Melvin Thomas Runnels
Position: HB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1934 in Fort Worth, TX
College: North Texas
Career AV: 5 (8249th overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 14th round (168th overall) of the 1956 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 | ||||||
| 1956 | 22 | WAS | LH | 25 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 334 | 0 | 17 | 3.5 | 30.4 | 8.7 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 1 | 22 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 390 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1957 | 23 | WAS | 25 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Career | 21 | 0 | 116 | 386 | 0 | 17 | 3.3 | 18.4 | 5.5 | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 1 | 22 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 446 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1956 | 22 | WAS | LH | 25 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 91 | 0 | 59 | 11.4 | 17 | 375 | 0 | 37 | 22.1 | 856 |
| 1957 | 23 | WAS | 25 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 16 | 7.6 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 38 | 33.0 | 198 | |
| Career | 21 | 0 | 18 | 167 | 0 | 59 | 9.3 | 19 | 441 | 0 | 38 | 23.2 | 1054 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 22 | WAS | LH | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 34.0 | 3.1 | 77.1 | ||||||
| 1957 | 23 | WAS | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 3.5 | 118.7 | |||||||
| Career | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 34.5 | 3.3 | 95.8 |
| 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 |
| 1956 | 22 | WAS | LH | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 23 | WAS | 25 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 21 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 22 | WAS | LH | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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