Greg Pruitt

Gregory Donald Pruitt

Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: August 18, 1951 in Houston, TX
College: Oklahoma (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 70 (637th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 2:25PM

All-Time Rank: #484. Clinton Portis… #485. Doak Walker… #486. Franco Harris… #487. GREG PRUITT… #488. Brad Van Pelt… #489. Lyle Alzado… #490. Larry Brown…

All-Time Rank: #484. Clinton Portis… #485. Doak Walker… #486. Franco Harris… #487. GREG PRUITT… #488. Brad Van Pelt… #489. Lyle Alzado… #490. Larry Brown…

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
1973*	22	CLE	KR/PR	34	13		61	369	4	65	6.0	28.4	4.7	9	110	12.2	1	42	0.7	8.5	479	5	7	5
1974*	23	CLE	PR/RB	34	14		126	540	3	54	4.3	38.6	9.0	21	274	13.0	1	43	1.5	19.6	814	4	10	9
1975	24	CLE	KR/PR/RB	34	14	14	217	1067	8	50	4.9	76.2	15.5	44	299	6.8	1	48	3.1	21.4	1366	9	10	11
1976*	25	CLE	RB	34	14	0	209	1000	4	64	4.8	71.4	14.9	45	341	7.6	1	27	3.2	24.4	1341	5	7	13
1977*	26	CLE	RB	34	14	14	236	1086	3	78	4.6	77.6	16.9	37	471	12.7	1	60	2.6	33.6	1557	4	8	17
1978	27	CLE	RB	34	12	12	176	960	3	70	5.5	80.0	14.7	38	292	7.7	2	26	3.2	24.3	1252	5	12	10
1979	28	CLE		34	6	0	62	233	0	27	3.8	38.8	10.3	14	155	11.1	1	27	2.3	25.8	388	1	1	3
1980	29	CLE	RB	34	16	9	40	117	0	19	2.9	7.3	2.5	50	444	8.9	5	43	3.1	27.8	561	5	1	6
1981	30	CLE	rb	34	15	5	31	124	0	15	4.0	8.3	2.1	65	636	9.8	4	33	4.3	42.4	760	4	3	5
1982	31	RAI	PR	34	9	0	4	22	0	13	5.5	2.4	0.4	2	29	14.5	1	23	0.2	3.2	51	1	5	1
1983*	32	RAI	KR/PR	34	16	0	26	154	2	18	5.9	9.6	1.6	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	160	2	10	2
1984	33	RAI	PR	34	15	0	8	0	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.5	2	12	6.0	0	8	0.1	0.8	12	0	9	0
Career					158	54	1196	5672	27	78	4.7	35.9	7.6	328	3069	9.4	18	60	2.1	19.4	8741	45	83	82
9 yrs		CLE			118	54	1158	5496	25	78	4.7	46.6	9.8	323	3022	9.4	17	60	2.7	25.6	8518	42	59	79
3 yrs		RAI			40	0	38	176	2	18	4.6	4.4	1.0	5	47	9.4	1	23	0.1	1.2	223	3	24	3

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
1973*	22	CLE	KR/PR	34	13		16	180	0	46	11.3	16	453	0	54	28.3	1112
1974*	23	CLE	PR/RB	34	14		27	349	0	72	12.9	22	606	1	88	27.5	1769
1975	24	CLE	KR/PR/RB	34	14	14	13	130	0	30	10.0	14	302	0	40	21.6	1798
1976*	25	CLE	RB	34	14	0						1	27	0	27	27.0	1368
1978	27	CLE	RB	34	12	12						1	31	0	31	31.0	1283
1979	28	CLE		34	6	0						1	22	0	22	22.0	410
1981	30	CLE	rb	34	15	5						3	82	0	30	27.3	842
1982	31	RAI	PR	34	9	0	27	209	0	25	7.7	14	371	0	55	26.5	631
1983*	32	RAI	KR/PR	34	16	0	58	666	1	97	11.5	31	604	0	42	19.5	1430
1984	33	RAI	PR	34	15	0	53	473	0	38	8.9	3	16	0	13	5.3	501
Career					158	54	194	2007	1	97	10.3	106	2514	1	88	23.7	13262
9 yrs		CLE			118	54	56	659	0	72	11.8	58	1523	1	88	26.3	10700
3 yrs		RAI			40	0	138	1348	1	97	9.8	48	991	0	55	20.6	2562

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	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%
1973*	22	CLE	KR/PR	34	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1974*	23	CLE	PR/RB	34	14		2	2	100.0	115	2	100.0	0	0.0	60	57.5	77.5	57.5	8.2	158.3	0	0	57.50	77.50	0.0
1976*	25	CLE	RB	34	14	0	2	3	66.7	39	1	33.3	0	0.0	29	13.0	19.7	19.5	2.8	149.3	0	0	13.00	19.67	0.0
1977*	26	CLE	RB	34	14	14	4	9	44.4	28	3	33.3	0	0.0	13	3.1	9.8	7.0	2.0	91.7	1	10	1.80	7.80	10.0
1978	27	CLE	RB	34	12	12	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	66.7	0	0.0	-30.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-30.00	0.0
1983*	32	RAI	KR/PR	34	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Career					158	54	8	19	42.1	182	6	31.6	2	10.5	60	9.6	11.2	22.8	1.2	77.1	1	10	8.60	10.10	5.0
9 yrs		CLE			118	54	8	18	44.4	182	6	33.3	2	11.1	60	10.1	11.8	22.8	1.5	81.2	1	10	9.05	10.63	5.3
3 yrs		RAI			40	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	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.

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
1973*	22	CLE	KR/PR	34	13								0	7	2	0	0
1974*	23	CLE	PR/RB	34	14								0	10	2	0	0
1975	24	CLE	KR/PR/RB	34	14	14							0	10	2	0	0
1976*	25	CLE	RB	34	14	0							0	7	0	0	0
1977*	26	CLE	RB	34	14	14							0	8	3	0	0
1978	27	CLE	RB	34	12	12							0	12	1	0	0
1979	28	CLE		34	6	0							0	1	1	0	0
1980	29	CLE	RB	34	16	9							0	1	0	0	0
1981	30	CLE	rb	34	15	5							0	3	0	0	0
1982	31	RAI	PR	34	9	0							0	5	4	0	0
1983*	32	RAI	KR/PR	34	16	0							0	10	7	0	0
1984	33	RAI	PR	34	15	0							0	9	2	0	0
Career					158	54							0	83	24	0	0
9 yrs		CLE			118	54							0	59	11	0	0
3 yrs		RAI			40	0							0	24	13	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	Pts
1973*	22	CLE	KR/PR	34	13		4	1			5	30
1974*	23	CLE	PR/RB	34	14		3	1		1	5	30
1975	24	CLE	KR/PR/RB	34	14	14	8	1			9	54
1976*	25	CLE	RB	34	14	0	4	1			5	30
1977*	26	CLE	RB	34	14	14	3	1			4	24
1978	27	CLE	RB	34	12	12	3	2			5	30
1979	28	CLE		34	6	0		1			1	6
1980	29	CLE	RB	34	16	9		5			5	30
1981	30	CLE	rb	34	15	5		4			4	24
1982	31	RAI	PR	34	9	0		1			1	6
1983*	32	RAI	KR/PR	34	16	0	2		1		3	18
Career					158	54	27	18	1	1	47	282
9 yrs		CLE			118	54	25	17		1	43	258
3 yrs		RAI			40	0	2	1	1		4	24

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Rueben Mayes, Gary W. Anderson, Ken Carpenter, Lydell Mitchell, Terry Kirby, Rickey Young, Vic Washington, George Rogers, Chuck Muncie, Jim Nance
4	John Riggins*, Ted Brown, Rodney Hampton, Sam Cunningham, Gerald Riggs, Jerome Bettis, Boobie Clark, Brian Westbrook, Mike Thomas, Neal Anderson
5	Ricky Williams, John Riggins*, Frank Gore, James Wilder, Freeman McNeil, Sam Cunningham, Jerome Bettis, Clinton Portis, John Brockington, Dan Towler
6	Freeman McNeil, Sam Cunningham, Clinton Portis, John Riggins, Chuck Muncie, Mark van Eeghen, Frank Gifford, Warrick Dunn, James Wilder, Gale Sayers*
7	Mark van Eeghen, Floyd Little, John Riggins, Curt Warner, Jerome Bettis, Larry Csonka*, Ricky Williams, Freeman McNeil, Delvin Williams, Shaun Alexander
8	John Riggins, Jerome Bettis, Mark van Eeghen, Earnest Byner, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Tiki Barber, James Wilder, James Brooks, Earl Campbell*
9	Freeman McNeil, Mark van Eeghen, James Wilder, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Jerome Bettis, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Jamal Lewis, John Riggins
10	Mark van Eeghen, James Wilder, Jamal Lewis, Larry Csonka, Jim Taylor, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, MacArthur Lane, John Riggins, Ricky Williams
11	Mark van Eeghen, MacArthur Lane, Ricky Williams, Larry Csonka, James Wilder, Jamal Lewis, Jim Taylor, Don Perkins, Floyd Little*, Mike Pruitt
12	Mark van Eeghen, MacArthur Lane, Ricky Williams, James Wilder, Jamal Lewis, Jim Taylor, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Mike Pruitt, Larry Csonka*
Career	Mark van Eeghen, MacArthur Lane, Ricky Williams, James Wilder, Jamal Lewis, Jim Taylor, Don Perkins, Floyd Little, Mike Pruitt, Larry Csonka*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1973 1974 1976 1977 1983	Approximate Value 1977 NFL 17 (8)	Rushing Att 1975 NFL 217 (10) 1977 NFL 236 (10) Career 1196 (123)	Rushing Yds 1975 NFL 1067 (6) 1977 NFL 1086 (7) Career 5672 (90)
Rushing TD 1975 NFL 8 (10)	Long Rush 1973 NFL 65 (5) 1974 NFL 54 (8) 1976 NFL 64 (7) 1977 NFL 78 (3) 1978 NFL 70 (7)	Yds/Rushing Att 1974 NFL 4.3 (9) 1975 NFL 4.9 (3) 1976 NFL 4.8 (5) 1977 NFL 4.6 (6) 1978 NFL 5.5 (2/80) Career 4.7 (46)	Rushing Yds/Game 1975 NFL 76.2 (6) 1977 NFL 77.6 (8) 1978 NFL 80.0 (5)
Non-Offensive TDs 1974 NFL 1 (9)	Yds From Scrimmage 1975 NFL 1366 (7) 1976 NFL 1341 (9) 1977 NFL 1557 (3) Career 8741 (138)	All-Purpose Yds 1974 NFL 1769 (4) 1975 NFL 1798 (5) 1977 NFL 1557 (6) Career 13262 (56)	Touches 1975 NFL 288 (5) 1976 NFL 255 (10) 1977 NFL 273 (10) Career 1824 (67)
Yds/Touch 1973 NFL 10.9 (2) 1974 NFL 9.0 (4) 1983 NFL 12.3 (1)	Kick Returns Career 106 (161)	Kick Return Yds Career 2514 (158)	Kick Return TD 1974 NFL 1 (1/67) Career 1 (117)
Long Kick Return 1974 NFL 88 (3)	Yds/Kick Return 1973 NFL 28.3 (4) 1974 NFL 27.5 (4) 1982 NFL 26.5 (3) Career 23.7 (136)	Punt Returns 1974 NFL 27 (10) 1982 NFL 27 (3) 1983 NFL 58 (1/3) 1984 NFL 53 (3/20) Career 194 (40)	Punt Return Yds 1974 NFL 349 (8) 1982 NFL 209 (8) 1983 NFL 666 (1/4) 1984 NFL 473 (4/90) Career 2007 (35)
Punt Return TD 1983 NFL 1 (1/97) Career 1 (155)	Long Punt Return 1974 NFL 72 (6) 1983 NFL 97 (1/7)	Yds/Punt Return 1973 NFL 11.3 (5) 1974 NFL 12.9 (10) 1983 NFL 11.5 (3) 1984 NFL 8.9 (10) Career 10.3 (69)	Kick & Punt Returns 1974 NFL 49 (6) 1982 NFL 41 (6) 1983 NFL 89 (1/49) Career 300 (60)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1973 NFL 633 (9) 1974 NFL 955 (7) 1982 NFL 580 (6) 1983 NFL 1270 (2) Career 4521 (69)	Fumbles 1974 NFL 10 (5) 1975 NFL 10 (4) 1977 NFL 8 (10) 1978 NFL 12 (1) 1983 NFL 10 (7) Career 83 (28)	Fumbles Recovered 1982 NFL 4 (1) 1983 NFL 7 (1/17) Career 24 (43)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1976	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1977	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1977	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1983	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1974	23	14	RB	122	20	17	46
1975	24	14	RB	191	86	7	14
1976	25	14	RB	172	56	10	23
1977	26	14	RB	199	92	5	7
1978	27	12	RB	151	9	21	64
1979	28	6	RB	45		85
1980	29	16	RB	86		51
1981	30	15	RB	100		37
				1066	263

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