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Ozzie Newsome

Ozzie Newsome Jr.

Position: TE
Height: 6-2    Weight: 232 lbs.

Born: March 16, 1956 in Muscle Shoals, AL
College: Alabama   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (386th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1999, finalist in 1997, 1998

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Fine Details  · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM
All-Time Rank: #183. Bob Brown… #184. Charlie Joiner… #185. Sterling Sharpe… #186. OZZIE NEWSOME… #187. John Mackey… #188. Frank Gifford… #189. Jake Scott… 

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
1978 22 CLE TE 82 16 16 38 589 15.5 2 47 2.4 36.8 13 96 2 33 7.4 6.0 0.8 685 4 1 10
1979 23 CLE TE 82 16 16 55 781 14.2 9 74 3.4 48.8 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 787 9 0 10
1980 24 CLE TE 82 16 16 51 594 11.6 3 44 3.2 37.1 2 13 0 9 6.5 0.8 0.1 607 3 2 9
1981* 25 CLE TE 82 16 16 69 1002 14.5 6 62 4.3 62.6 2 20 0 14 10.0 1.3 0.1 1022 6 0 9
1982 26 CLE TE 82 9 9 49 633 12.9 3 54 5.4 70.3 633 3 0 10
1983 27 CLE TE 82 16 16 89 970 10.9 6 66 5.6 60.6 970 6 0 12
1984*+ 28 CLE TE 82 16 15 89 1001 11.2 5 52 5.6 62.6 1001 5 0 9
1985* 29 CLE TE 82 16 16 62 711 11.5 5 38 3.9 44.4 711 5 0 9
1986 30 CLE TE 82 16 16 39 417 10.7 3 31 2.4 26.1 417 3 0 7
1987 31 CLE TE 82 13 13 34 375 11.0 0 25 2.6 28.8 375 0 0 7
1988 32 CLE TE 82 16 14 35 343 9.8 2 28 2.2 21.4 343 2 0 5
1989 33 CLE TE 82 16 13 29 324 11.2 1 31 1.8 20.3 324 1 0 4
1990 34 CLE TE 82 16 15 23 240 10.4 2 38 1.4 15.0 240 2 0 3
Career 198 191 662 7980 12.1 47 74 3.3 40.3 18 135 2 33 7.5 0.7 0.1 8115 49 3 104

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
1978 22 CLE TE 82 16 16 2 29 0 24 14.5 714
Career 198 191 2 29 0 24 14.5 8144

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
1978 22 CLE TE 82 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
1980 24 CLE TE 82 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
1985* 29 CLE TE 82 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
Career 198 191 0 3 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978 22 CLE TE 82 16 16 2 2 4 24
1979 23 CLE TE 82 16 16 9 9 54
1980 24 CLE TE 82 16 16 3 3 18
1981* 25 CLE TE 82 16 16 6 6 36
1982 26 CLE TE 82 9 9 3 3 18
1983 27 CLE TE 82 16 16 6 6 36
1984*+ 28 CLE TE 82 16 15 5 5 30
1985* 29 CLE TE 82 16 16 5 5 30
1986 30 CLE TE 82 16 16 3 3 18
1988 32 CLE TE 82 16 14 2 2 12
1989 33 CLE TE 82 16 13 1 1 6
1990 34 CLE TE 82 16 15 2 2 12
Career 198 191 2 47 49 294

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Fred Arbanas, Raymond Chester, Jim R. Mitchell, Owen Daniels, Russ Francis, Jerome Barkum, Keith Jackson, Bob Trumpy, Jeremy Shockey, Walter White
4 Fred Arbanas, Russ Francis, Jerome Barkum, Jim R. Mitchell, Keith Jackson, Bob Trumpy, Raymond Chester, Jeremy Shockey, Jason Witten, Charlie Sanders*
5 Keith Jackson, Jim R. Mitchell, Fred Arbanas, Russ Francis, Bob Trumpy, Jeremy Shockey, Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Dallas Clark, Bob Tucker
6 Bob Trumpy, Charlie Sanders*, Fred Arbanas, Jeremy Shockey, Keith Jackson, Alge Crumpler, Dallas Clark, Russ Francis, Riley Odoms, Jason Witten
7 Charlie Sanders*, Keith Jackson, Fred Arbanas, Jeremy Shockey, Jason Witten, Riley Odoms, Bob Trumpy, Raymond Chester, Mike Ditka*, Tony Gonzalez
8 Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Jeremy Shockey, Riley Odoms, Fred Arbanas, Bob Trumpy, Keith Jackson, Ben Coates, Jason Witten, Tony Gonzalez
9 Charlie Sanders*, Riley Odoms, Keith Jackson, Raymond Chester, Bob Trumpy, Fred Arbanas, Jeremy Shockey, Tony Gonzalez, Pete Retzlaff, Ben Coates
10 Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders*, Riley Odoms, Bob Trumpy, Pete Retzlaff, Keith Jackson, Tony Gonzalez, Steve Jordan, Brent Jones, Fred Arbanas
11 Raymond Chester, Riley Odoms, Charlie Sanders*, Pete Retzlaff, Steve Jordan, Bob Trumpy, Brent Jones, Tony Gonzalez, Keith Jackson, Russ Francis
12 Raymond Chester, Riley Odoms, Charlie Sanders*, Steve Jordan, Pete Retzlaff, Jackie Smith*, Russ Francis, Bob Trumpy, Brent Jones, Mike Ditka*
13 Raymond Chester, Riley Odoms, Charlie Sanders*, Steve Jordan, Pete Retzlaff, Russ Francis, Jackie Smith*, Bob Trumpy, Shannon Sharpe*, Brent Jones
Career Raymond Chester, Riley Odoms, Charlie Sanders*, Steve Jordan, Pete Retzlaff, Russ Francis, Bob Trumpy, Brent Jones, Jackie Smith*, Mike Ditka*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1981
1984
1985

First-Team All-Pro
1984

Receptions
1982 NFL 49 (4)
1983 NFL 89 (2)
1984 NFL 89 (2)
Career 662 (45)

Receiving Yds
1982 NFL 633 (7)
Career 7980 (83)

Receiving TD
1979 NFL 9 (5)
Career 47 (128)

Long Reception
1979 NFL 74 (8)

Receiving Yds/Game
1982 NFL 70.3 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage
Career 8115 (169)

Games Started
Career 191 (91)

     

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19791st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19792nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19791st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19802nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19812nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19822nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19832nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19832nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19832nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19841st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19841st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19841st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19841st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19841st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19841st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19841st TeamAll-NFLSporting News
19852nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19852nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 22 16 TE 93 35 5 34
1979 23 16 TE 133 60 1 20
1980 24 16 TE 79 4 11 73
1981 25 16 TE 138 63 3 23
1982 26 9 TE 81 72 3 22
1983 27 16 TE 133 67 4 24
1984 28 16 TE 130 52 2 31
1985 29 16 TE 101 22 7 49
1986 30 16 TE 60 12 78
1987 31 13 TE 38 18
1988 32 16 TE 46 14
1989 33 16 TE 38 17
1990 34 16 TE 36 19
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