 16 4 120
1969* 27 CLE FB 13 0 9 1 60
1970* 28 CLE RB 13 0 6 2 48
1971* 29 CLE RB 14 0 10 2 72
1972 30 CLE RB 14 0 4 1 30
1973 31 CLE RB 13 0 3 18
Career 136 0 74 13 3 540

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1968 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971

1st-team All-Pro

1966
1967
1968

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 (47)

Rushing Yds

1966 NFL 1141 (2)
1967 NFL 1205 (1)
1968 NFL 1239 (1)
1969 NFL 817 (7)
1971 NFL 865 (8)
Career 7274 (47)

Rushing TD

1966 NFL 15 (1-- 37)
1967 NFL 11 (1)
1968 NFL 16 (1-- 28)
1969 NFL 9 (2)
1970 NFL 6 (9)
1971 NFL 10 (2)
Career 74 (22)

Long Rush

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

Yds/Rushing Att

1966 NFL 5.5 (1-- 69)
1967 NFL 5.1 (1)
1968 NFL 5.0 (2)
1969 NFL 4.2 (8)
Career 4.2 (153)

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 (91)

Touchdowns

1966 NFL 16 (1-- 68)
1967 NFL 13 (2)
1968 NFL 20 (1-- 20)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 12 (2)
Career 90 (30)

Points Scored

1966 NFL 96 (6)
1967 NFL 78 (7)
1968 NFL 120 (1)
Career 540 (131)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1966 NFL 16 (1-- 67)
1967 NFL 13 (2)
1968 NFL 20 (1-- 19)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 12 (2)
Career 87 (34)

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 (84)

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 (65)

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 (44)

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 (128)

Punt Returns

1965 NFL 17 (9)
1971 NFL 30 (4)
Career 94 (161)

Punt Return Yds

1964 NFL 171 (9)
1965 NFL 265 (3)
1971 NFL 292 (2)
Career 990 (127)

Punt Return TD

1964 NFL 1 (2-- 89)
1965 NFL 2 (1-- 15)
Career 3 (33)

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-- 34)
1971 NFL 9.7 (2)
Career 10.5 (43)

Kick & Punt Returns

1965 NFL 41 (5)
Career 170 (162)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1964 NFL 753 (7)
1965 NFL 886 (4)
Career 2774 (183)

Fumbles

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

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
1966 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1966 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL/AFL
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - Hall of Fame: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 49
537 124