Freeman McNeil

Freeman McNeil

Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 216 lbs.

Born: April 22, 1959 in Jackson, MS
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (406th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #431. John Taylor… #432. Darren Woodson… #433. Bill Stanfill… #434. FREEMAN MCNEIL… #435. Don Perkins… #436. Kenny Easley… #437. Michael Carter…

All-Time Rank: #431. John Taylor… #432. Darren Woodson… #433. Bill Stanfill… #434. FREEMAN MCNEIL… #435. Don Perkins… #436. Kenny Easley… #437. Michael Carter…

Rushing & Receiving

							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
1981	22	NYJ	RB	24	11	6	137	623	2	43	4.5	56.6	12.5	18	171	9.5	1	18	1.6	15.5	794	3	5	6
1982*+	23	NYJ	RB	24	9	9	151	786	6	48	5.2	87.3	16.8	16	187	11.7	1	32	1.8	20.8	973	7	7	16
1983	24	NYJ	RB	24	9	9	160	654	1	19	4.1	72.7	17.8	21	172	8.2	3	21	2.3	19.1	826	4	4	5
1984*	25	NYJ	RB	24	12	12	229	1070	5	53	4.7	89.2	19.1	25	294	11.8	1	32	2.1	24.5	1364	6	4	11
1985*	26	NYJ	RB	24	14	13	294	1331	3	69	4.5	95.1	21.0	38	427	11.2	2	25	2.7	30.5	1758	5	9	14
1986	27	NYJ	RB	24	12	11	214	856	5	40	4.0	71.3	17.8	49	410	8.4	1	26	4.1	34.2	1266	6	8	11
1987	28	NYJ	RB	24	9	8	121	530	0	30	4.4	58.9	13.4	24	262	10.9	1	57	2.7	29.1	792	1	1	7
1988	29	NYJ	RB	24	16	16	219	944	6	28	4.3	59.0	13.7	34	288	8.5	1	25	2.1	18.0	1232	7	3	11
1989	30	NYJ	rb	24	11	7	80	352	2	19	4.4	32.0	7.3	31	310	10.0	1	25	2.8	28.2	662	3	1	4
1990	31	NYJ		24	16	4	99	458	6	29	4.6	28.6	6.2	16	230	14.4	0	59	1.0	14.4	688	6	1	6
1991	32	NYJ		24	13	1	51	300	2	58	5.9	23.1	3.9	7	56	8.0	0	13	0.5	4.3	356	2	1	3
1992	33	NYJ		24	12	1	43	170	0	18	4.0	14.2	3.6	16	154	9.6	0	32	1.3	12.8	324	0	1	2
Career					144	97	1798	8074	38	69	4.5	56.1	12.5	295	2961	10.0	12	59	2.0	20.6	11035	50	45	96

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
1981	22	NYJ	RB	24	11	6							0	5	0	0	0
1982*+	23	NYJ	RB	24	9	9							0	7	0	0	0
1983	24	NYJ	RB	24	9	9							0	4	1	0	0
1984*	25	NYJ	RB	24	12	12							0	4	1	0	0
1985*	26	NYJ	RB	24	14	13							0	9	0	0	0
1986	27	NYJ	RB	24	12	11							0	8	0	-17	0
1987	28	NYJ	RB	24	9	8							0	1	0	0	0
1988	29	NYJ	RB	24	16	16							0	3	0	0	0
1989	30	NYJ	rb	24	11	7							0	1	0	0	0
1990	31	NYJ		24	16	4							0	1	0	0	0
1991	32	NYJ		24	13	1							0	1	1	0	0
1992	33	NYJ		24	12	1							0	1	1	0	0
Career					144	97							0	45	4	-17	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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%	4QC	GWD
1983	24	NYJ	RB	24	9	9		1	1	100.0	5	1	100.0	0	0.0	5	5.0	25.0	5.0	0.6	127.1	0	0	5.0	25.0	0.0
Career					144	97		1	1	100.0	5	1	100.0	0	0.0	5	5.0	25.0	5.0	0.0	127.1	0	0	5.0	25.0	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1981	22	NYJ	RB	24	11	6	2	1	3	18
1982*+	23	NYJ	RB	24	9	9	6	1	7	42
1983	24	NYJ	RB	24	9	9	1	3	4	24
1984*	25	NYJ	RB	24	12	12	5	1	6	36
1985*	26	NYJ	RB	24	14	13	3	2	5	30
1986	27	NYJ	RB	24	12	11	5	1	6	36
1987	28	NYJ	RB	24	9	8		1	1	6
1988	29	NYJ	RB	24	16	16	6	1	7	42
1989	30	NYJ	rb	24	11	7	2	1	3	18
1990	31	NYJ		24	16	4	6		6	36
1991	32	NYJ		24	13	1	2		2	12
Career					144	97	38	12	50	300

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Tony Reed, Mike Anderson, DeAngelo Williams, Natrone Means, Michael Bennett, Mack Herron, Frank Gore, Barry Foster, Don Perkins, Calvin Hill
4	James Wilder, Don Perkins, Larry Csonka, Gerald Riggs, Chuck Muncie, Paul Hornung, Mike Garrett, DeAngelo Williams, Eddie Price, Mark van Eeghen
5	Paul Hornung, Mark van Eeghen, Clinton Portis, Sam Cunningham, Larry Csonka, Greg Pruitt, Delvin Williams, Jim Kiick, Ricky Williams, Jerome Bettis
6	Mark van Eeghen, Clinton Portis, Larry Csonka, Paul Hornung, Greg Pruitt, Sam Cunningham, John Riggins, Jim Taylor, Chuck Muncie, James Brooks
7	Mark van Eeghen, Sam Cunningham, Don Perkins, Jim Kiick, Jerome Bettis, Larry Csonka*, Tiki Barber, Delvin Williams, Greg Pruitt, Clinton Portis
8	Clinton Portis, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Jim Taylor, John L. Williams, Jerome Bettis, Shaun Alexander, Eddie George, Greg Pruitt, Earl Campbell*
9	Floyd Little, Jim Taylor, Clinton Portis, Greg Pruitt, Don Perkins, James Brooks, Eddie George, Jerome Bettis, John Riggins*, John L. Williams
10	Jim Taylor, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Leroy Kelly*, Greg Pruitt, Clinton Portis, Eddie George, Don Perkins
11	James Brooks, Jim Taylor, Jerome Bettis, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Calvin Hill, Greg Pruitt, John Riggins, Leroy Kelly, Earnest Byner
12	James Brooks, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Calvin Hill, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, John Riggins, Greg Pruitt, Jerome Bettis
Career	James Brooks, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Calvin Hill, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Greg Pruitt, Leroy Kelly, Ollie Matson*, Ricky Williams

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1982 1984 1985	First-Team All-Pro 1982	Rushing Att 1982 NFL 151 (9) 1985 NFL 294 (6) Career 1798 (44)	Rushing Yds 1982 NFL 786 (1) 1985 NFL 1331 (5) Career 8074 (41)
Rushing TD 1982 NFL 6 (8) Career 38 (115)	Long Rush 1982 NFL 48 (9) 1985 NFL 69 (4)	Yds/Rushing Att 1982 NFL 5.2 (1) 1984 NFL 4.7 (7) 1987 NFL 4.4 (6) Career 4.5 (82)	Rushing Yds/Game 1982 NFL 87.3 (3) 1984 NFL 89.2 (5) 1985 NFL 95.1 (4) 1986 NFL 71.3 (8) Career 56.1 (88)
Touchdowns 1982 NFL 7 (9)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1982 NFL 7 (9)	Yds From Scrimmage 1982 NFL 973 (5) 1985 NFL 1758 (5) Career 11035 (64)	All-Purpose Yds 1982 NFL 973 (8) 1985 NFL 1758 (8) Career 11035 (97)
Total Offense Career 8079 (187)	Touches 1985 NFL 332 (7) Career 2093 (44)	Fumbles 1982 NFL 7 (7) 1985 NFL 9 (10) Career 45 (143)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1982	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1985	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1985	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1981	22	11	RB	97		41
1982	23	9	RB	139	106	5	11
1983	24	9	RB	113		39
1984	25	12	RB	172	46	15	36
1985	26	14	RB	206	55	13	23
1986	27	12	RB	163	25	18	54
1987	28	9	RB	85		35
1988	29	16	RB	165	25	14	41
1989	30	11	RB	84		42
1990	31	16	RB	105		31
1991	32	13	RB	48		65
1992	33	12	RB	32		80
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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Tony Reed, Mike Anderson, DeAngelo Williams, Natrone Means, Michael Bennett, Mack Herron, Frank Gore, Barry Foster, Don Perkins, Calvin Hill
4	James Wilder, Don Perkins, Larry Csonka, Gerald Riggs, Chuck Muncie, Paul Hornung, Mike Garrett, DeAngelo Williams, Eddie Price, Mark van Eeghen
5	Paul Hornung, Mark van Eeghen, Clinton Portis, Sam Cunningham, Larry Csonka, Greg Pruitt, Delvin Williams, Jim Kiick, Ricky Williams, Jerome Bettis
6	Mark van Eeghen, Clinton Portis, Larry Csonka, Paul Hornung, Greg Pruitt, Sam Cunningham, John Riggins, Jim Taylor, Chuck Muncie, James Brooks
7	Mark van Eeghen, Sam Cunningham, Don Perkins, Jim Kiick, Jerome Bettis, Larry Csonka*, Tiki Barber, Delvin Williams, Greg Pruitt, Clinton Portis
8	Clinton Portis, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Jim Taylor, John L. Williams, Jerome Bettis, Shaun Alexander, Eddie George, Greg Pruitt, Earl Campbell*
9	Floyd Little, Jim Taylor, Clinton Portis, Greg Pruitt, Don Perkins, James Brooks, Eddie George, Jerome Bettis, John Riggins*, John L. Williams
10	Jim Taylor, James Brooks, Jerome Bettis, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Leroy Kelly*, Greg Pruitt, Clinton Portis, Eddie George, Don Perkins
11	James Brooks, Jim Taylor, Jerome Bettis, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Calvin Hill, Greg Pruitt, John Riggins, Leroy Kelly, Earnest Byner
12	James Brooks, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Earnest Byner, Calvin Hill, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, John Riggins, Greg Pruitt, Jerome Bettis
Career	James Brooks, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Calvin Hill, John L. Williams, Floyd Little, Greg Pruitt, Leroy Kelly, Ollie Matson*, Ricky Williams