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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

Career AV: 70 (571st overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1987

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

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 9th round (109th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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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 RET 13 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
1960 25 NYT FL 13 14 0 72 1265 17.6 6 65 5.1 90.4 1265 6 0 3
1961 26 NYT FL 13 14 0 43 629 14.6 8 45 3.1 44.9 629 8 1 3
1962 27 NYT FL 13 14 0 56 1041 18.6 8 86 4.0 74.4 1041 8 0 3
1963 28 NYJ FL 13 12 0 38 780 20.5 9 73 3.2 65.0 2 6 0 8 3.0 0.5 0.2 786 9 0 4
1964 29 NYJ FL 13 14 0 46 847 18.4 8 68 3.3 60.5 3 3 0 14 1.0 0.2 0.2 850 8 1 4
1965* 30 NYJ FL 13 14 0 68 1218 17.9 14 56 4.9 87.0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 1220 14 1 9
1966 31 NYJ FL 13 14 0 48 840 17.5 5 55 3.4 60.0 840 5 0 6
1967* 32 NYJ FL 13 14 0 71 1434 20.2 10 75 5.1 102.4 4 18 0 7 4.5 1.3 0.3 1452 10 1 12
1968* 33 NYJ FL 13 13 0 57 1297 22.8 10 87 4.4 99.8 1297 10 0 12
1969*+ 34 NYJ FL 13 11 0 47 938 20.0 6 60 4.3 85.3 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.5 0.1 932 6 0 13
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 0 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 89
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 88
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

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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
1958 23 NYG RET 13 12 0 24 117 0 22 4.9 11 284 0 44 25.8 530
1960 25 NYT FL 13 14 0 3 59 0 0 19.7 1324
1961 26 NYT FL 13 14 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 638
1963 28 NYJ FL 13 12 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 792
Career 186 0 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

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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
1958 23 NYG RET 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 1 0 0 0
Career 186 0 8 2 0 0
13 yrs NYJ-NYT 172 0 5 0 0 0
1 yr NYG 12 0 3 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 25 NYT FL 13 14 0 6 6 36
1961 26 NYT FL 13 14 0 8 8 48
1962 27 NYT FL 13 14 0 8 8 48
1963 28 NYJ FL 13 12 0 9 9 54
1964 29 NYJ FL 13 14 0 8 8 48
1965* 30 NYJ FL 13 14 0 14 14 84
1966 31 NYJ FL 13 14 0 5 5 30
1967* 32 NYJ FL 13 14 0 10 10 1 62
1968* 33 NYJ FL 13 13 0 10 10 60
1969*+ 34 NYJ FL 13 11 0 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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1965
1967
1968
1969

First-Team All-Pro

1969

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 (44)

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 (1/42)

1968 AFL 1297 (2)
1969 AFL 938 (3)
Career 11834 (18)

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 (1/27)

1966 AFL 5 (8)
1967 AFL 10 (3)
1968 AFL 10 (3)
1969 AFL 6 (10)
Career 88 (10)

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 (24)

Receiving Yds/Game

1960 AFL 90.4 (3/75)
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 (1/22)

1968 AFL 99.8 (1/33)

1969 AFL 85.3 (2)
Career 63.6 (30)

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 (33)

Points Scored

1965 AFL 84 (5)
1968 AFL 60 (9)
Career 532 (140)

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 (31)

2-pt. Conv. Made

Career 2 (61)

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 (46)

All-Purpose Yds

1960 AFL 1324 (7)
1965 AFL 1220 (7)
1967 AFL 1452 (3)
1968 AFL 1297 (4)
Career 12379 (64)

Yds/Touch

Career 17.8 (18)

Punt Returns

1958 NFL 24 (4)

Kick & Punt Returns

1958 NFL 35 (4)

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

All-Pro Teams

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 35 10 WR 53 42
1971 36 14 WR 53 41
1972 37 14 WR 63 34
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