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Jimmy Patton

James Russell Patton Jr.

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 183 lbs.
Born: September 29, 1933 in Greenville, MS
College: Mississippi

5-time Pro Bowler & 5-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 8th round (92nd overall) of the 1955 Draft

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
1955 22 NYG 11 0 1 0 0 0
1956 23 NYG RS 12 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
1957 24 NYG RS 12 0 3 50 1 50 2 2 0 0
1958*+ 25 NYG RS 12 0 11 183 0 42 0 2 0 0
1959*+ 26 NYG RS 11 0 5 13 0 12
1960*+ 27 NYG RS 12 0 6 100 0 34 1 0 0 0
1961*+ 28 NYG RS 14 0 8 163 1 51 0 2 0 0
1962*+ 29 NYG RS 14 0 7 125 0 45 1 3 0 0
1963 30 NYG RS 14 0 6 46 0 20 0 2 -4 0
1964 31 NYG LS 14 0 2 0 0 0
1965 32 NYG RS 14 0 1 27 0 27 1 2 0 0
1966 33 NYG 13 0 1 3 0 3
Career 153 0 52 712 2 51 7 15 -4 0

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
1955 22 NYG 11 0 3 69 1 69 23.0 5 229 1 98 45.8 298
1956 23 NYG RS 12 0 12 17 0 6 1.4 13 283 0 31 21.8 299
1957 24 NYG RS 12 0 11 29 0 7 2.6 10 223 0 33 22.3 252
1958*+ 25 NYG RS 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
1959*+ 26 NYG RS 11 0 8 23 0 14 2.9 23
1960*+ 27 NYG RS 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1962*+ 29 NYG RS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Career 153 0 37 143 1 69 3.9 28 735 1 98 26.3 877

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1956 23 NYG RS 12 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 -1 0 2
Career 153 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -1 0 7

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
1955 22 NYG 11 0 1 1 12
1957 24 NYG RS 12 0 1 6
1961*+ 28 NYG RS 14 0 1 6
Career 153 0 1 1 2 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1958
1959
1960
1961
1962

1st-team All-Pro

1958
1959
1960
1961
1962

Non-Offensive TDs

1955 NFL 2 (1)
1957 NFL 1 (4)
1961 NFL 1 (10)
Career 4 (175)

Kick Return TD

1955 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1955 NFL 98 (2)

Punt Return TD

1955 NFL 1 (2-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1955 NFL 69 (2)

Interceptions

1958 NFL 11 (1-- 14)
1959 NFL 5 (6)
1960 NFL 6 (7)
1961 NFL 8 (2)
1962 NFL 7 (3)
1963 NFL 6 (9)
Career 52 (23)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1958 NFL 183 (2-- 95)
1960 NFL 100 (8)
1961 NFL 163 (3)
1962 NFL 125 (7)
Career 712 (43)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1957 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 1 (5)

Long Intercep. Return

1958 NFL 42 (9)
1961 NFL 51 (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
1958 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1958 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1958 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1961 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL