John Earl Roland
Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: May 21, 1943 in Corpus Christi, TX
College: Missouri
Career AV: 40 (2058th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round (54th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1966* | 23 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 192 | 695 | 5 | 50 | 3.6 | 49.6 | 13.7 | 21 | 213 | 10.1 | 0 | 37 | 1.5 | 15.2 | 908 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 1967* | 24 | STL | FB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 234 | 876 | 10 | 70 | 3.7 | 67.4 | 18.0 | 20 | 269 | 13.5 | 1 | 41 | 1.5 | 20.7 | 1145 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| 1968 | 25 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 121 | 455 | 2 | 45 | 3.8 | 32.5 | 8.6 | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 0 | 40 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 552 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1969 | 26 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 138 | 498 | 5 | 21 | 3.6 | 35.6 | 9.9 | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 1 | 23 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 634 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 1970 | 27 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 94 | 392 | 3 | 20 | 4.2 | 28.0 | 6.7 | 17 | 96 | 5.6 | 1 | 20 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 488 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1971 | 28 | STL | RB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 78 | 278 | 0 | 16 | 3.6 | 21.4 | 6.0 | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 0 | 15 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 386 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1972 | 29 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 414 | 2 | 18 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 7.5 | 38 | 321 | 8.4 | 2 | 27 | 2.7 | 22.9 | 735 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 1973 | 30 | NYG | FB | 23 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 142 | 1 | 10 | 2.7 | 20.3 | 7.6 | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 1 | 30 | 3.1 | 27.1 | 332 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Career | 103 | 0 | 1015 | 3750 | 28 | 70 | 3.7 | 36.4 | 9.9 | 153 | 1430 | 9.3 | 6 | 41 | 1.5 | 13.9 | 5180 | 34 | 34 | 46 | ||||
| 7 yrs | CRD | 96 | 0 | 962 | 3608 | 27 | 70 | 3.8 | 37.6 | 10.0 | 131 | 1240 | 9.5 | 5 | 41 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 4848 | 32 | 32 | 43 | |||
| 1 yr | NYG | 7 | 0 | 53 | 142 | 1 | 10 | 2.7 | 20.3 | 7.6 | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 1 | 30 | 3.1 | 27.1 | 332 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1966* | 23 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 221 | 1 | 86 | 11.1 | 15 | 347 | 0 | 33 | 23.1 | 1476 |
| 1967* | 24 | STL | FB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 5.7 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 16.5 | 1195 |
| 1968 | 25 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 | 563 | |||||
| 1969 | 26 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 5.3 | 687 | |||||
| 1970 | 27 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 140 | 1 | 74 | 14.0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 13.3 | 668 |
| 1971 | 28 | STL | RB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 3.3 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 420 |
| Career | 103 | 0 | 49 | 452 | 2 | 86 | 9.2 | 22 | 444 | 0 | 33 | 20.2 | 6076 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1966* | 23 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 130 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 26.0 | 9.3 | 145.8 | ||||||
| 1967* | 24 | STL | FB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1968 | 25 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Career | 103 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 130 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 45 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 26.0 | 1.3 | 61.9 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1966* | 23 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1967* | 24 | STL | FB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968 | 25 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 26 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 27 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 28 | STL | RB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 29 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 30 | NYG | FB | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 103 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | CRD | 96 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | NYG | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1966* | 23 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1967* | 24 | STL | FB | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1968 | 25 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 26 | STL | HB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1970 | 27 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1972 | 29 | STL | rb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 30 | NYG | FB | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Career | 103 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 216 | ||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | CRD | 96 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 204 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | NYG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
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| 1967 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf. |
| Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL |