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Mercury Morris
Eugene Edward Morris
Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 5, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: West Texas A&M (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 49 (1521st overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1969 | 22 | MIA | PR/KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 110 | 1 | 37 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | 29 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 175 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970 | 23 | MIA | KR | 22 | 12 | 0 | 60 | 409 | 0 | 40 | 6.8 | 34.1 | 5.0 | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 0 | 50 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 558 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 1971* | 24 | MIA | KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 315 | 1 | 51 | 5.5 | 22.5 | 4.1 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 331 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1972* | 25 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 14 | 11 | 190 | 1000 | 12 | 33 | 5.3 | 71.4 | 13.6 | 15 | 168 | 11.2 | 0 | 34 | 1.1 | 12.0 | 1168 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| 1973* | 26 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 13 | 11 | 149 | 954 | 10 | 70 | 6.4 | 73.4 | 11.5 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 36 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 1005 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| 1974 | 27 | MIA | 22 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 214 | 1 | 17 | 3.8 | 42.8 | 11.2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 23 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 241 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 28 | MIA | RB | 22 | 14 | 14 | 219 | 875 | 4 | 49 | 4.0 | 62.5 | 15.6 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 890 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1976 | 29 | SDG | 23 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 256 | 2 | 30 | 5.1 | 19.7 | 3.8 | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 308 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Career | 99 | 39 | 804 | 4133 | 31 | 70 | 5.1 | 41.7 | 8.1 | 54 | 543 | 10.1 | 1 | 50 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 4676 | 32 | 32 | 55 | ||||
| 7 yrs | MIA | 86 | 39 | 754 | 3877 | 29 | 70 | 5.1 | 45.1 | 8.8 | 46 | 491 | 10.7 | 1 | 50 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 4368 | 30 | 31 | 52 | |||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 50 | 256 | 2 | 30 | 5.1 | 19.7 | 3.8 | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 | 20 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 308 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1969 | 22 | MIA | PR/KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 172 | 0 | 38 | 6.9 | 43 | 1136 | 1 | 105 | 26.4 | 1483 |
| 1970 | 23 | MIA | KR | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | 28 | 812 | 1 | 96 | 29.0 | 1369 |
| 1971* | 24 | MIA | KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 423 | 1 | 94 | 28.2 | 754 | |||||
| 1972* | 25 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 334 | 0 | 33 | 23.9 | 1502 | |||||
| 1973* | 26 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 242 | 0 | 29 | 22.0 | 1247 | |||||
| Career | 99 | 39 | 27 | 171 | 0 | 38 | 6.3 | 111 | 2947 | 3 | 105 | 26.5 | 7794 | ||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1969 | 22 | MIA | PR/KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 23 | MIA | KR | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1971* | 24 | MIA | KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 25 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1973* | 26 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 27 | MIA | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | MIA | RB | 22 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 29 | SDG | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 99 | 39 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | MIA | 86 | 39 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1969 | 22 | MIA | PR/KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 23 | MIA | KR | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1971* | 24 | MIA | KR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1972* | 25 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 1973* | 26 | MIA | RB/KR | 22 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 27 | MIA | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | MIA | RB | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 29 | SDG | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 99 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 210 | ||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | MIA | 86 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 198 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1973 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |