Don Maynard

Donald Rogers Maynard

Position: E-FL-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 lbs.

Born: January 25, 1935 in Crosbyton, TX
College: Rice, Texas-El Paso (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 9th round (109th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 100 (148th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1987, finalist in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

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All-Time Rank: #203. Torry Holt… #204. Robert Brazile… #205. Troy Aikman… #206. DON MAYNARD… #207. Jack Christiansen… #208. Dave Wilcox… #209. Steve Hutchinson…

All-Time Rank: #203. Torry Holt… #204. Robert Brazile… #205. Troy Aikman… #206. DON MAYNARD… #207. Jack Christiansen… #208. Dave Wilcox… #209. Steve Hutchinson…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1958	23	NYG	PR	13	12		5	84	16.8	0	31	0.4	7.0	12	45	0	14	3.8	3.8	1.0	129	0	3	1
1960	25	NYT	FL	13	14		72	1265	17.6	6	65	5.1	90.4								1265	6	0	14
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14		43	629	14.6	8	45	3.1	44.9								629	8	1	6
1962	27	NYT	FL	13	14		56	1041	18.6	8	86	4.0	74.4								1041	8	0	8
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12		38	780	20.5	9	73	3.2	65.0	2	6	0	8	3.0	0.5	0.2	786	9	0	8
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14		46	847	18.4	8	68	3.3	60.5	3	3	0	14	1.0	0.2	0.2	850	8	1	8
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14		68	1218	17.9	14	56	4.9	87.0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	1220	14	1	14
1966	31	NYJ	FL	13	14		48	840	17.5	5	55	3.4	60.0								840	5	0	9
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14		71	1434	20.2	10	75	5.1	102.4	4	18	0	7	4.5	1.3	0.3	1452	10	1	16
1968*	33	NYJ	FL	13	13		57	1297	22.8	10	87	4.4	99.8								1297	10	0	16
1969*+	34	NYJ	FL	13	11		47	938	20.0	6	60	4.3	85.3	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	932	6	0	12
1970	35	NYJ	WR	13	10	0	31	525	16.9	0	47	3.1	52.5								525	0	1	6
1971	36	NYJ	WR	13	14	0	21	408	19.4	2	74	1.5	29.1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	410	2	0	6
1972	37	NYJ	WR	13	14	0	29	510	17.6	2	41	2.1	36.4								510	2	0	7
1973	38	STL		13	2		1	18	18.0	0	18	0.5	9.0								18	0	0	0
Career					186	0	633	11834	18.7	88	87	3.4	63.6	24	70	0	14	2.9	0.4	0.1	11904	88	8	131
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	0	627	11732	18.7	88	87	3.6	68.2	12	25	0	14	2.1	0.1	0.1	11757	88	5	130
1 yr		NYG			12	0	5	84	16.8	0	31	0.4	7.0	12	45	0	14	3.8	3.8	1.0	129	0	3	1
1 yr		STL			2	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.5	9.0								18	0	0	0

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
1958	23	NYG	PR	13	12		24	117	0	22	4.9	11	284	0	44	25.8	530
1960	25	NYT	FL	13	14							3	59	0	0	19.7	1324
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14		1	9	0	9	9.0						638
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12		1	6	0	6	6.0						792
Career					186		26	132	0	22	5.1	14	343	0	44	24.5	12379
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	0	2	15	0	9	7.5	3	59	0	0	19.7	11831
1 yr		NYG			12	0	24	117	0	22	4.9	11	284	0	44	25.8	530

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
1958	23	NYG	PR	13	12								0	3	2	0	0
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14								0	1	0	0	0
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14								0	1	0	0	0
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14								0	1	0	0	0
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14								0	1	0	0	0
1970	35	NYJ	WR	13	10	0							0	1	0	0	0
Career					186	0							0	8	2	0	0
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	0							0	5	0	0	0
1 yr		NYG			12	0							0	3	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	Pts
1960	25	NYT	FL	13	14		6	6		36
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14		8	8		48
1962	27	NYT	FL	13	14		8	8		48
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12		9	9		54
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14		8	8		48
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14		14	14		84
1966	31	NYJ	FL	13	14		5	5		30
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14		10	10	1	62
1968*	33	NYJ	FL	13	13		10	10		60
1969*+	34	NYJ	FL	13	11		6	6	1	38
1971	36	NYJ	WR	13	14	0	2	2		12
1972	37	NYJ	WR	13	14	0	2	2		12
Career					186	0	88	88	2	532

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12	Gail Cogdill, Jake Reed, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, John Jefferson, John Taylor, Lynn Swann*, Carl Pickens, Joe Horn, Gary Collins, Mel Gray
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1965 1967 1968 1969	First-Team All-Pro 1969	Approximate Value 1960 AFL 14 (10) 1967 AFL 16 (5) 1968 AFL 16 (4) Career 131 (152)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 100 (148)
Receptions 1960 AFL 72 (2) 1962 AFL 56 (5) 1965 AFL 68 (3) 1966 AFL 48 (9) 1967 AFL 71 (2) 1968 AFL 57 (5) 1969 AFL 47 (5) Career 633 (52)	Receiving Yds 1960 AFL 1265 (2) 1962 AFL 1041 (2) 1963 AFL 780 (10) 1964 AFL 847 (10) 1965 AFL 1218 (2) 1966 AFL 840 (6) 1967 AFL 1434 (1/49) 1968 AFL 1297 (2) 1969 AFL 938 (3) Career 11834 (22)	Receiving TD 1960 AFL 6 (6) 1961 AFL 8 (5) 1962 AFL 8 (3) 1963 AFL 9 (5) 1964 AFL 8 (6) 1965 AFL 14 (1/31) 1966 AFL 5 (8) 1967 AFL 10 (3) 1968 AFL 10 (3) 1969 AFL 6 (10) Career 88 (11)	Long Reception 1960 AFL 65 (10) 1962 AFL 86 (6) 1964 AFL 68 (10) 1967 AFL 75 (3) 1968 AFL 87 (4)
Yds/Reception 1960 AFL 17.6 (4) 1962 AFL 18.6 (4) 1963 AFL 20.5 (2) 1964 AFL 18.4 (6) 1965 AFL 17.9 (5) 1966 AFL 17.5 (6) 1967 AFL 20.2 (2) 1968 AFL 22.8 (1/50) 1969 AFL 20.0 (6) Career 18.7 (23)	Receiving Yds/Game 1960 AFL 90.4 (3/83) 1962 AFL 74.4 (2) 1963 AFL 65.0 (7) 1964 AFL 60.5 (10) 1965 AFL 87.0 (2) 1966 AFL 60.0 (6) 1967 AFL 102.4 (1/24) 1968 AFL 99.8 (1/36) 1969 AFL 85.3 (2) Career 63.6 (36)	Touchdowns 1961 AFL 8 (8) 1962 AFL 8 (6) 1963 AFL 9 (7) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1965 AFL 14 (1) 1967 AFL 10 (4) 1968 AFL 10 (3) Career 88 (34)	Points Scored 1965 AFL 84 (5) 1968 AFL 60 (9) Career 532 (149)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1961 AFL 8 (8) 1962 AFL 8 (6) 1963 AFL 9 (7) 1964 AFL 8 (7) 1965 AFL 14 (1) 1967 AFL 10 (4) 1968 AFL 10 (3) Career 88 (32)	2-pt. Conv. Made Career 2 (68)	Yds From Scrimmage 1960 AFL 1265 (3) 1962 AFL 1041 (7) 1965 AFL 1220 (5) 1967 AFL 1452 (2) 1968 AFL 1297 (2) 1969 AFL 932 (10) Career 11904 (54)	All-Purpose Yds 1960 AFL 1324 (7) 1965 AFL 1220 (7) 1967 AFL 1452 (3) 1968 AFL 1297 (4) Career 12379 (73)
Yds/Touch Career 17.8 (18)	Punt Returns 1958 NFL 24 (4)	Kick & Punt Returns 1958 NFL 35 (4)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1960	2nd Team	All-AFL	AFL
1960	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI
1965	2nd Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1965	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1967	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI
1968	2nd Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1968	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1968	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Associated Press
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Pro Football Writers
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	Hall of Fame
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1969	1st Team	All-AFL	NY Daily News
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	Sporting News
1969	2nd Team	All-AFL	UPI

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
1970	35	10	WR	53	43
1971	36	14	WR	53	41
1972	37	14	WR	63	34
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