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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 8:25PM
All-Time Rank: #1174. Jeff Backus… #1175. Tony Siragusa… #1176. Fred Miller… #1177. PRESTON PEARSON… #1178. Gene Washington… #1179. Mark May… #1180. James O. Williams… 

Rushing & Receiving

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
1968 23 BAL KR 26 14 19 78 0 13 4.1 5.6 1.4 2 70 35.0 2 61 0.1 5.0 148 2 2 4
1969 24 BAL KR 26 14 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 KR 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/KR 26 14 132 554 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 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 KR/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 rb 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 BAL 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

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 KR 26 14 15 527 2 102 35.1 675
1969 24 BAL KR 26 14 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 KR 26 11 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 13 292 0 42 22.5 638
1973 28 PIT FB/KR 26 14 16 308 0 28 19.3 1035
1974 29 PIT 26 9 12 258 0 29 21.5 693
1975 30 DAL KR/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 BAL 35 0 6 37 0 11 6.2 46 1233 2 102 26.8 1563

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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1968 23 BAL KR 26 14 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/KR 26 14 2 2 4 24
1974 29 PIT 26 9 4 4 24
1975 30 DAL KR/RB 26 14 10 2 2 4 24
1976 31 DAL rb 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 BAL 35 0 2 2 4 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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 (149)

Touches
Career 1316 (164)

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 (142)

Kick Return Yds
1969 NFL 706 (2)
Career 2801 (127)

Kick Return TD
1968 NFL 2 (1/16)
Career 2 (54)

Long Kick Return
1968 NFL 102 (1/50)
1971 NFL 77 (9)

Yds/Kick Return
1968 NFL 35.1 (1/7)
Career 24.6 (90)

Kick & Punt Returns
1969 NFL 37 (6)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1969 NFL 743 (2)
Career 2841 (190)

Playoff Games
Career 22 (18)

Fumbles
1970 NFL 6 (7)

Fumble Return TD
1971 NFL 1 (1)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 25 14 RB 69 43
1971 26 14 RB 97 37
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 65
1979 34 14 RB 47 83
1980 35 11 RB 34 98
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