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Don Perkins

Donald Anthony Perkins

Position: FB-HB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: March 4, 1938 in Waterloo, IA
College: New Mexico

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

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 9th round (106th overall) of the 1960 Draft

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Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
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
1961* 23 DAL HB 43 14 0 200 815 4 47 4.1 58.2 14.3 32 298 9.3 1 38 2.3 21.3 1113 5 5
1962*+ 24 DAL HB 43 14 0 222 945 7 35 4.3 67.5 15.9 13 104 8.0 0 21 0.9 7.4 1049 7 2
1963* 25 DAL FB 43 11 10 149 614 7 19 4.1 55.8 13.5 14 84 6.0 0 19 1.3 7.6 698 7 0
1964 26 DAL FB 43 13 0 174 768 6 59 4.4 59.1 13.4 15 155 10.3 0 37 1.2 11.9 923 6 4
1965 27 DAL FB 43 13 0 177 690 0 43 3.9 53.1 13.6 14 142 10.1 0 27 1.1 10.9 832 0 2
1966* 28 DAL FB 43 14 14 186 726 8 24 3.9 51.9 13.3 23 231 10.0 0 39 1.6 16.5 957 8 1
1967* 29 DAL FB 43 14 0 201 823 6 30 4.1 58.8 14.4 18 116 6.4 0 15 1.3 8.3 939 6 1
1968* 30 DAL FB 43 14 0 191 836 4 28 4.4 59.7 13.6 17 180 10.6 2 24 1.2 12.9 1016 6 3
Career 107 24 1500 6217 42 59 4.1 58.1 14.0 146 1310 9.0 3 39 1.4 12.2 7527 45 18

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1961* 23 DAL HB 43 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 22 443 0 30 20.1 1564
Career 107 24 1 8 0 8 8.0 22 443 0 30 20.1 7978

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1961* 23 DAL HB 43 14 0 5 4 24 0
1962*+ 24 DAL HB 43 14 0 2 0 0 0
1964 26 DAL FB 43 13 0 4 2 0 0
1965 27 DAL FB 43 13 0 2 1 -5 0
1966* 28 DAL FB 43 14 14 1 1 0 0
1967* 29 DAL FB 43 14 0 1 0 0 0
1968* 30 DAL FB 43 14 0 3 0 0 0
Career 107 24 18 8 19 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1961* 23 DAL HB 43 14 0 4 1 30
1962*+ 24 DAL HB 43 14 0 7 42
1963* 25 DAL FB 43 11 10 7 42
1964 26 DAL FB 43 13 0 6 36
1966* 28 DAL FB 43 14 14 8 48
1967* 29 DAL FB 43 14 0 6 36
1968* 30 DAL FB 43 14 0 4 2 36
Career 107 24 42 3 270

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1961
1962
1963
1966
1967
1968

1st-team All-Pro

1962

Rushing Att

1961 NFL 200 (5)
1962 NFL 222 (5)
1963 NFL 149 (10)
1964 NFL 174 (6)
1965 NFL 177 (5)
1966 NFL 186 (9)
1967 NFL 201 (5)
1968 NFL 191 (6)
Career 1500 (67)

Rushing Yds

1961 NFL 815 (6)
1962 NFL 945 (5)
1963 NFL 614 (10)
1964 NFL 768 (5)
1965 NFL 690 (7)
1966 NFL 726 (8)
1967 NFL 823 (6)
1968 NFL 836 (6)
Career 6217 (62)

Rushing TD

1962 NFL 7 (4)
1963 NFL 7 (3)
1964 NFL 6 (8)
1966 NFL 8 (2)
1967 NFL 6 (5)
Career 42 (85)

Long Rush

1964 NFL 59 (10)
1965 NFL 43 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att

1962 NFL 4.3 (9)
1964 NFL 4.4 (8)
1965 NFL 3.9 (10)
1966 NFL 3.9 (8)
1968 NFL 4.4 (6)
Career 4.1 (191)

Rushing Yds/Game

1961 NFL 58.2 (6)
1962 NFL 67.5 (5)
1963 NFL 55.8 (7)
1964 NFL 59.1 (5)
1965 NFL 53.1 (6)
1966 NFL 51.9 (8)
1967 NFL 58.8 (6)
1968 NFL 59.7 (7)
Career 58.1 (70)

Yds From Scrimmage

1961 NFL 1113 (10)
Career 7527 (181)

All-Purpose Yds

1961 NFL 1564 (2)

Touches

1961 NFL 255 (3)
1962 NFL 235 (7)
1964 NFL 189 (7)
1965 NFL 191 (9)
1967 NFL 219 (7)
1968 NFL 208 (7)
Career 1669 (77)

Fumbles Recovered

1961 NFL 4 (8)

Fumble Return Yds

1961 NFL 24 (9)

     

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
1961 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL