Jimmy Orr

James Edward Orr Jr.

Position: FL-E-SE-WR
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: October 4, 1935 in Seneca, SC
College: Wake Forest, Clemson, Georgia (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 25th round (291st overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 86 (273rd overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #592. Duane Putnam… #593. Derrick Mason… #594. Ken Gray… #595. JIMMY ORR… #596. Levon Kirkland… #597. Thomas Jones… #598. Santana Moss…

All-Time Rank: #592. Duane Putnam… #593. Derrick Mason… #594. Ken Gray… #595. JIMMY ORR… #596. Levon Kirkland… #597. Thomas Jones… #598. Santana Moss…

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
1958	23	PIT	LE/P	86	12		33	910	27.6	7	78	2.8	75.8	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.7	0.1	918	7	1	12
1959*	24	PIT	RE	86	12		35	604	17.3	5	43	2.9	50.3	5	43	0	29	8.6	3.6	0.4	647	5	1	18
1960	25	PIT	FL	86	12		29	541	18.7	4	51	2.4	45.1	8	57	0	19	7.1	4.8	0.7	598	4	2	7
1961	26	BAL		28	13		18	357	19.8	4	64	1.4	27.5								357	4	0	4
1962	27	BAL	FL	28	14		55	974	17.7	11	80	3.9	69.6	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0.1	988	11	0	9
1963	28	BAL	FL	28	12		41	708	17.3	5	60	3.4	59.0								708	5	1	7
1964	29	BAL	FL	28	14		40	867	21.7	6	69	2.9	61.9								867	6	2	12
1965*+	30	BAL	FL	28	14		45	847	18.8	10	57	3.2	60.5								847	10	1	11
1966	31	BAL	FL	28	13		37	618	16.7	3	61	2.8	47.5								618	3	0	8
1967	32	BAL		28	5		3	72	24.0	1	55	0.6	14.4								72	1	0	1
1968	33	BAL	SE	28	13		29	743	25.6	6	84	2.2	57.2								743	6	0	12
1969	34	BAL	SE	28	7		25	474	19.0	2	47	3.6	67.7								474	2	0	5
1970	35	BAL		28	8	0	10	199	19.9	2	29	1.3	24.9								199	2	0	2
Career					149	0	400	7914	19.8	66	84	2.7	53.1	15	122	0	29	8.1	0.8	0.1	8036	66	8	108
10 yrs		BAL			113	0	303	5859	19.3	50	84	2.7	51.8	1	14	0	14	14.0	0.1	0.0	5873	50	4	71
3 yrs		PIT			36	0	97	2055	21.2	16	78	2.7	57.1	14	108	0	29	7.7	3.0	0.4	2163	16	4	37

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1958	23	PIT	LE/P	86	12																		51	2023	62	0	39.7
1959*	24	PIT	RE	86	12																		8	302	46	0	37.8
Career					149																		59	2325	62	0	39.4

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
1958	23	PIT	LE/P	86	12								0	1	2	0	0
1959*	24	PIT	RE	86	12								0	1	0	0	0
1960	25	PIT	FL	86	12								0	2	1	0	0
1962	27	BAL	FL	28	14								0	0	1	0	0
1963	28	BAL	FL	28	12								0	1	0	0	0
1964	29	BAL	FL	28	14								0	2	0	0	0
1965*+	30	BAL	FL	28	14								0	1	1	0	0
Career					149								0	8	5	0	0
10 yrs		BAL			113	0							0	4	2	0	0
3 yrs		PIT			36	0							0	4	3	0	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
1959*	24	PIT	RE	86	12			0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
Career					149			0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	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	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1958	23	PIT	LE/P	86	12		7	7	42
1959*	24	PIT	RE	86	12		5	5	30
1960	25	PIT	FL	86	12		4	4	24
1961	26	BAL		28	13		4	4	24
1962	27	BAL	FL	28	14		11	11	66
1963	28	BAL	FL	28	12		5	5	30
1964	29	BAL	FL	28	14		6	6	36
1965*+	30	BAL	FL	28	14		10	10	60
1966	31	BAL	FL	28	13		3	3	18
1967	32	BAL		28	5		1	1	6
1968	33	BAL	SE	28	13		6	6	36
1969	34	BAL	SE	28	7		2	2	12
1970	35	BAL		28	8	0	2	2	12
Career					149	0	66	66	396
10 yrs		BAL			113	0	50	50	300
3 yrs		PIT			36	0	16	16	96

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Awards Pro Football Reference 2nd team All-1960s Team	Pro Bowls 1959 1965	First-Team All-Pro 1965	Receptions 1962 NFL 55 (8) Career 400 (198)
Receiving Yds 1958 NFL 910 (3) 1959 NFL 604 (10) 1962 NFL 974 (8) 1964 NFL 867 (8) 1965 NFL 847 (10) Career 7914 (90)	Receiving TD 1958 NFL 7 (5) 1959 NFL 5 (10) 1962 NFL 11 (3) 1965 NFL 10 (3) Career 66 (42)	Long Reception 1958 NFL 78 (8) 1962 NFL 80 (9) 1968 NFL 84 (5)	Yds/Reception 1958 NFL 27.6 (1/1) 1959 NFL 17.3 (10) 1960 NFL 18.7 (7) 1964 NFL 21.7 (1/81) 1965 NFL 18.8 (6) 1968 NFL 25.6 (1/10) Career 19.8 (14)
Receiving Yds/Game 1958 NFL 75.8 (3) 1962 NFL 69.6 (9) 1968 NFL 57.2 (9) 1969 NFL 67.7 (7) Career 53.1 (117)	Touchdowns 1962 NFL 11 (8) 1965 NFL 10 (6) Career 66 (106)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1962 NFL 11 (6) 1965 NFL 10 (6) Career 66 (99)	Yds From Scrimmage 1958 NFL 918 (10) Career 8036 (181)
Yds/Touch Career 19.4 (4)	Punts 1958 NFL 51 (6)	Punting Yds 1958 NFL 2023 (8)	Long Punt 1958 NFL 62 (5)
Yds/Punt 1958 NFL 39.7 (10)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1958	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1958	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1965	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1965	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1965	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1965	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1965	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI

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