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Jim Merlo

James Louis Merlo

Position: LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 221 lbs.
Born: October 3, 1951 in Sanger, CA
College: Stanford

Career AV: 31 (2925th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 4th round (86th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

57

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · CSV · PRE · Game Log · Splits · TD Log
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
1973 22 NOR llb 57 14 0 3 25 0 16 1 2 10 0 4
1974 23 NOR LLB 57 14 0 0 1 0 0 7
1976 25 NOR LLB 57 14 13 4 142 2 83 1 0 0 0 7
1977 26 NOR LLB 57 14 14 1 57 1 57 0 2 3 0 6
1978 27 NOR LLB 57 16 16 0 5 0 0 9
1979 28 NOR 57 16 0 0 1 9 0 1
Career 88 43 8 224 3 83 2 11 22 0 34

Scoring Summary

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976 25 NOR LLB 57 14 13 2 2 12
1977 26 NOR LLB 57 14 14 1 1 6
Career 88 43 3 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1976 NFL 2 (4)
1977 NFL 1 (8)

Fumbles Recovered

1978 NFL 5 (4)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1976 NFL 142 (4)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1976 NFL 2 (2/24)
1977 NFL 1 (1)
Career 3 (107)

Long Intercep. Return

1976 NFL 83 (2)
1977 NFL 57 (9)

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