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John Sawyer

John Wesley Sawyer

Position: TE
Height: 6-2    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: July 26, 1953 in Brookhaven, MS
College: Southern Miss

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 11th round (271st overall) of the 1975 Draft

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1975 22 HOU 8 3 7 144 20.6 1 51 0.9 18.0 144 1 1
1976 23 HOU 14 4 18 208 11.6 1 53 1.3 14.9 208 1 0
1977 24 SEA 14 2 10 105 10.5 0 27 0.7 7.5 105 0 1
1978 25 SEA te 11 5 9 101 11.2 0 20 0.8 9.2 101 0 1
1980 27 SEA TE 16 16 36 410 11.4 0 32 2.3 25.6 410 0 1
1981 28 SEA TE 16 16 21 272 13.0 0 30 1.3 17.0 272 0 0
1982 29 SEA 7 0 8 92 11.5 0 17 1.1 13.1 92 0 0
1983 30 2TM 14 4 3 42 14.0 0 17 0.2 3.0 42 0 1
DEN 7 4 3 42 14.0 0 17 0.4 6.0 42 0 1
WAS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
1984 31 DEN te 10 8 17 122 7.2 0 25 1.7 12.2 122 0 0
Career 110 58 129 1496 11.6 2 53 1.2 13.6 1496 2 5
5 yrs SEA 64 39 84 980 11.7 0 32 1.3 15.3 980 0 3
2 yrs DEN 17 12 20 164 8.2 0 25 1.2 9.6 164 0 1
2 yrs TEN 22 7 25 352 14.1 2 53 1.1 16.0 352 2 1

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1981 28 SEA TE 16 16 1 8 0 8 8.0 280
1983 30 2TM 14 4 1 15 0 15 15.0 57
WAS 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Career 110 58 2 23 0 15 11.5 1519
5 yrs SEA 64 39 1 8 0 8 8.0 988
1 yr WAS 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1975 22 HOU 8 3 1 0 0 0
1976 23 HOU 14 4 0 1 0 0
1977 24 SEA 14 2 1 0 0 0
1978 25 SEA te 11 5 1 0 0 0
1980 27 SEA TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
1983 30 2TM 14 4 1 0 0 0
DEN 7 4 1 0 0 0
1984 31 DEN te 10 8 0 2 0 0
Career 110 58 5 3 0 0
5 yrs SEA 64 39 3 0 0 0
2 yrs DEN 17 12 1 2 0 0
2 yrs TEN 22 7 1 1 0 0

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1976 23 HOU 14 4 1 32 32 0 32.0
Career 110 58 1 32 32 0 32.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1975 22 HOU 8 3 1 6
1976 23 HOU 14 4 1 6
Career 110 58 2 12

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 22 8 TE 20 29
1976 23 14 TE 27 28
1977 24 14 TE 11 42
1978 25 11 TE 10 49
1980 27 16 TE 41 25
1981 28 16 TE 27 31
1982 29 7 TE 9 46
1983 30 14 TE 4 69
1984 31 10 TE 12 55
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