Willie Earl Shelby
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 24, 1953 in Hattiesburg, MS
College: Alabama
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 5th round (138th overall) of the 1976 Draft
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View Details For: 2 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 21 | 162 | 0 | 30 | 7.7 | 30 | 761 | 1 | 97 | 25.4 | 935 |
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 14 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 4.9 | 19 | 403 | 0 | 38 | 21.2 | 457 |
| 1978 | 25 | STL | 3 | 0 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 16 | 8.8 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 31 | 23.4 | 315 | |
| Career | 30 | 0 | 42 | 304 | 0 | 30 | 7.2 | 58 | 1375 | 1 | 97 | 23.7 | 1707 | |||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 27 | 0 | 32 | 216 | 0 | 30 | 6.8 | 49 | 1164 | 1 | 97 | 23.8 | 1392 | ||
| 1 yr | ARI | 3 | 0 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 16 | 8.8 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 31 | 23.4 | 315 | ||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 1978 | 25 | STL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 30 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 28 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 27 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1 yr | ARI | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 30 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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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)