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Johnny Roland

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

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
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

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
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

Passing

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%
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

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
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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1966
1967

Rushing Att

1966 NFL 192 (7)
1967 NFL 234 (2)
Career 1015 (163)

Rushing Yds

1967 NFL 876 (4)
Career 3750 (190)

Rushing TD

1967 NFL 10 (2)
1969 NFL 5 (9)
Career 28 (190)

Long Rush

1966 NFL 50 (9)
1967 NFL 70 (3)

Rushing Yds/Game

1967 NFL 67.4 (4)

Touchdowns

1967 NFL 11 (6)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1967 NFL 11 (5)

Non-Offensive TDs

1966 NFL 1 (7)
1970 NFL 1 (9)

Yds From Scrimmage

1967 NFL 1145 (8)

All-Purpose Yds

1966 NFL 1476 (5)

Touches

1966 NFL 248 (5)
1967 NFL 259 (2)
Career 1239 (167)

Yds/Touch

1966 NFL 6.0 (10)

Punt Returns

1966 NFL 20 (6)

Punt Return Yds

1966 NFL 221 (3)

Punt Return TD

1966 NFL 1 (1/89)

1970 NFL 1 (1/89)

Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1966 NFL 86 (1/84)

1970 NFL 74 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1966 NFL 11.1 (1)

Kick & Punt Returns

1966 NFL 35 (9)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1966 NFL 568 (10)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 5 (10)
1968 NFL 6 (9)

Fumbles Recovered

1969 NFL 4 (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

1967Sporting 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

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 27 14 RB 73 43
1971 28 13 RB 39 69
1972 29 14 RB 98 38
1973 30 7 RB 45 71
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