Preston Pearson

Preston James Pearson

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

Career AV: 57 (1009th overall since 1950)

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

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Rushing & Receiving

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							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	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	AV
1967	22	BAL		26	7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	2
1968	23	BAL	RET	26	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	2
1969	24	BAL	RET	26	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	1
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	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	4
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	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	7
1972	27	PIT	RET	26	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	4
1973	28	PIT	FB	26	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	8
1974	29	PIT		26	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	4
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	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	8
1976	31	DAL		26	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	6
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	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	12
1978	33	DAL		26	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	8
1979	34	DAL		26	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	3
1980	35	DAL		26	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	3
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	72
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	40
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	27
3 yrs		CLT			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	5

Kick & Punt Returns

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							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1968	23	BAL	RET	26	14	0						15	527	2	102	35.1	675
1969	24	BAL	RET	26	14	0	6	37	0	11	6.2	31	706	0	51	22.8	888
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	0						4	114	0	35	28.5	688
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	0						7	205	0	77	29.3	1056
1972	27	PIT	RET	26	11	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	13	292	0	42	22.5	638
1973	28	PIT	FB	26	14	0						16	308	0	28	19.3	1035
1974	29	PIT		26	9	0						12	258	0	29	21.5	693
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	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		CLT			35	0	6	37	0	11	6.2	46	1233	2	102	26.8	1563

Defense & Fumbles

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								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
1968	23	BAL	RET	26	14	0								2	2	0	0
1969	24	BAL	RET	26	14	0								2	1	0	0
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	0								6	2	0	0
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	0								7	3	0	1
1972	27	PIT	RET	26	11	0								4	1	0	0
1973	28	PIT	FB	26	14	0								2	0	0	0
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10								1	0	0	0
1976	31	DAL		26	10	2								1	1	0	0
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	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		CLT			35	0								4	3	0	0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	Pts
1968	23	BAL	RET	26	14	0		2	2		4	24
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	0	2				2	12
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	0		2		1	3	18
1973	28	PIT	FB	26	14	0	2	2			4	24
1974	29	PIT		26	9	0	4				4	24
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10	2	2			4	24
1976	31	DAL		26	10	2	1	2			3	18
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	14	10	1	4			5	30
1979	34	DAL		26	14	0	1	1			2	12
1980	35	DAL		26	11	0		2			2	12
Career					176	22	13	17	2	1	33	198
6 yrs		DAL			79	22	5	11			16	96
5 yrs		PIT			62	0	8	4		1	13	78
3 yrs		CLT			35	0		2	2		4	24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att Career 941 (188)	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 (133)	Touches Career 1316 (148)	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 (130)
Kick Return Yds 1969 NFL 706 (2) Career 2801 (116)	Kick Return TD 1968 NFL 2 (1/13) Career 2 (47)	Long Kick Return 1968 NFL 102 (1/36) 1971 NFL 77 (9)	Yds/Kick Return 1968 NFL 35.1 (1/6) Career 24.6 (75)
Kick & Punt Returns 1969 NFL 37 (6)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1969 NFL 743 (2) Career 2841 (175)	Playoff Games Career 22 (14)	Fumbles 1970 NFL 6 (7)
Fumble Return TD 1971 NFL 1 (1)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

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

810

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	PosRank
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
				810

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