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Dave Preston

Richard David Preston

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 195 lbs.

Born: May 29, 1955 in Dayton, OH
College: Bowling Green   (school history)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 12th round (333rd overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 23 (4067th overall since 1950)

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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
1978 23 DEN 46 16 0 66 296 1 16 4.5 18.5 4.1 24 199 8.3 1 21 1.5 12.4 495 2 4 4
1979 24 DEN 46 10 3 43 169 1 18 3.9 16.9 4.3 19 137 7.2 1 19 1.9 13.7 306 2 1 2
1980 25 DEN RB 46 12 10 111 385 4 19 3.5 32.1 9.3 35 309 8.8 0 36 2.9 25.8 694 4 3 6
1981 26 DEN RB 46 16 14 183 640 3 23 3.5 40.0 11.4 52 507 9.8 0 37 3.3 31.7 1147 3 4 8
1982 27 DEN RB 46 8 5 19 81 0 13 4.3 10.1 2.4 14 134 9.6 0 20 1.8 16.8 215 0 3 2
1983 28 DEN 46 14 3 57 222 1 28 3.9 15.9 4.1 17 137 8.1 1 25 1.2 9.8 359 2 0 3
Career 76 35 479 1793 10 28 3.7 23.6 6.3 161 1423 8.8 3 37 2.1 18.7 3216 13 15 25

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
1978 23 DEN 46 16 0 10 68 0 23 6.8 7 154 0 32 22.0 717
1979 24 DEN 46 10 3 7 78 0 22 11.1 13 336 0 37 25.8 720
1980 25 DEN RB 46 12 10 1 7 0 7 7.0 5 106 0 26 21.2 807
1981 26 DEN RB 46 16 14 1 1 0 1 1.0 1148
Career 76 35 18 153 0 23 8.5 26 597 0 37 23.0 3966

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
1978 23 DEN 46 16 0 0 4 1 0 0
1979 24 DEN 46 10 3 0 1 0 0 0
1980 25 DEN RB 46 12 10 0 3 1 -8 0
1981 26 DEN RB 46 16 14 0 4 0 0 0
1982 27 DEN RB 46 8 5 0 3 1 0 0
1983 28 DEN 46 14 3 0 0 1 0 0
Career 76 35 0 15 4 -8 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. 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% 4QC GWD
1979 24 DEN 46 10 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 76 35 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978 23 DEN 46 16 0 1 1 2 12
1979 24 DEN 46 10 3 1 1 2 12
1980 25 DEN RB 46 12 10 4 4 24
1981 26 DEN RB 46 16 14 3 3 18
1983 28 DEN 46 14 3 1 1 2 12
Career 76 35 10 3 13 78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Yds/Touch
1978 NFL 6.7 (8)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 23 16 RB 62 73
1979 24 10 RB 43 90
1980 25 12 RB 93 45
1981 26 16 RB 133 26
1982 27 8 RB 22 80
1983 28 14 RB 48 78
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