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John Riggins

Robert John Riggins

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: August 4, 1949 in Centralia, KS
College: Kansas

Career AV: 91 (221st overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1992

1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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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
1971 22 NYJ FB 44 14 14 180 769 1 25 4.3 54.9 12.9 36 231 6.4 2 32 2.6 16.5 1000 3 6 11
1972 23 NYJ FB 44 12 8 207 944 7 40 4.6 78.7 17.3 21 230 11.0 1 67 1.8 19.2 1174 8 2 13
1973 24 NYJ FB 44 11 11 134 482 4 15 3.6 43.8 12.2 23 158 6.9 0 19 2.1 14.4 640 4 6 5
1974 25 NYJ FB 44 10 9 169 680 5 34 4.0 68.0 16.9 19 180 9.5 2 32 1.9 18.0 860 7 3 9
1975* 26 NYJ FB 44 14 14 238 1005 8 42 4.2 71.8 17.0 30 363 12.1 1 34 2.1 25.9 1368 9 5 14
1976 27 WAS FB 44 14 14 162 572 3 15 3.5 40.9 11.6 21 172 8.2 1 18 1.5 12.3 744 4 6 7
1977 28 WAS fb 44 5 5 68 203 0 12 3.0 40.6 13.6 7 95 13.6 2 53 1.4 19.0 298 2 0 3
1978 29 WAS FB 44 15 15 248 1014 5 31 4.1 67.6 16.5 31 299 9.6 0 33 2.1 19.9 1313 5 7 9
1979 30 WAS FB 44 16 15 260 1153 9 66 4.4 72.1 16.3 28 163 5.8 3 23 1.8 10.2 1316 12 5 12
1981 32 WAS rb 44 15 4 195 714 13 24 3.7 47.6 13.0 6 59 9.8 0 22 0.4 3.9 773 13 1 5
1982 33 WAS RB 44 8 8 177 553 3 19 3.1 69.1 22.1 10 50 5.0 0 11 1.3 6.3 603 3 2 8
1983+ 34 WAS RB 44 15 15 375 1347 24 44 3.6 89.8 25.0 5 29 5.8 0 14 0.3 1.9 1376 24 5 11
1984 35 WAS RB 44 14 14 327 1239 14 24 3.8 88.5 23.4 7 43 6.1 0 11 0.5 3.1 1282 14 7 10
1985 36 WAS RB 44 12 11 176 677 8 51 3.8 56.4 14.7 6 18 3.0 0 8 0.5 1.5 695 8 3 4
Career 175 157 2916 11352 104 66 3.9 64.9 16.7 250 2090 8.4 12 67 1.4 11.9 13442 116 58 121
9 yrs WAS 114 101 1988 7472 79 66 3.8 65.5 17.4 121 928 7.7 6 53 1.1 8.1 8400 85 36 69
5 yrs NYJ 61 56 928 3880 25 42 4.2 63.6 15.2 129 1162 9.0 6 67 2.1 19.0 5042 31 22 52

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1971 22 NYJ FB 44 14 14 6 2 -7 0
1972 23 NYJ FB 44 12 8 2 0 0 0
1973 24 NYJ FB 44 11 11 6 1 0 0
1974 25 NYJ FB 44 10 9 3 2 0 0
1975* 26 NYJ FB 44 14 14 5 1 0 0
1976 27 WAS FB 44 14 14 6 1 0 0
1978 29 WAS FB 44 15 15 7 1 0 0
1979 30 WAS FB 44 16 15 5 0 0 0
1981 32 WAS rb 44 15 4 1 0 0 0
1982 33 WAS RB 44 8 8 2 0 0 0
1983+ 34 WAS RB 44 15 15 5 0 0 0
1984 35 WAS RB 44 14 14 7 0 0 0
1985 36 WAS RB 44 12 11 3 0 0 0
Career 175 157 58 8 -7 0
9 yrs WAS 114 101 36 2 0 0
5 yrs NYJ 61 56 22 6 -7 0

Passing

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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%
1983+ 34 WAS RB 44 15 15 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
1985 36 WAS RB 44 12 11 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 175 157 0 2 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

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 22 NYJ FB 44 14 14 1 2 3 18
1972 23 NYJ FB 44 12 8 7 1 8 48
1973 24 NYJ FB 44 11 11 4 4 24
1974 25 NYJ FB 44 10 9 5 2 7 42
1975* 26 NYJ FB 44 14 14 8 1 9 54
1976 27 WAS FB 44 14 14 3 1 4 24
1977 28 WAS fb 44 5 5 2 2 12
1978 29 WAS FB 44 15 15 5 5 30
1979 30 WAS FB 44 16 15 9 3 12 72
1981 32 WAS rb 44 15 4 13 13 78
1982 33 WAS RB 44 8 8 3 3 18
1983+ 34 WAS RB 44 15 15 24 24 144
1984 35 WAS RB 44 14 14 14 14 84
1985 36 WAS RB 44 12 11 8 8 48
Career 175 157 104 12 116 696
9 yrs WAS 114 101 79 6 85 510
5 yrs NYJ 61 56 25 6 31 186

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Ted Brown, Rodney Hampton, Eddie Price, Ricky Williams, Jim Nance, Brian Westbrook, Sherman Smith, Travis Henry, Shaun Alexander, Boobie Clark
4 Greg Pruitt, Ted Brown, Rodney Hampton, Sam Cunningham, Gerald Riggs, Jerome Bettis, Boobie Clark, Brian Westbrook, Mike Thomas, Neal Anderson
5 John Brockington, Greg Pruitt, Larry Csonka*, Neal Anderson, Sam Cunningham, Jerome Bettis, Shaun Alexander, Frank Gifford*, Brian Westbrook, Delvin Williams
6 Sam Cunningham, John Brockington, Neal Anderson, Larry Csonka*, Chuck Muncie, Jerome Bettis, Ollie Matson*, Jim Kiick, Freeman McNeil, Greg Pruitt
7 John Brockington, Earnest Byner, Sam Cunningham, Jerome Bettis, Tiki Barber, Tony Nathan, Mike Garrett, Neal Anderson, Delvin Williams, Joe Cribbs
8 Neal Anderson, Earnest Byner, Ollie Matson*, Greg Pruitt, Jerome Bettis, Tony Nathan, Sam Cunningham, Larry Csonka*, Earl Campbell*, Ken Willard
9 Earnest Byner, Jerome Bettis, Eddie George, Larry Csonka*, Frank Gifford*, Floyd Little, Ollie Matson*, Chuck Muncie, Corey Dillon, Earl Campbell*
10 Earnest Byner, Larry Csonka*, Eddie George, Frank Gifford*, Leroy Kelly*, Floyd Little, Ollie Matson*, Chuck Muncie, Earl Campbell*, Don Perkins
11 Earnest Byner, Larry Csonka*, Ottis Anderson, Frank Gifford*, John L. Williams, Ollie Matson*, Jerome Bettis, Leroy Kelly*, Floyd Little, Herschel Walker
12 Earnest Byner, Larry Csonka*, Ottis Anderson, Jerome Bettis, Corey Dillon, John L. Williams, James Brooks, Herschel Walker, Frank Gifford*, Freeman McNeil
13 Earnest Byner, Frank Gifford*, Herschel Walker, Ottis Anderson, Warrick Dunn, Jerome Bettis, James Brooks, Freeman McNeil, Corey Dillon, Fred Taylor
14 Frank Gifford*, Warrick Dunn, Earnest Byner, Jerome Bettis, Herschel Walker, Franco Harris*, Ottis Anderson, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Freeman McNeil
Career Frank Gifford*, Warrick Dunn, Earnest Byner, Jerome Bettis, Herschel Walker, Franco Harris*, Ottis Anderson, Fred Taylor, James Brooks, Freeman McNeil

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1978 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year
1982 NFL Super Bowl MVP
1983 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Pro Bowls

1975

First-Team All-Pro

1983

Rushing Att

1975 NFL 238 (7)
1978 NFL 248 (9)
1979 NFL 260 (8)
1982 NFL 177 (1)
1983 NFL 375 (2/21)
1984 NFL 327 (5)
Career 2916 (11)

Rushing Yds

1975 NFL 1005 (7)
1979 NFL 1153 (9)
1983 NFL 1347 (5)
1984 NFL 1239 (6)
Career 11352 (15)

Rushing TD

1975 NFL 8 (10)
1979 NFL 9 (9)
1981 NFL 13 (2/82)
1983 NFL 24 (1/5)
1984 NFL 14 (1/51)
Career 104 (6)

Yds/Rushing Att

1972 NFL 4.6 (8)

Rushing Yds/Game

1972 NFL 78.7 (5)
1974 NFL 68.0 (8)
1975 NFL 71.8 (7)
1978 NFL 67.6 (8)
1979 NFL 72.1 (10)
1982 NFL 69.1 (10)
1983 NFL 89.8 (5)
1984 NFL 88.5 (6)
Career 64.9 (49)

Touchdowns

1979 NFL 12 (8)
1981 NFL 13 (5)
1983 NFL 24 (1/6)
1984 NFL 14 (3)
Career 116 (12)

Points Scored

1983 NFL 144 (2/20)
Career 696 (88)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1979 NFL 12 (7)
1981 NFL 13 (5)
1983 NFL 24 (1/6)
1984 NFL 14 (3)
Career 116 (12)

Yds From Scrimmage

1975 NFL 1368 (6)
Career 13442 (29)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 13442 (41)

Touches

1975 NFL 268 (9)
1979 NFL 288 (10)
1982 NFL 187 (4)
1983 NFL 380 (3/76)
1984 NFL 334 (10)
Career 3166 (15)

Fumbles

Career 58 (85)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1975UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1983Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 22 14 RB 118 25
1972 23 12 RB 165 44 14 33
1973 24 11 RB 88 37
1974 25 10 RB 128 27 15 38
1975 26 14 RB 191 86 6 13
1976 27 14 RB 98 36
1977 28 5 RB 42 79
1978 29 15 RB 161 14 16 54
1979 30 16 RB 204 58 10 22
1981 32 15 RB 155 9 21 68
1982 33 8 RB 78 26
1983 34 15 RB 282 131 3 3
1984 35 14 RB 212 86 7 15
1985 36 12 RB 118 38
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