William Kyle Rote
Position: E-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: October 27, 1927 in Bellevue, TX
College: SMU
Career AV: 53 (1204th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.
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| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1951 | 24 | NYG | 44 | 5 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 12 | 244 | 20.3 | 3 | 44 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 244 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 1959 | 32 | NYG | LE | 44 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 362 | 14.5 | 4 | 34 | 2.5 | 36.2 | 362 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1960 | 33 | NYG | SE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 750 | 17.9 | 10 | 71 | 3.5 | 62.5 | 750 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1961 | 34 | NYG | LH | 44 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 805 | 15.2 | 7 | 57 | 3.8 | 57.5 | 805 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Career | 121 | 0 | 300 | 4797 | 16.0 | 48 | 75 | 2.5 | 39.6 | 231 | 871 | 4 | 52 | 3.8 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 5668 | 52 | 8 | 64 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1952 | 25 | NYG | LH | 44 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 113 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 28.3 | 33.3 | 56.5 | 9.4 | 135.4 | ||||||
| 1953* | 26 | NYG | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 23 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 5.0 | 10.9 | |||||||
| 1954* | 27 | NYG | RH | 44 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 36 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 54.9 | ||||||
| 1955* | 28 | NYG | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| 1956* | 29 | NYG | LE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Career | 121 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 30.0 | 194 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 72 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 32.3 | 1.6 | 61.2 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1951 | 24 | NYG | 44 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 185 | 0 | 39 | 30.8 | 361 | ||||||
| 1952 | 25 | NYG | LH | 44 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 110 | 0 | 26 | 18.3 | 771 | |||||
| Career | 121 | 0 | 12 | 295 | 0 | 39 | 24.6 | 5963 | |||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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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| 1951 | 24 | NYG | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | 25 | NYG | LH | 44 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1953* | 26 | NYG | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1954* | 27 | NYG | RH | 44 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1955* | 28 | NYG | 44 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||||
| 1956* | 29 | NYG | LE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 30 | NYG | LE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 31 | NYG | LE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 32 | NYG | LE | 44 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 33 | NYG | SE | 44 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 34 | NYG | LH | 44 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Career | 121 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 52 | 312 |
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| 1955 | Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL |
| UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| 1956 | Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL |
| NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL | |
| UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL | |
| 1960 | Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL |