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Preston Pearson

Preston James Pearson

Position: RB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: January 17, 1945 in Freeport, IL
College: Illinois

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 12th round (298th overall) of the 1967 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1967 22 BAL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
1968 23 BAL RET 14 0 19 78 0 13 4.1 5.6 1.4 2 70 35.0 2 61 0.1 5.0 148 2 2
1969 24 BAL RET 14 0 24 81 0 10 3.4 5.8 1.7 4 64 16.0 0 37 0.3 4.6 145 0 2
1970 25 PIT RB 14 0 173 503 2 30 2.9 35.9 12.4 6 71 11.8 0 18 0.4 5.1 574 2 6
1971 26 PIT RB 14 0 131 605 0 29 4.6 43.2 9.4 20 246 12.3 2 41 1.4 17.6 851 2 7
1972 27 PIT RET 11 0 67 264 0 21 3.9 24.0 6.1 11 79 7.2 0 15 1.0 7.2 343 0 4
1973 28 PIT FB 14 0 132 554 2 47 4.2 39.6 9.4 11 173 15.7 2 36 0.8 12.4 727 4 2
1974 29 PIT 9 0 70 317 4 53 4.5 35.2 7.8 11 118 10.7 0 31 1.2 13.1 435 4 0
1975 30 DAL RB 14 10 133 509 2 32 3.8 36.4 9.5 27 351 13.0 2 49 1.9 25.1 860 4 1
1976 31 DAL 10 2 68 233 1 21 3.4 23.3 6.8 23 316 13.7 2 30 2.3 31.6 549 3 1
1977 32 DAL rb 14 10 89 341 1 22 3.8 24.4 6.4 46 535 11.6 4 36 3.3 38.2 876 5 1
1978 33 DAL 16 0 25 104 0 18 4.2 6.5 1.6 47 526 11.2 0 34 2.9 32.9 630 0 0
1979 34 DAL 14 0 7 14 1 11 2.0 1.0 0.5 26 333 12.8 1 26 1.9 23.8 347 2 0
1980 35 DAL 11 0 3 6 0 2 2.0 0.5 0.3 20 213 10.7 2 20 1.8 19.4 219 2 0
Career 176 22 941 3609 13 53 3.8 20.5 5.3 254 3095 12.2 17 61 1.4 17.6 6704 30 26
6 yrs DAL 79 22 325 1207 5 32 3.7 15.3 4.1 189 2274 12.0 11 49 2.4 28.8 3481 16 3
5 yrs PIT 62 0 573 2243 8 53 3.9 36.2 9.2 59 687 11.6 4 41 1.0 11.1 2930 12 19
3 yrs IND 35 0 43 159 0 13 3.7 4.5 1.2 6 134 22.3 2 61 0.2 3.8 293 2 4

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1968 23 BAL RET 14 0 15 527 2 102 35.1 675
1969 24 BAL RET 14 0 6 37 0 11 6.2 31 706 0 51 22.8 888
1970 25 PIT RB 14 0 4 114 0 35 28.5 688
1971 26 PIT RB 14 0 7 205 0 77 29.3 1056
1972 27 PIT RET 11 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 13 292 0 42 22.5 638
1973 28 PIT FB 14 0 16 308 0 28 19.3 1035
1974 29 PIT 9 0 12 258 0 29 21.5 693
1975 30 DAL RB 14 10 16 391 0 42 24.4 1251
Career 176 22 7 40 0 11 5.7 114 2801 2 102 24.6 9545
6 yrs DAL 79 22 16 391 0 42 24.4 3872
5 yrs PIT 62 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 52 1177 0 77 22.6 4110
3 yrs IND 35 0 6 37 0 11 6.2 46 1233 2 102 26.8 1563

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
1968 23 BAL RET 14 0 2 2 0 0
1969 24 BAL RET 14 0 2 1 0 0
1970 25 PIT RB 14 0 6 2 0 0
1971 26 PIT RB 14 0 7 3 0 1
1972 27 PIT RET 11 0 4 1 0 0
1973 28 PIT FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
1975 30 DAL RB 14 10 1 0 0 0
1976 31 DAL 10 2 1 1 0 0
1977 32 DAL rb 14 10 1 0 0 0
Career 176 22 26 10 0 1
6 yrs DAL 79 22 3 1 0 0
5 yrs PIT 62 0 19 6 0 1
3 yrs IND 35 0 4 3 0 0

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
1968 23 BAL RET 14 0 2 2 24
1970 25 PIT RB 14 0 2 12
1971 26 PIT RB 14 0 2 1 18
1973 28 PIT FB 14 0 2 2 24
1974 29 PIT 9 0 4 24
1975 30 DAL RB 14 10 2 2 24
1976 31 DAL 10 2 1 2 18
1977 32 DAL rb 14 10 1 4 30
1979 34 DAL 14 0 1 1 12
1980 35 DAL 11 0 2 12
Career 176 22 13 17 2 1 198
6 yrs DAL 79 22 5 11 96
5 yrs PIT 62 0 8 4 1 78
3 yrs IND 35 0 2 2 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

Career 941 (186)

Long Rush

1974 NFL 53 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1971 NFL 4.6 (6)

Non-Offensive TDs

1968 NFL 2 (1)
1971 NFL 1 (9)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 9545 (131)

Touches

Career 1316 (147)

Yds/Touch

1971 NFL 6.7 (9)
1972 NFL 6.9 (7)
1973 NFL 6.5 (9)
1974 NFL 7.5 (7)
1975 NFL 7.1 (10)
1976 NFL 6.0 (9)
1977 NFL 6.5 (5)

Kick Returns

1969 NFL 31 (1)
Career 114 (127)

Kick Return Yds

1969 NFL 706 (2)
Career 2801 (113)

Kick Return TD

1968 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 2 (46)

Long Kick Return

1968 NFL 102 (1-- 35)
1971 NFL 77 (9)

Yds/Kick Return

1968 NFL 35.1 (1-- 6)
Career 24.6 (72)

Kick & Punt Returns

1969 NFL 37 (6)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1969 NFL 743 (2)
Career 2841 (170)

Playoff Games

Career 22 (13)

Fumbles

1970 NFL 6 (7)

Fumble Return TD

1971 NFL 1 (1)

     

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)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 14 RB 69 45
1971 26 14 RB 97 37
1972 27 11 RB 34 72
1973 28 14 RB 97 33
1974 29 9 RB 68 54
1975 30 14 RB 110 29
1976 31 10 RB 73 56
1977 32 14 RB 118 25
1978 33 16 RB 63 69
1979 34 14 RB 47 85
1980 35 11 RB 34 100
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