Kyle Rote

William Kyle Rote

Position: E-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 199 lbs.

Born: October 27, 1927 in Bellevue, TX
Died: August 15, 2002 in Baltimore, MD
College: SMU (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 20, 2013 2:25PM

All-Time Rank: #989. Galen Fiss… #990. Delvin Williams… #991. Ernest Givins… #992. KYLE ROTE… #993. Forrest Blue… #994. Bob Tucker… #995. Bill McPeak…

All-Time Rank: #989. Galen Fiss… #990. Delvin Williams… #991. Ernest Givins… #992. KYLE ROTE… #993. Forrest Blue… #994. Bob Tucker… #995. Bill McPeak…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1951	24	NYG		44	5		8	62	7.8	0	18	1.6	12.4	21	114	1	31	5.4	22.8	4.2	176	1	1	1
1952	25	NYG	LH	44	12		21	240	11.4	2	26	1.8	20.0	103	421	2	52	4.1	35.1	8.6	661	4	3	6
1953*	26	NYG		44	9		26	440	16.9	5	75	2.9	48.9	63	213	1	18	3.4	23.7	7.0	653	6	0	3
1954*	27	NYG	RH	44	11		29	551	19.0	2	63	2.6	50.1	30	59	0	14	2.0	5.4	2.7	610	2	0	10
1955*	28	NYG		44	12		31	580	18.7	8	71	2.6	48.3	10	46	0	14	4.6	3.8	0.8	626	8	1	3
1956*	29	NYG	LE	44	12		28	405	14.5	4	31	2.3	33.8	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.4	0.3	410	4	0	12
1957	30	NYG	LE	44	12		25	358	14.3	3	33	2.1	29.8	1	13	0	13	13.0	1.1	0.1	371	3	0	6
1958	31	NYG	LE	44	12		12	244	20.3	3	44	1.0	20.3								244	3	1	5
1959	32	NYG	LE	44	10		25	362	14.5	4	34	2.5	36.2								362	4	0	6
1960	33	NYG	SE	44	12		42	750	17.9	10	71	3.5	62.5								750	10	0	9
1961	34	NYG	LH	44	14		53	805	15.2	7	57	3.8	57.5								805	7	2	8
Career					121		300	4797	16.0	48	75	2.5	39.6	231	871	4	52	3.8	7.2	1.9	5668	52	8	69

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD
1952	25	NYG	LH	44	12	2	4	50.0	113	1	25.0	0	0.0	72	28.3	33.3	56.5	9.4	135.4	0	0
1953*	26	NYG		44	9	2	8	25.0	45	0	0.0	1	12.5	23	5.6	0.0	22.5	5.0	10.9	0	0
1954*	27	NYG	RH	44	11	2	6	33.3	36	1	16.7	1	16.7	18	6.0	1.8	18.0	3.3	54.9	0	0
1955*	28	NYG		44	12	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0
1956*	29	NYG	LE	44	12	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Career					121	6	20	30.0	194	2	10.0	2	10.0	72	9.7	7.2	32.3	1.6	61.2	0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

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
1951	24	NYG		44	5							6	185	0	39	30.8	361
1952	25	NYG	LH	44	12							6	110	0	26	18.3	771
Career					121							12	295	0	39	24.6	5963

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
1951	24	NYG		44	5								0	1	0	0	0
1952	25	NYG	LH	44	12								0	3	0	0	0
1955*	28	NYG		44	12								0	1	0	0	0
1957	30	NYG	LE	44	12								0	0	1	0	0
1958	31	NYG	LE	44	12								0	1	0	0	0
1960	33	NYG	SE	44	12								0	0	1	0	0
1961	34	NYG	LH	44	14								0	2	0	0	0
Career					121								0	8	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1951	24	NYG		44	5	1		1	6
1952	25	NYG	LH	44	12	2	2	4	24
1953*	26	NYG		44	9	1	5	6	36
1954*	27	NYG	RH	44	11		2	2	12
1955*	28	NYG		44	12		8	8	48
1956*	29	NYG	LE	44	12		4	4	24
1957	30	NYG	LE	44	12		3	3	18
1958	31	NYG	LE	44	12		3	3	18
1959	32	NYG	LE	44	10		4	4	24
1960	33	NYG	SE	44	12		10	10	60
1961	34	NYG	LH	44	14		7	7	42
Career					121	4	48	52	312

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5	Eddie Kennison, Keenan McCardell, Marcus Robinson, Elbert Dubenion, Mark Ingram, Dokie Williams, Jerry Porter, Michael Jenkins, Reidel Anthony, Bobby Engram
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7	Eddie Kennison, Curtis Conway, Marty Booker, Nate Burleson, Alvin Harper, Randy Vataha, Glenn Doughty, Bobby Joe Conrad, Ashley Lelie, Dave Logan
8	Curtis Conway, Marty Booker, Charlie Joiner*, Flipper Anderson, Dave Logan, Drew Bennett, Bobby Joe Conrad, Peerless Price, Kevin House, Glenn Doughty
9	Charlie Joiner*, Marty Booker, Bobby Joe Conrad, Ron Jessie, Mike Quick, Tim McGee, Leon Hart, Peerless Price, Quinn Early, Pete Brewster
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11	Bobby Joe Conrad, Willie Gault, Bobby Walston, Red Phillips, Marty Booker, Charlie Joiner*, Frank Lewis, Jeff Graham, Johnny Morris, Irving Fryar
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1953 1954 1955 1956	Long Pass 1952 NFL 72 (8)	Rushing Att 1952 NFL 103 (7)	Rushing Yds 1952 NFL 421 (7)
Yds/Rushing Att 1952 NFL 4.1 (9)	Rushing Yds/Game 1952 NFL 35.1 (9)	Receptions 1960 NFL 42 (10) 1961 NFL 53 (8)	Receiving Yds 1955 NFL 580 (10) 1960 NFL 750 (10)
Receiving TD 1953 NFL 5 (8) 1955 NFL 8 (2) 1960 NFL 10 (3) 1961 NFL 7 (10) Career 48 (123)	Long Reception 1953 NFL 75 (6) 1955 NFL 71 (10) 1960 NFL 71 (7)	Yds/Reception 1953 NFL 16.9 (9) 1954 NFL 19.0 (5) 1955 NFL 18.7 (4) Career 16.0 (163)	Receiving Yds/Game 1960 NFL 62.5 (10)
Touchdowns 1955 NFL 8 (3) 1960 NFL 10 (8)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1955 NFL 8 (3) 1960 NFL 10 (8) Career 52 (194)	Touches 1952 NFL 130 (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1955	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1955	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1956	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1956	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1956	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1956	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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