Tommy Mason

Thomas Cyril Mason

Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1939 in Lake Charles, LA
College: Tulane

Career AV: 47 (1570th overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft.

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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	AV
1961	22	MIN	RET	20	13	0	60	226	3	21	3.8	17.4	4.6	20	122	6.1	0	18	1.5	9.4	348	3	7	1
1962*	23	MIN	HB	20	14	11	167	740	2	71	4.4	52.9	11.9	36	603	16.8	6	74	2.6	43.1	1343	8	9	8
1963*+	24	MIN	HB	20	13	13	166	763	7	70	4.6	58.7	12.8	40	365	9.1	2	41	3.1	28.1	1128	9	14	13
1964*	25	MIN	HB	20	13	12	169	691	4	51	4.1	53.2	13.0	26	239	9.2	1	29	2.0	18.4	930	5	9	9
1965	26	MIN	HB	20	10	9	141	597	10	26	4.2	59.7	14.1	22	321	14.6	1	72	2.2	32.1	918	11	9	7
1966	27	MIN	HB	20	7	6	58	235	2	52	4.1	33.6	8.3	7	39	5.6	1	17	1.0	5.6	274	3	6	6
1967	28	RAM		20	13	0	63	213	0	16	3.4	16.4	4.8	13	70	5.4	0	24	1.0	5.4	283	0	2	2
1968	29	RAM	hb	20	12	7	108	395	3	19	3.7	32.9	9.0	15	144	9.6	0	31	1.3	12.0	539	3	2	3
1969	30	RAM		20	13	0	33	135	1	17	4.1	10.4	2.5	11	185	16.8	1	67	0.8	14.2	320	2	0	1
1970	31	RAM		20	6	0	44	123	0	13	2.8	20.5	7.3	12	127	10.6	1	32	2.0	21.2	250	1	1	3
1971	32	WAS		20	10	1	31	85	0	11	2.7	8.5	3.1	12	109	9.1	0	18	1.2	10.9	194	0	2	2
Career					124	59	1040	4203	32	71	4.0	33.9	8.4	214	2324	10.9	13	74	1.7	18.7	6527	45	61	55
6 yrs		MIN			70	51	761	3252	28	71	4.3	46.5	10.9	151	1689	11.2	11	74	2.2	24.1	4941	39	54	44
4 yrs		RAM			44	7	248	866	4	19	3.5	19.7	5.6	51	526	10.3	2	67	1.2	12.0	1392	6	5	9
1 yr		WAS			10	1	31	85	0	11	2.7	8.5	3.1	12	109	9.1	0	18	1.2	10.9	194	0	2	2

Kick & Punt Returns

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							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1961	22	MIN	RET	20	13	0	14	146	0	23	10.4	25	603	0	42	24.1	1097
1962*	23	MIN	HB	20	14	11	6	52	0	16	8.7	12	301	0	42	25.1	1696
1963*+	24	MIN	HB	20	13	13	4	63	0	23	15.8	3	61	0	21	20.3	1252
1964*	25	MIN	HB	20	13	12	10	150	0	45	15.0	2	36	0	25	18.0	1116
1965	26	MIN	HB	20	10	9	9	63	0	17	7.0	3	66	0	26	22.0	1047
1966	27	MIN	HB	20	7	6	3	9	0	6	3.0						283
Career					124	59	46	483	0	45	10.5	45	1067	0	42	23.7	8077

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	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%
1961	22	MIN	RET	20	13	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1962*	23	MIN	HB	20	14	11	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	9	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
1964*	25	MIN	HB	20	13	12	1	1	100.0	30	1	100.0	0	0.0	30	30.0	50.0	30.0	2.3	158.3
1965	26	MIN	HB	20	10	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
1967	28	RAM		20	13	0	2	3	66.7	65	1	33.3	0	0.0	51	21.7	28.3	32.5	5.0	149.3
1968	29	RAM	hb	20	12	7	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					124	59	3	9	33.3	95	2	22.2	2	22.2	51	10.6	5.0	31.7	0.8	73.8	0	0	10.6	5.0	0.0
6 yrs		MIN			70	51	1	4	25.0	30	1	25.0	2	50.0	30	7.5	-10.0	30.0	0.4	58.3
4 yrs		RAM			44	7	2	5	40.0	65	1	20.0	0	0.0	51	13.0	17.0	32.5	1.5	127.1	0	0

