Lemar Parrish

Lemar R. Parrish

Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: December 13, 1947 in West Palm Beach, FL
College: Lincoln (MO)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (163rd overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 98 (170th overall since 1950)
8-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #132. Curtis Martin… #133. Ray Lewis… #134. Emmitt Smith… #135. LEMAR PARRISH… #136. Curley Culp… #137. Sonny Jurgensen… #138. Eddie Meador…

All-Time Rank: #132. Curtis Martin… #133. Ray Lewis… #134. Emmitt Smith… #135. LEMAR PARRISH… #136. Curley Culp… #137. Sonny Jurgensen… #138. Eddie Meador…

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	AV
1970*	23	CIN	KR/LCB/PR	20	14	14	23	194	1	79	8.4	16	482	1	95	30.1	676	14
1971*	24	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14	12	93	0	47	7.8	13	296	0	30	22.8	389	12
1972	25	CIN	LCB	20	14	14	15	141	1	51	9.4	15	348	0	45	23.2	489	13
1973	26	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14	25	200	0	47	8.0	7	143	0	29	20.4	343	11
1974*	27	CIN	LCB	20	13	13	18	338	2	90	18.8	2	36	0	21	18.0	374	12
1975*	28	CIN	LCB	20	11	11	13	83	0	34	6.4	4	114	0	64	28.5	197	9
1976*	29	CIN	LCB	20	14	14	20	122	0	32	6.1	3	62	0	28	20.7	184	9
1977*	30	CIN	LCB	20	11	11	4	30	0	11	7.5	1	23	0	23	23.0	53	9
1978	31	WAS	LCB	24	11	11	1	4	0	4	4.0						4	6
1979*+	32	WAS	LCB	24	16	16											0	14
1980*	33	WAS	LCB	24	15	15											0	13
1981	34	WAS	LCB	24	12	8											0	4
1982	35	BUF		24	7	0											0	1
Career					166	155	131	1205	4	90	9.2	61	1504	1	95	24.7	2709	127
8 yrs		CIN			105	105	130	1201	4	90	9.2	61	1504	1	95	24.7	2705	89
4 yrs		WAS			54	50	1	4	0	4	4.0						4	37

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
1970*	23	CIN	KR/LCB/PR	20	14	14		5	28	0	19	0	0	2	2	0	0
1971*	24	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14		7	105	1	65	0	0	1	2	14	1
1972	25	CIN	LCB	20	14	14		5	90	2	33	0	0	4	1	-19	0
1973	26	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14		2	10	0	10	0	0	1	2	23	1
1974*	27	CIN	LCB	20	13	13							0	0	2	47	1
1975*	28	CIN	LCB	20	11	11		1	26	0	26	0	0	3	0	0	0
1976*	29	CIN	LCB	20	14	14		2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
1977*	30	CIN	LCB	20	11	11		3	95	1	47	0	0	1	0	0	0
1978	31	WAS	LCB	24	11	11		4	21	0	23	0
1979*+	32	WAS	LCB	24	16	16		9	65	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0
1980*	33	WAS	LCB	24	15	15		7	13	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0
1981	34	WAS	LCB	24	12	8		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
1982	35	BUF		24	7	0		1	8	0	8	0
Career					166	155		47	462	4	65	0	0	16	13	65	3
8 yrs		CIN			105	105		25	354	4	65	0	0	15	10	65	3
4 yrs		WAS			54	50		21	100	0	23	0	0	1	3	0	0
1 yr		BUF			7	0		1	8	0	8	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	Pts
1970*	23	CIN	KR/LCB/PR	20	14	14	1	1			1	3	18
1971*	24	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14			1	1		2	12
1972	25	CIN	LCB	20	14	14	1			2		3	18
1973	26	CIN	LCB/PR	20	14	14			1			1	6
1974*	27	CIN	LCB	20	13	13	2		1			3	18
1977*	30	CIN	LCB	20	11	11				1		1	6
Career					166	155	4	1	3	4	1	13	78

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3	Charles Woodson, Mel Renfro, Mike Haynes, Jake Scott, Everson Walls, Abe Woodson, Kent McCloughan, Champ Bailey, Jim Marsalis, Butch Byrd
4	Charles Woodson, Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Mike Haynes, Louis Wright, Kenny Easley, Champ Bailey, Andy Nelson, Roy Williams, Jake Scott
5	Mel Renfro, Mike Haynes, Everson Walls, Champ Bailey, Charles Woodson, Steve Atwater, Kenny Easley, Jake Scott, Abe Woodson, Roy Williams
6	Mel Renfro, Champ Bailey, Frank Minnifield, Steve Atwater, Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes*, Abe Woodson, Everson Walls, Charles Woodson, Eric Allen
7	Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Eric Allen, Champ Bailey, Ken Houston, Jim David, Mike Haynes*, Abe Woodson, Bobby Dillon, Jake Scott
8	Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Ken Houston, Eric Allen, Jim David, Cliff Harris, Chris McAlister, Jake Scott, Joey Browner, Champ Bailey
9	Cliff Harris, Larry Wilson, Ken Houston, Steve Atwater, Eric Allen, Mel Renfro, Roger Wehrli, Don R. Paul, Joey Browner, Aeneas Williams
10	Cliff Harris, Ken Houston, Roger Wehrli, Eric Allen, Larry Wilson, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, Steve Atwater, Mel Renfro, Mel Blount*
11	Ken Houston, Mel Renfro, Roger Wehrli, Larry Wilson, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, Ronnie Lott, Eric Allen, Cliff Harris, Mel Blount
12	Roger Wehrli, Ken Houston, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Larry Wilson, Champ Bailey, Ronnie Lott, Yale Lary, Mel Blount*, Eric Allen
13	Roger Wehrli, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Larry Wilson, Champ Bailey, Mike Haynes, Brian Dawkins, Ken Houston, Jimmy Johnson, Ronde Barber
Career	Roger Wehrli, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Champ Bailey, Larry Wilson, Brian Dawkins, Mike Haynes, John Lynch, Ronde Barber, Louis Wright

