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Greg Pruitt

Gregory Donald Pruitt

Position: RB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 18, 1951 in Houston, TX
College: Oklahoma

5-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 1973 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 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
1973* 22 CLE RET 13 0 61 369 4 65 6.0 28.4 4.7 9 110 12.2 1 42 0.7 8.5 479 5 7
1974* 23 CLE RB 14 0 126 540 3 54 4.3 38.6 9.0 21 274 13.0 1 43 1.5 19.6 814 4 10
1975 24 CLE RB 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
1976* 25 CLE RB 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
1977* 26 CLE RB 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
1978 27 CLE RB 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
1979 28 CLE rb 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
1980 29 CLE RB 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
1981 30 CLE rb 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
1982 31 RAI RET 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
1983* 32 RAI RET 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
1984 33 RAI RET 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
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
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
3 yrs OAK 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1973* 22 CLE RET 13 0 16 180 0 46 11.3 16 453 0 54 28.3 1112
1974* 23 CLE RB 14 0 27 349 0 72 12.9 22 606 1 88 27.5 1769
1975 24 CLE RB 14 14 13 130 0 30 10.0 14 302 0 40 21.6 1798
1976* 25 CLE RB 14 0 1 27 0 27 27.0 1368
1978 27 CLE RB 12 12 1 31 0 31 31.0 1283
1979 28 CLE rb 6 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 410
1981 30 CLE rb 15 5 3 82 0 30 27.3 842
1982 31 RAI RET 9 0 27 209 0 25 7.7 14 371 0 55 26.5 631
1983* 32 RAI RET 16 0 58 666 1 97 11.5 31 604 0 42 19.5 1430
1984 33 RAI RET 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 OAK 40 0 138 1348 1 97 9.8 48 991 0 55 20.6 2562

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos 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 RET 13 0 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
1974* 23 CLE RB 14 0 2 2 100.0 115 2 100.0 0 0.0 60 57.5 67.5 57.5 8.2 158.3 0 0 57.5 67.5 0.0
1976* 25 CLE RB 14 0 2 3 66.7 39 1 33.3 0 0.0 29 13.0 16.3 19.5 2.8 149.3 0 0 13.0 16.3 0.0
1977* 26 CLE RB 14 14 4 9 44.4 28 3 33.3 0 0.0 13 3.1 6.4 7.0 2.0 91.7 1 10 1.8 4.8 10.0
1978 27 CLE RB 12 12 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0
1983* 32 RAI RET 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 158 54 8 19 42.1 182 6 31.6 2 10.5 60 9.6 8.0 22.8 1.2 77.1 1 10 8.6 7.1 5.0
9 yrs CLE 118 54 8 18 44.4 182 6 33.3 2 11.1 60 10.1 8.4 22.8 1.5 81.2 1 10 9.1 7.5 5.3
3 yrs OAK 40 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1973* 22 CLE RET 13 0 7 2 0 0
1974* 23 CLE RB 14 0 10 2 0 0
1975 24 CLE RB 14 14 10 2 0 0
1976* 25 CLE RB 14 0 7 0 0 0
1977* 26 CLE RB 14 14 8 3 0 0
1978 27 CLE RB 12 12 12 1 0 0
1979 28 CLE rb 6 0 1 1 0 0
1980 29 CLE RB 16 9 1 0 0 0
1981 30 CLE rb 15 5 3 0 0 0
1982 31 RAI RET 9 0 5 4 0 0
1983* 32 RAI RET 16 0 10 7 0 0
1984 33 RAI RET 15 0 9 2 0 0
Career 158 54 83 24 0 0
9 yrs CLE 118 54 59 11 0 0
3 yrs OAK 40 0 24 13 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1973* 22 CLE RET 13 0 4 1 30
1974* 23 CLE RB 14 0 3 1 1 30
1975 24 CLE RB 14 14 8 1 54
1976* 25 CLE RB 14 0 4 1 30
1977* 26 CLE RB 14 14 3 1 24
1978 27 CLE RB 12 12 3 2 30
1979 28 CLE rb 6 0 1 6
1980 29 CLE RB 16 9 5 30
1981 30 CLE rb 15 5 4 24
1982 31 RAI RET 9 0 1 6
1983* 32 RAI RET 16 0 2 1 18
Career 158 54 27 18 1 1 282
9 yrs CLE 118 54 25 17 1 258
3 yrs OAK 40 0 2 1 1 24

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1973
1974
1976
1977
1983

Rushing Att

1975 NFL 217 (10)
1977 NFL 236 (10)
Career 1196 (107)

Rushing Yds

1975 NFL 1067 (6)
1977 NFL 1086 (7)
Career 5672 (78)

Rushing TD

1975 NFL 8 (10)
Career 27 (199)

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-- 68)
Career 4.7 (42)

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 (119)

All-Purpose Yds

1974 NFL 1769 (4)
1975 NFL 1798 (5)
1977 NFL 1557 (6)
Career 13262 (46)

Touches

1975 NFL 288 (5)
1976 NFL 255 (10)
1977 NFL 273 (10)
Career 1824 (60)

Yds/Touch

1973 NFL 10.9 (2)
1974 NFL 9.0 (4)
1983 NFL 12.3 (1)

Kick Returns

Career 106 (143)

Kick Return Yds

Career 2514 (140)

Kick Return TD

1974 NFL 1 (1-- 57)

Career 1 (106)

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 (108)

Punt Returns

1974 NFL 27 (10)
1982 NFL 27 (3)
1983 NFL 58 (1-- 3)

1984 NFL 53 (3-- 20)
Career 194 (36)

Punt Return Yds

1974 NFL 349 (8)
1982 NFL 209 (8)
1983 NFL 666 (1-- 3)

1984 NFL 473 (4-- 82)
Career 2007 (30)

Punt Return TD

1983 NFL 1 (1-- 85)

Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1974 NFL 72 (6)
1983 NFL 97 (1-- 5)

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 (61)

Kick & Punt Returns

1974 NFL 49 (6)
1982 NFL 41 (6)
1983 NFL 89 (1-- 44)

Career 300 (52)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1973 NFL 633 (9)
1974 NFL 955 (7)
1982 NFL 580 (6)
1983 NFL 1270 (2)
Career 4521 (59)

Fumbles

1974 NFL 10 (5)
1975 NFL 10 (4)
1977 NFL 8 (10)
1978 NFL 12 (1)

1983 NFL 10 (7)
Career 83 (25)

Fumbles Recovered

1982 NFL 4 (1)

1983 NFL 7 (1-- 15)

Career 24 (43)

   

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
1976 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1977 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1977 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 22 13 RB 78 46
1974 23 14 RB 122 20 17 45
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 5 22 68
1979 28 6 RB 45 87
1980 29 16 RB 86 52
1981 30 15 RB 100 38
1982 31 9 RB 11 100
1983 32 16 RB 28 95
1984 33 15 RB 1 144
1184 259