Willie Earl Shelby
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 24, 1953 in Hattiesburg, MS
College: Alabama
Career AV: 1 (11373rd overall since 1950)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 5th round (138th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 30 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 162 | 0 | 30 | 7.7 | 30 | 761 | 1 | 97 | 25.4 | 935 | 1 |
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 30 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 4.9 | 19 | 403 | 0 | 38 | 21.2 | 457 | 0 |
| 1978 | 25 | STL | 30 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 16 | 8.8 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 31 | 23.4 | 315 | 0 | |
| Career | 30 | 0 | 42 | 304 | 0 | 30 | 7.2 | 58 | 1375 | 1 | 97 | 23.7 | 1707 | 1 | ||||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 27 | 0 | 32 | 216 | 0 | 30 | 6.8 | 49 | 1164 | 1 | 97 | 23.8 | 1392 | 1 | |||
| 1 yr | CRD | 3 | 0 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 16 | 8.8 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 31 | 23.4 | 315 | 0 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 30 | 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 | 30 | 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 | CRD | 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 | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 30 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 30 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 30 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 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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| 1976 | 23 | CIN | RET | 30 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 24 | CIN | RET | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
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