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1970 1971 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980	First-Team All-Pro 1979	Approximate Value Career 127 (169)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 98 (170)
Non-Offensive TDs 1970 NFL 3 (2/26) 1971 NFL 2 (3) 1972 NFL 3 (2/26) 1974 NFL 3 (1/26) 1977 NFL 1 (8) Career 13 (5)	Kick Return TD 1970 NFL 1 (2/67) Career 1 (117)	Long Kick Return 1970 NFL 95 (8)	Yds/Kick Return 1970 NFL 30.1 (3/47)
Punt Returns Career 131 (105)	Punt Return Yds Career 1205 (113)	Punt Return TD 1970 NFL 1 (1/97) 1972 NFL 1 (1/97) 1974 NFL 2 (1/17) Career 4 (19)	Long Punt Return 1970 NFL 79 (2) 1971 NFL 47 (9) 1972 NFL 51 (10) 1974 NFL 90 (3/44)
Yds/Punt Return 1972 NFL 9.4 (7) 1974 NFL 18.8 (1/9) Career 9.2 (149)	Kick & Punt Returns Career 192 (147)	Fumble Return Yds 1974 NFL 47 (6)	Fumble Return TD 1971 NFL 1 (1) 1973 NFL 1 (1) 1974 NFL 1 (2) Career 3 (8)
Interceptions 1971 NFL 7 (6) 1979 NFL 9 (2/76) 1980 NFL 7 (5) Career 47 (47)	Intercept. Ret. Yds Career 462 (185)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1971 NFL 1 (4) 1972 NFL 2 (2/28) 1977 NFL 1 (1) Career 4 (52)	Long Intercep. Return 1971 NFL 65 (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1972	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1973	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1974	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1974	2nd Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1974	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1975	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1975	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1976	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1976	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1977	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1979	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1979	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1980	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News

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3	Charles Woodson, Mel Renfro, Mike Haynes, Jake Scott, Everson Walls, Abe Woodson, Kent McCloughan, Champ Bailey, Jim Marsalis, Butch Byrd
4	Charles Woodson, Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Mike Haynes, Louis Wright, Kenny Easley, Champ Bailey, Andy Nelson, Roy Williams, Jake Scott
5	Mel Renfro, Mike Haynes, Everson Walls, Champ Bailey, Charles Woodson, Steve Atwater, Kenny Easley, Jake Scott, Abe Woodson, Roy Williams
6	Mel Renfro, Champ Bailey, Frank Minnifield, Steve Atwater, Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes*, Abe Woodson, Everson Walls, Charles Woodson, Eric Allen
7	Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Eric Allen, Champ Bailey, Ken Houston, Jim David, Mike Haynes*, Abe Woodson, Bobby Dillon, Jake Scott
8	Mel Renfro, Steve Atwater, Ken Houston, Eric Allen, Jim David, Cliff Harris, Chris McAlister, Jake Scott, Joey Browner, Champ Bailey
9	Cliff Harris, Larry Wilson, Ken Houston, Steve Atwater, Eric Allen, Mel Renfro, Roger Wehrli, Don R. Paul, Joey Browner, Aeneas Williams
10	Cliff Harris, Ken Houston, Roger Wehrli, Eric Allen, Larry Wilson, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, Steve Atwater, Mel Renfro, Mel Blount*
11	Ken Houston, Mel Renfro, Roger Wehrli, Larry Wilson, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, Ronnie Lott, Eric Allen, Cliff Harris, Mel Blount
12	Roger Wehrli, Ken Houston, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Larry Wilson, Champ Bailey, Ronnie Lott, Yale Lary, Mel Blount*, Eric Allen
13	Roger Wehrli, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Larry Wilson, Champ Bailey, Mike Haynes, Brian Dawkins, Ken Houston, Jimmy Johnson, Ronde Barber
Career	Roger Wehrli, Cornell Green, Mel Renfro, Champ Bailey, Larry Wilson, Brian Dawkins, Mike Haynes, John Lynch, Ronde Barber, Louis Wright