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Elijah Pitts

Elijah Eugene Pitts

Position: HB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 204 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1938 in Mayflower, AR
College: Philander Smith

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 13th round (180th overall) of the 1961 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · 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
1961 23 GNB 14 0 23 75 1 17 3.3 5.4 1.6 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 80 1 0
1962 24 GNB 14 0 22 110 2 26 5.0 7.9 1.6 3 44 14.7 0 29 0.2 3.1 154 2 2
1963 25 GNB 14 0 54 212 5 34 3.9 15.1 3.9 9 54 6.0 1 21 0.6 3.9 266 6 2
1964 26 GNB 14 0 27 127 1 27 4.7 9.1 1.9 6 38 6.3 0 22 0.4 2.7 165 1 1
1965 27 GNB RET 14 1 54 122 4 12 2.3 8.7 3.9 11 182 16.5 1 80 0.8 13.0 304 5 2
1966 28 GNB hb 14 0 115 393 7 20 3.4 28.1 8.2 26 460 17.7 3 80 1.9 32.9 853 10 4
1967 29 GNB HB 8 0 77 247 6 30 3.2 30.9 9.6 15 210 14.0 0 84 1.9 26.3 457 6 1
1968 30 GNB 14 0 72 264 2 14 3.7 18.9 5.1 17 142 8.4 0 19 1.2 10.1 406 2 0
1969 31 GNB RET 14 0 35 134 0 13 3.8 9.6 2.5 9 47 5.2 1 21 0.6 3.4 181 1 2
1970 32 2TM 8 0 35 104 0 11 3.0 13.0 4.4 7 63 9.0 0 12 0.9 7.9 167 0 3
RAM 2 0 3 8 0 3 2.7 4.0 1.5 8 0 0
NOR 6 0 32 96 0 11 3.0 16.0 5.3 7 63 9.0 0 12 1.2 10.5 159 0 3
1971 33 GNB 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Career 134 1 514 1788 28 34 3.5 13.3 3.8 104 1245 12.0 6 84 0.8 9.3 3033 34 17
10 yrs GNB 126 1 479 1684 28 34 3.5 13.4 3.8 97 1182 12.2 6 84 0.8 9.4 2866 34 14
1 yr NOR 6 0 32 96 0 11 3.0 16.0 5.3 7 63 9.0 0 12 1.2 10.5 159 0 3
1 yr STL 2 0 3 8 0 3 2.7 4.0 1.5 8 0 0

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
1961 23 GNB 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 94
1962 24 GNB 14 0 7 17 0 7 2.4 171
1963 25 GNB 14 0 7 60 0 20 8.6 326
1964 26 GNB 14 0 15 191 1 65 12.7 356
1965 27 GNB RET 14 1 8 27 0 12 3.4 20 396 0 29 19.8 727
1966 28 GNB hb 14 0 7 9 0 6 1.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 862
1967 29 GNB HB 8 0 9 16 0 10 1.8 473
1968 30 GNB 14 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 2 40 0 27 20.0 447
1969 31 GNB RET 14 0 16 60 0 10 3.8 1 22 0 22 22.0 263
1970 32 2TM 8 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 189
NOR 6 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 181
1971 33 GNB 6 0 5 13 0 5 2.6 2 41 0 22 20.5 54
Career 134 1 75 394 1 65 5.3 28 535 0 29 19.1 3962
10 yrs GNB 126 1 75 394 1 65 5.3 27 513 0 29 19.0 3773
1 yr NOR 6 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 181

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1962 24 GNB 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1963 25 GNB 14 0 2 2 100.0 41 1 50.0 0 0.0 21 20.5 25.5 20.5 2.9 158.3
1965 27 GNB RET 14 1 1 2 50.0 51 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 25.5 25.5 51.0 3.6 95.8
1966 28 GNB hb 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1967 29 GNB HB 8 0 1 1 100.0 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 21.0 21.0 2.6 118.7
Career 134 1 4 9 44.4 113 1 11.1 0 0.0 51 12.6 13.7 28.3 0.8 128.2 0 0 12.6 13.7 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1962 24 GNB 14 0 2 0 0 0
1963 25 GNB 14 0 2 0 0 0
1964 26 GNB 14 0 1 1 0 0
1965 27 GNB RET 14 1 2 1 0 0
1966 28 GNB hb 14 0 4 0 0 0
1967 29 GNB HB 8 0 1 0 0 0
1968 30 GNB 14 0 0 1 0 0
1969 31 GNB RET 14 0 2 1 0 0
1970 32 2TM 8 0 3 2 0 0
NOR 6 0 3 2 0 0
Career 134 1 17 6 0 0
10 yrs GNB 126 1 14 4 0 0
1 yr NOR 6 0 3 2 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1961 23 GNB 14 0 1 6
1962 24 GNB 14 0 2 12
1963 25 GNB 14 0 5 1 36
1964 26 GNB 14 0 1 1 12
1965 27 GNB RET 14 1 4 1 30
1966 28 GNB hb 14 0 7 3 60
1967 29 GNB HB 8 0 6 36
1968 30 GNB 14 0 2 12
1969 31 GNB RET 14 0 1 6
Career 134 1 28 6 1 210

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing TD

1963 NFL 5 (9)
1966 NFL 7 (6)
1967 NFL 6 (5)
Career 28 (188)

Long Reception

1965 NFL 80 (4)
1966 NFL 80 (10)
1967 NFL 84 (8)

Touchdowns

1966 NFL 10 (7)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1966 NFL 10 (6)

Non-Offensive TDs

1964 NFL 1 (9)

Yds/Touch

1965 NFL 7.8 (2)

Punt Returns

1969 NFL 16 (7)

Punt Return Yds

1964 NFL 191 (5)

Punt Return TD

1964 NFL 1 (2-- 86)
Career 1 (139)

Long Punt Return

1964 NFL 65 (8)

Yds/Punt Return

1964 NFL 12.7 (4)
1969 NFL 3.8 (10)

 

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)