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
1961	22	MIN	RET	20	13	0								7	2	0	0
1962*	23	MIN	HB	20	14	11								9	3	0	0
1963*+	24	MIN	HB	20	13	13								14	2	0	0
1964*	25	MIN	HB	20	13	12								9	2	0	0
1965	26	MIN	HB	20	10	9								9	2	0	0
1966	27	MIN	HB	20	7	6								6	0	0	0
1967	28	RAM		20	13	0								2	2	0	0
1968	29	RAM	hb	20	12	7								2	0	0	0
1970	31	RAM		20	6	0								1	0	0	0
1971	32	WAS		20	10	1								2	1	0	0
Career					124	59								61	14	0	0
6 yrs		MIN			70	51								54	11	0	0
4 yrs		RAM			44	7								5	2	0	0
1 yr		WAS			10	1								2	1	0	0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1961	22	MIN	RET	20	13	0	3		3	18
1962*	23	MIN	HB	20	14	11	2	6	8	48
1963*+	24	MIN	HB	20	13	13	7	2	9	54
1964*	25	MIN	HB	20	13	12	4	1	5	30
1965	26	MIN	HB	20	10	9	10	1	11	66
1966	27	MIN	HB	20	7	6	2	1	3	18
1968	29	RAM	hb	20	12	7	3		3	18
1969	30	RAM		20	13	0	1	1	2	12
1970	31	RAM		20	6	0		1	1	6
Career					124	59	32	13	45	270
6 yrs		MIN			70	51	28	11	39	234
4 yrs		RAM			44	7	4	2	6	36

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Tom Sullivan, Delvin Williams, Dan Reeves, Ernie Koy, Art Malone, Mark van Eeghen, Andy Johnson, Don Bosseler, Jim Taylor*, Ray Mathews
4	Tom Sullivan, Brian Westbrook, Art Malone, Reggie Bush, Ollie Matson*, Mercury Morris, Ernie Koy, John David Crow, Delvin Williams, Norm Bulaich
5	John David Crow, Merril Hoge, John Fuqua, Tom Sullivan, Boobie Clark, Terry Kirby, Mercury Morris, Kevin Mack, Ernie Koy, Jim Bertelsen
6	Ernie Green, Alex Webster, Johnny Johnson, Willis McGahee, Tom Sullivan, Eddie Price, Kevin Mack, Norm Bulaich, Darrin Nelson, Antowain Smith
7	John David Crow, Norm Bulaich, Kevin Mack, Dexter Bussey, Bill Brown, Greg Bell, Larry Centers, John Fuqua, Johnny Johnson, Ronnie Harmon
8	Terry Kirby, Matt Snell, Timmy Brown, John David Crow, Dexter Bussey, Travis Henry, Clem Daniels, Kevin Mack, Darrin Nelson, Mercury Morris
9	Matt Snell, Terry Kirby, Timmy Brown, Clem Daniels, Essex Johnson, Travis Henry, Kevin Mack, Darrin Nelson, Tom Matte, Gary W. Anderson
10	Terry Kirby, Timmy Brown, Dexter Bussey, Darrin Nelson, Travis Henry, Thomas Jones, Kevin Mack, Matt Snell, Dalton Hilliard, Gary W. Anderson
11	Preston Pearson, Terry Kirby, Dexter Bussey, Timmy Brown, Darrin Nelson, Thomas Jones, Tom Matte, J.D. Smith, Travis Henry, Kevin Mack
Career	Terry Kirby, Timmy Brown, Tom Matte, Darrin Nelson, Thomas Jones, Dexter Bussey, Travis Henry, Kevin Mack, Matt Snell, Antowain Smith

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1962 1963 1964	First-Team All-Pro 1963	Rushing Att 1962 NFL 167 (9) 1963 NFL 166 (7) 1964 NFL 169 (7) Career 1040 (150)	Rushing Yds 1962 NFL 740 (10) 1963 NFL 763 (5) 1964 NFL 691 (8) 1965 NFL 597 (10) Career 4203 (153)
Rushing TD 1963 NFL 7 (3) 1965 NFL 10 (3) Career 32 (154)	Long Rush 1962 NFL 71 (3) 1963 NFL 70 (4) 1966 NFL 52 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1962 NFL 4.4 (7) 1963 NFL 4.6 (6) 1965 NFL 4.2 (7)	Rushing Yds/Game 1962 NFL 52.9 (10) 1963 NFL 58.7 (5) 1964 NFL 53.2 (8) 1965 NFL 59.7 (4)
Touchdowns 1965 NFL 11 (5)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1965 NFL 11 (5)	Yds From Scrimmage 1962 NFL 1343 (6) 1963 NFL 1128 (6)	All-Purpose Yds 1962 NFL 1696 (5) 1963 NFL 1252 (10) 1965 NFL 1047 (10)
Touches 1962 NFL 221 (9) 1963 NFL 213 (5) 1964 NFL 207 (6) Career 1345 (144)	Yds/Touch 1961 NFL 9.2 (7) 1962 NFL 7.7 (5) 1965 NFL 6.0 (6)	Kick Returns 1961 NFL 25 (6)	Kick Return Yds 1961 NFL 603 (10)
Punt Returns 1961 NFL 14 (10)	Punt Return Yds 1961 NFL 146 (10)	Yds/Punt Return 1961 NFL 10.4 (5)	Kick & Punt Returns 1961 NFL 39 (5)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1961 NFL 749 (6)	Fumbles 1962 NFL 9 (3) 1963 NFL 14 (1/41) 1964 NFL 9 (4) 1965 NFL 9 (4) 1966 NFL 6 (10) Career 61 (78)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1963 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1964 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy
Glossary · CSV · PRE

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1970 31 6 RB 31 80

1971 32 10 RB 19 98

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Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1970	31	6	RB	31	80
1971	32	10	RB	19	98
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1963	Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
	NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
	UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1964	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
	UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL