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Jake Scott

Jacob E. Scott III

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: July 20, 1945 in Greenwood, SC
College: Georgia

5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 7th round (159th overall) of the 1970 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1970 25 MIA FS 14 13 5 112 0 47 1 1 0 0
1971* 26 MIA FS 14 14 7 34 0 21 3 2 0 0
1972* 27 MIA SS 14 13 5 73 0 31 1 2 20 0
1973*+ 28 MIA SS 14 13 4 71 0 29 1 0 0 0
1974*+ 29 MIA FS 14 14 8 75 0 30 2 1 14 0
1975* 30 MIA FS 14 14 6 60 0 38 0 1 0 0
1976 31 WAS FS 12 12 4 12 0 6 1 5 0 0
1977 32 WAS FS 14 14 3 42 0 25 0 1 1 0
1978 33 WAS FS 16 16 7 72 0 39
Career 126 123 49 551 0 47 9 13 35 0
6 yrs MIA 84 81 35 425 0 47 8 7 34 0
3 yrs WAS 42 42 14 126 0 39 1 6 1 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1970 25 MIA FS 14 13 27 290 1 77 10.7 4 117 0 42 29.3 407
1971* 26 MIA FS 14 14 33 318 0 31 9.6 318
1972* 27 MIA SS 14 13 13 100 0 15 7.7 100
1973*+ 28 MIA SS 14 13 22 266 0 33 12.1 2 20 0 20 10.0 286
1974*+ 29 MIA FS 14 14 31 346 0 30 11.2 346
1975* 30 MIA FS 14 14 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
1976 31 WAS FS 12 12 3 27 0 11 9.0 27
Career 126 123 130 1357 1 77 10.4 6 137 0 42 22.8 1494
6 yrs MIA 84 81 127 1330 1 77 10.5 6 137 0 42 22.8 1467
3 yrs WAS 42 42 3 27 0 11 9.0 27

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1970 25 MIA FS 14 13 1 6
Career 126 123 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975

1st-team All-Pro

1973
1974

Non-Offensive TDs

1970 NFL 1 (9)

Punt Returns

1970 NFL 27 (8)
1971 NFL 33 (2)
1974 NFL 31 (8)
Career 130 (96)

Punt Return Yds

1970 NFL 290 (5)
1971 NFL 318 (1)
1973 NFL 266 (7)
1974 NFL 346 (9)
Career 1357 (82)

Punt Return TD

1970 NFL 1 (1-- 85)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1970 NFL 77 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1970 NFL 10.7 (5)
1971 NFL 9.6 (3)
1973 NFL 12.1 (4)
Career 10.4 (50)

Playoff Games Started

Career 12 (197)

Fumbles Recovered

1976 NFL 5 (3)

Interceptions

1971 NFL 7 (6)
1974 NFL 8 (3)
1975 NFL 6 (7)
1978 NFL 7 (6)
Career 49 (36)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1970 NFL 112 (7)
Career 551 (115)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1971 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1974 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1974 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Writers: 2nd team all-NFL
1974 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1975 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1975 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1975 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL