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Mike Lucci

Michael Gene Lucci

Position: LB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: December 29, 1939 in Ambridge, PA
College: Pittsburgh, Tennessee

Career AV: 64 (758th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 5th round (69th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1962 23 CLE RLB 52 13 0 7
1963 24 CLE 52 10 0 2
1964 25 CLE 52 14 0 0 1 0 0 1
1965 26 DET llb 53 11 3 0 1 0 0 4
1966 27 DET LLB 53 13 0 5 118 1 63 6
1967 28 DET MLB 53 14 0 2 47 1 31 9
1968 29 DET MLB 53 12 0 1 1 0 1 8
1969 30 DET MLB 53 14 0 0 1 0 0 10
1970 31 DET MLB 53 14 0 2 18 0 12 0 3 0 0 10
1971* 32 DET MLB 53 14 0 5 74 2 27 1 0 0 0 9
1972 33 DET MLB 53 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7
1973 34 DET MLB 53 11 0 4 50 0 21 0 1 0 0 7
Career 154 3 21 308 4 63 1 9 2 0 80
9 yrs DET 117 3 21 308 4 63 1 8 2 0 70
3 yrs CLE 37 0 0 1 0 0 10

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
1965 26 DET llb 53 11 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 154 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 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
1966 27 DET LLB 53 13 0 1 1 6
1967 28 DET MLB 53 14 0 1 1 6
1971* 32 DET MLB 53 14 0 2 2 12
Career 154 3 4 4 24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1971

Non-Offensive TDs

1966 NFL 1 (7)
1971 NFL 2 (3)
Career 4 (176)

Interceptions

1966 NFL 5 (9)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1966 NFL 118 (10)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1966 NFL 1 (3)
1967 NFL 1 (8)
1971 NFL 2 (2/24)
Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1966 NFL 63 (6)

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

All-Pro Teams

1969Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1970UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1971Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.