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Will Sherman

Willard Arthur Sherman

Position: DB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 20, 1927 in Weed, CA
College: St. Mary's (CA)

Career AV: 50 (1382nd overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Yanks in the 26th round (311th overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

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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 AV
1952 25 DTX 45 2 0 1 23 0 23 1
1954 27 RAM LS 43 12 0 6 70 0 28 1 0 0 0 6
1955*+ 28 RAM RS 43 12 0 11 101 0 36 0 1 0 0 12
1956 29 RAM RS 43 12 0 4 122 1 95 5
1957 30 RAM RS 43 10 0 1 51 0 51 0 1 0 0 6
1958* 31 RAM RS 43 11 0 5 171 2 70 14
1959 32 RAM RS 43 10 0 6
1960 33 RAM LS 43 10 0 1 0 0 0 6
1961 34 MIN 43 8 0 1
Career 87 0 29 538 3 95 1 2 0 0 57
7 yrs RAM 77 0 28 515 3 95 1 2 0 0 55
1 yr DTX 2 0 1 23 0 23 1

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1954 27 RAM LS 43 12 0 6 89 0 50 14.8 6 130 0 38 21.7 219
1956 29 RAM RS 43 12 0 12 100 1 76 8.3 100
1957 30 RAM RS 43 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1958* 31 RAM RS 43 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
1960 33 RAM LS 43 10 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1
Career 87 0 21 190 1 76 9.0 6 130 0 38 21.7 360

Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. 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
1961 34 MIN 43 8 0 2 40 20.0 0 32 0.3 5.0 40 0 0
Career 87 0 2 40 20.0 0 32 0.0 0.5 40 0 1

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1956 29 RAM RS 43 12 0 1 1 2 12
1958* 31 RAM RS 43 11 0 2 2 12
Career 87 0 1 3 4 24

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Pro Bowls

1955
1958

First-Team All-Pro

1955

Non-Offensive TDs

1956 NFL 2 (1)
1958 NFL 2 (1)
Career 4 (176)

Punt Return Yds

1954 NFL 89 (10)

Punt Return TD

1956 NFL 1 (1/89)
Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1954 NFL 50 (6)
1956 NFL 76 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1956 NFL 8.3 (5)

Interceptions

1955 NFL 11 (1/14)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1955 NFL 101 (7)
1956 NFL 122 (7)
1958 NFL 171 (3)
Career 538 (126)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1956 NFL 1 (2)
1958 NFL 2 (1/24)
Career 3 (107)

Long Intercep. Return

1956 NFL 95 (1/77)
1957 NFL 51 (10)
1958 NFL 70 (1)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1955Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1956Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1957Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1958Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL