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Mike Pruitt

Michael L. Pruitt

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 222 lbs.

Born: April 3, 1954 in Chicago, IL
College: Purdue   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1001st overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 22, 2013 7:25PM
All-Time Rank: #745. George Saimes… #746. Randy Logan… #747. Kris Jenkins… #748. MIKE PRUITT… #749. Steve Wallace… #750. Fred Williams… #751. Larry McCarren… 

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
1976 22 CLE rb 43 13 2 52 138 0 18 2.7 10.6 4.0 8 26 3.3 0 15 0.6 2.0 164 0 4 1
1977 23 CLE 43 13 0 47 205 1 21 4.4 15.8 3.6 3 12 4.0 0 6 0.2 0.9 217 1 1 2
1978 24 CLE FB 43 16 9 135 560 5 71 4.1 35.0 8.4 20 112 5.6 0 15 1.3 7.0 672 5 3 5
1979* 25 CLE FB 43 16 16 264 1294 9 77 4.9 80.9 16.5 41 372 9.1 2 50 2.6 23.3 1666 11 6 14
1980* 26 CLE FB 43 16 16 249 1034 6 56 4.2 64.6 15.6 63 471 7.5 0 28 3.9 29.4 1505 6 9 13
1981 27 CLE FB 43 16 15 247 1103 7 21 4.5 68.9 15.4 63 442 7.0 1 21 3.9 27.6 1545 8 5 9
1982 28 CLE FB 43 9 9 143 516 3 17 3.6 57.3 15.9 22 140 6.4 0 13 2.4 15.6 656 3 4 7
1983 29 CLE RB 43 15 14 293 1184 10 27 4.0 78.9 19.5 30 157 5.2 2 21 2.0 10.5 1341 12 4 10
1984 30 CLE rb 43 10 7 163 506 6 14 3.1 50.6 16.3 5 29 5.8 0 9 0.5 2.9 535 6 1 3
1985 31 2TM 13 9 112 390 2 54 3.5 30.0 8.6 7 43 6.1 0 9 0.5 3.3 433 2 0 3
KAN FB 43 9 7 105 366 2 54 3.5 40.7 11.7 7 43 6.1 0 9 0.8 4.8 409 2 0 3
BUF rb 33 4 2 7 24 0 7 3.4 6.0 1.8 24 0 0 0
1986 32 KAN FB 43 15 15 139 448 2 16 3.2 29.9 9.3 8 56 7.0 0 13 0.5 3.7 504 2 0 4
Career 152 112 1844 7378 51 77 4.0 48.5 12.1 270 1860 6.9 5 50 1.8 12.2 9238 56 37 71
9 yrs CLE 124 88 1593 6540 47 77 4.1 52.7 12.8 255 1761 6.9 5 50 2.1 14.2 8301 52 37 64
2 yrs KAN 24 22 244 814 4 54 3.3 33.9 10.2 15 99 6.6 0 13 0.6 4.1 913 4 0 7
1 yr BUF 4 2 7 24 0 7 3.4 6.0 1.8 24 0 0 0

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
1976 22 CLE rb 43 13 2 6 106 0 30 17.7 270
1977 23 CLE 43 13 0 6 131 0 31 21.8 348
Career 152 112 12 237 0 31 19.8 9475

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
1976 22 CLE rb 43 13 2 0 4 0 0 0
1977 23 CLE 43 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
1978 24 CLE FB 43 16 9 0 3 2 0 0
1979* 25 CLE FB 43 16 16 0 6 0 0 0
1980* 26 CLE FB 43 16 16 0 9 3 0 0
1981 27 CLE FB 43 16 15 0 5 2 0 0
1982 28 CLE FB 43 9 9 0 4 2 0 0
1983 29 CLE RB 43 15 14 0 4 2 0 0
1984 30 CLE rb 43 10 7 0 1 1 0 0
Career 152 112 0 37 12 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1977 23 CLE 43 13 0 1 1 6
1978 24 CLE FB 43 16 9 5 5 30
1979* 25 CLE FB 43 16 16 9 2 11 66
1980* 26 CLE FB 43 16 16 6 6 36
1981 27 CLE FB 43 16 15 7 1 8 48
1982 28 CLE FB 43 9 9 3 3 18
1983 29 CLE RB 43 15 14 10 2 12 72
1984 30 CLE rb 43 10 7 6 6 36
1985 31 2TM 13 9 2 2 12
KAN FB 43 9 7 2 2 12
1986 32 KAN FB 43 15 15 2 2 12
Career 152 112 51 5 56 336
9 yrs CLE 124 88 47 5 52 312
2 yrs KAN 24 22 4 4 24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1979
1980

Rushing Att
1979 NFL 264 (7)
1980 NFL 249 (8)
1983 NFL 293 (8)
Career 1844 (43)

Rushing Yds
1979 NFL 1294 (5)
1980 NFL 1034 (8)
1983 NFL 1184 (9)
Career 7378 (50)

Rushing TD
1979 NFL 9 (9)
1983 NFL 10 (7)
Career 51 (62)

Long Rush
1978 NFL 71 (6)
1979 NFL 77 (3)
1980 NFL 56 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att
1979 NFL 4.9 (5)

Rushing Yds/Game
1979 NFL 80.9 (5)
1980 NFL 64.6 (9)
Career 48.5 (141)

Touchdowns
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 56 (169)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 56 (167)

Yds From Scrimmage
1979 NFL 1666 (5)
1980 NFL 1505 (8)
1981 NFL 1545 (10)
Career 9238 (105)

All-Purpose Yds
1979 NFL 1666 (6)
1980 NFL 1505 (10)
Career 9475 (151)

Touches
1979 NFL 305 (7)
1980 NFL 312 (7)
1983 NFL 323 (10)
Career 2126 (44)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19791st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19802nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19832nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 22 13 RB 16 115
1977 23 13 RB 28 93
1978 24 16 RB 97 47
1979 25 16 RB 233 87 5 8
1980 26 16 RB 187 59 9 15
1981 27 16 RB 203 56 14 25
1982 28 9 RB 84 9 22 60
1983 29 15 RB 206 56 12 30
1984 30 10 RB 90 41
1985 31 13 RB 55 63
1986 32 15 RB 62 59
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