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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)

8-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round (163rd overall) of the 1970 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1970* 23 CIN LCB 14 14 23 194 1 79 8.4 16 482 1 95 30.1 676
1971* 24 CIN LCB 14 14 12 93 0 47 7.8 13 296 0 30 22.8 389
1972 25 CIN LCB 14 14 15 141 1 51 9.4 15 348 0 45 23.2 489
1973 26 CIN LCB 14 14 25 200 0 47 8.0 7 143 0 29 20.4 343
1974* 27 CIN LCB 13 13 18 338 2 90 18.8 2 36 0 21 18.0 374
1975* 28 CIN LCB 11 11 13 83 0 34 6.4 4 114 0 64 28.5 197
1976* 29 CIN LCB 14 14 20 122 0 32 6.1 3 62 0 28 20.7 184
1977* 30 CIN LCB 11 11 4 30 0 11 7.5 1 23 0 23 23.0 53
1978 31 WAS LCB 11 11 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
1979*+ 32 WAS LCB 16 16 0
1980* 33 WAS LCB 15 15 0
1981 34 WAS LCB 12 8 0
1982 35 BUF 7 0 0
Career 166 155 131 1205 4 90 9.2 61 1504 1 95 24.7 2709
8 yrs CIN 105 105 130 1201 4 90 9.2 61 1504 1 95 24.7 2705
4 yrs WAS 54 50 1 4 0 4 4.0 4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1970* 23 CIN LCB 14 14 5 28 0 19 2 2 0 0
1971* 24 CIN LCB 14 14 7 105 1 65 1 2 14 1
1972 25 CIN LCB 14 14 5 90 2 33 4 1 -19 0
1973 26 CIN LCB 14 14 2 10 0 10 1 2 23 1
1974* 27 CIN LCB 13 13 0 2 47 1
1975* 28 CIN LCB 11 11 1 26 0 26 3 0 0 0
1976* 29 CIN LCB 14 14 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
1977* 30 CIN LCB 11 11 3 95 1 47 1 0 0 0
1978 31 WAS LCB 11 11 4 21 0 23
1979*+ 32 WAS LCB 16 16 9 65 0 23 0 2 0 0
1980* 33 WAS LCB 15 15 7 13 0 9 1 0 0 0
1981 34 WAS LCB 12 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1982 35 BUF 7 0 1 8 0 8
Career 166 155 47 462 4 65 16 13 65 3
8 yrs CIN 105 105 25 354 4 65 15 10 65 3
4 yrs WAS 54 50 21 100 0 23 1 3 0 0
1 yr BUF 7 0 1 8 0 8

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1970* 23 CIN LCB 14 14 1 1 1 18
1971* 24 CIN LCB 14 14 1 1 12
1972 25 CIN LCB 14 14 1 2 18
1973 26 CIN LCB 14 14 1 6
1974* 27 CIN LCB 13 13 2 1 18
1977* 30 CIN LCB 11 11 1 6
Career 166 155 4 1 3 4 1 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1970
1971
1974
1975
1976
1977
1979
1980

1st-team All-Pro

1979

Non-Offensive TDs

1970 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
1971 NFL 2 (3)
1972 NFL 3 (2-- 23)
1974 NFL 3 (1-- 23)
1977 NFL 1 (8)
Career 13 (3)

Kick Return TD

1970 NFL 1 (2-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1970 NFL 95 (8)

Yds/Kick Return

1970 NFL 30.1 (3-- 42)

Punt Returns

Career 131 (95)

Punt Return Yds

Career 1205 (100)

Punt Return TD

1970 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1972 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
1974 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 4 (18)

Long Punt Return

1970 NFL 79 (2)
1971 NFL 47 (9)
1972 NFL 51 (10)
1974 NFL 90 (3-- 36)

Yds/Punt Return

1972 NFL 9.4 (7)
1974 NFL 18.8 (1-- 9)
Career 9.2 (125)

Kick & Punt Returns

Career 192 (130)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

Career 2709 (183)

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 (43)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

Career 462 (173)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1971 NFL 1 (4)
1972 NFL 2 (2-- 23)
1977 NFL 1 (1)
Career 4 (46)

Long Intercep. Return

1971 NFL 65 (8)

 

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1974 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1974 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1975 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1975 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1976 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1976 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL