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Riley Odoms

Riley Mackey Odoms

Position: TE
Height: 6-4    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: March 1, 1950 in Luling, TX
College: Houston

Career AV: 76 (445th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.

88

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
1972 22 DEN 88 14 0 21 320 15.2 1 48 1.5 22.9 5 72 0 27 14.4 5.1 0.4 392 1 1 6
1973* 23 DEN TE 88 14 14 43 629 14.6 7 47 3.1 44.9 5 53 0 21 10.6 3.8 0.4 682 7 1 13
1974*+ 24 DEN TE 88 14 14 42 639 15.2 6 41 3.0 45.6 4 25 0 31 6.3 1.8 0.3 664 6 0 12
1975*+ 25 DEN TE 88 14 14 40 544 13.6 3 43 2.9 38.9 5 27 0 12 5.4 1.9 0.4 571 3 2 11
1976 26 DEN TE 88 14 14 30 477 15.9 3 47 2.1 34.1 3 36 2 15 12.0 2.6 0.2 513 5 0 8
1977 27 DEN TE 88 14 14 37 429 11.6 3 33 2.6 30.6 429 3 1 10
1978* 28 DEN TE 88 16 16 54 829 15.4 6 42 3.4 51.8 2 5 0 7 2.5 0.3 0.1 834 6 2 11
1979 29 DEN TE 88 13 12 40 638 16.0 1 45 3.1 49.1 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.5 0.1 631 1 0 7
1980 30 DEN TE 88 15 15 39 590 15.1 6 30 2.6 39.3 590 6 0 8
1981 31 DEN TE 88 15 15 38 516 13.6 5 28 2.5 34.4 516 5 1 6
1982 32 DEN TE 88 8 6 8 82 10.3 0 18 1.0 10.3 82 0 0 2
1983 33 DEN 88 2 0 4 62 15.5 0 21 2.0 31.0 62 0 0 1
Career 153 134 396 5755 14.5 41 48 2.6 37.6 25 211 2 31 8.4 1.4 0.2 5966 43 8 95

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
1972 22 DEN 88 14 0 1 1 0 0
1973* 23 DEN TE 88 14 14 1 0 0 0
1975*+ 25 DEN TE 88 14 14 2 1 0 1
1977 27 DEN TE 88 14 14 1 0 0 0
1978* 28 DEN TE 88 16 16 2 1 0 0
1980 30 DEN TE 88 15 15 0 1 0 0
1981 31 DEN TE 88 15 15 1 0 0 0
Career 153 134 8 4 0 1

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
1972 22 DEN 88 14 0 1 1 6
1973* 23 DEN TE 88 14 14 7 7 42
1974*+ 24 DEN TE 88 14 14 6 6 36
1975*+ 25 DEN TE 88 14 14 3 1 4 24
1976 26 DEN TE 88 14 14 2 3 5 30
1977 27 DEN TE 88 14 14 3 3 18
1978* 28 DEN TE 88 16 16 6 6 36
1979 29 DEN TE 88 13 12 1 1 6
1980 30 DEN TE 88 15 15 6 6 36
1981 31 DEN TE 88 15 15 5 5 30
Career 153 134 2 41 1 44 264

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Charlie Sanders*, Mark Bavaro, Bob Trumpy, Jerome Barkum, Charle Young, Dan Ross, Mike Ditka*, Rich Caster, Owen Daniels, Bob Tucker
4 Charlie Sanders*, Charle Young, Mark Bavaro, Keith Jackson, Mike Ditka*, Dan Ross, Tony Gonzalez, Bob Trumpy, Jerome Barkum, Jeremy Shockey
5 Tony Gonzalez, Charlie Sanders*, Rich Caster, Mark Bavaro, Dan Ross, Jeremy Shockey, Keith Jackson, Bob Trumpy, Fred Arbanas, Jason Witten
6 Tony Gonzalez, Charlie Sanders*, Keith Jackson, Fred Arbanas, Rich Caster, Jason Witten, Bob Trumpy, Bob Tucker, Jeremy Shockey, Alge Crumpler
7 Tony Gonzalez, Charlie Sanders*, Fred Arbanas, Keith Jackson, Mike Ditka*, Ozzie Newsome*, Jeremy Shockey, Bob Tucker, Rich Caster, Shannon Sharpe
8 Fred Arbanas, Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Keith Jackson, Mike Ditka*, Bob Trumpy, Ozzie Newsome*, Tony Gonzalez, Rich Caster, Ben Coates
9 Charlie Sanders*, Keith Jackson, Fred Arbanas, Ozzie Newsome*, Raymond Chester, Bob Trumpy, Mike Ditka*, Tony Gonzalez, Bob Tucker, Rich Caster
10 Pete Retzlaff, Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Ozzie Newsome*, Bob Trumpy, Keith Jackson, Fred Arbanas, Brent Jones, Jerry Smith, Mike Ditka*
11 Pete Retzlaff, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders*, Brent Jones, Mike Ditka*, Jackie Smith*, Ozzie Newsome*, Jerry Smith, Steve Jordan, Bob Trumpy
12 Pete Retzlaff, Raymond Chester, Charlie Sanders*, Mike Ditka*, Brent Jones, Jackie Smith*, Steve Jordan, Jerry Smith, Bob Trumpy, Keith Jackson
Career Pete Retzlaff, Charlie Sanders*, Raymond Chester, Brent Jones, Mike Ditka*, Steve Jordan, Bob Trumpy, Keith Jackson, Fred Arbanas, Jerry Smith

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1973
1974
1975
1978

First-Team All-Pro

1974
1975

Receptions

Career 396 (185)

Receiving Yds

Career 5755 (163)

Receiving TD

1973 NFL 7 (8)
1974 NFL 6 (6)
Career 41 (156)

Non-Offensive TDs

1975 NFL 1 (4)

Yds/Touch

Career 14.2 (113)

Fumble Return TD

1975 NFL 1 (1)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1973Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1974Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1975Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1976UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1977UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1972 22 14 TE 45 16
1973 23 14 TE 110 63 2 17
1974 24 14 TE 102 52 2 25
1975 25 14 TE 75 17 5 51
1976 26 14 TE 81 29 5 41
1977 27 14 TE 61 4 10 67
1978 28 16 TE 119 55 2 19
1979 29 13 TE 69 13
1980 30 15 TE 95 20 7 57
1981 31 15 TE 82 6 11 70
1982 32 8 TE 8 47
1983 33 2 TE 6 66
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