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Del Shofner

Delbert Martin Shofner

Position: E-DB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 186 lbs.
Born: December 11, 1934 in Center, TX
College: Baylor

Career AV: 80 (345th overall since 1950)

5-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

29 85

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 AV
1957 23 RAM LDH 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 6
1958*+ 24 RAM RH 29 12 0 51 1097 21.5 8 92 4.3 91.4 1097 8 1 13
1959*+ 25 RAM LE 29 12 0 47 936 19.9 7 72 3.9 78.0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.5 0.1 942 7 0 14
1960 26 RAM P 29 11 0 12 122 10.2 1 17 1.1 11.1 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -1.4 0.1 107 1 0 1
1961*+ 27 NYG SE 85 14 0 68 1125 16.5 11 46 4.9 80.4 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 1131 11 1 12
1962*+ 28 NYG SE 85 13 0 53 1133 21.4 12 69 4.1 87.2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 1137 12 0 14
1963*+ 29 NYG SE 85 14 0 64 1181 18.5 9 70 4.6 84.4 1181 9 0 15
1964 30 NYG SE 85 6 0 22 323 14.7 0 54 3.7 53.8 323 0 0 5
1965 31 NYG SE 85 12 0 22 388 17.6 2 49 1.8 32.3 388 2 0 6
1966 32 NYG 85 9 0 3 19 6.3 0 9 0.3 2.1 19 0 0 1
1967 33 NYG FL 85 10 0 7 146 20.9 1 33 0.7 14.6 146 1 0 9
Career 125 0 349 6470 18.5 51 92 2.8 51.8 4 1 0 6 0.3 0.0 0.0 6471 51 2 96
7 yrs NYG 78 0 239 4315 18.1 35 70 3.1 55.3 2 10 0 6 5.0 0.1 0.0 4325 35 1 62
4 yrs RAM 47 0 110 2155 19.6 16 92 2.3 45.9 2 -9 0 6 -4.5 -0.2 0.0 2146 16 1 34

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1957 23 RAM LDH 29 12 0 2 97 52 0 48.5
1958*+ 24 RAM RH 29 12 0 49 2018 62 0 41.2
1959*+ 25 RAM LE 29 12 0 48 2004 66 1 41.8
1960 26 RAM P 29 11 0 54 2301 63 1 42.6
Career 125 0 153 6420 66 2 42.0

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
1957 23 RAM LDH 29 12 0 2 27 0 15 0 1 0 0
1958*+ 24 RAM RH 29 12 0 1 0 0 0
1960 26 RAM P 29 11 0 1 19 0 19
1961*+ 27 NYG SE 85 14 0 1 1 0 0
Career 125 0 3 46 0 19 2 2 0 0
7 yrs NYG 78 0 1 1 0 0
4 yrs RAM 47 0 3 46 0 19 1 1 0 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1958*+ 24 RAM RH 29 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 125 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6

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
1958*+ 24 RAM RH 29 12 0 8 8 48
1959*+ 25 RAM LE 29 12 0 7 7 42
1960 26 RAM P 29 11 0 1 1 6
1961*+ 27 NYG SE 85 14 0 11 11 66
1962*+ 28 NYG SE 85 13 0 12 12 72
1963*+ 29 NYG SE 85 14 0 9 9 54
1965 31 NYG SE 85 12 0 2 2 12
1967 33 NYG FL 85 10 0 1 1 6
Career 125 0 51 51 306
7 yrs NYG 78 0 35 35 210
4 yrs RAM 47 0 16 16 96

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Leon Hart, Jerry Rice, George Sauer, Steve Largent*, Drew Pearson, Louis Lipps, Sterling Sharpe, Gary Clark, Dave Parks, Keyshawn Johnson
4 Gene Washington, Isaac Bruce, Chad Johnson, Mark Duper, Louis Lipps, Charlie Brown, Tommy McDonald*, Jimmy Orr, Red Phillips, Dwight Clark
5 Mark Duper, Antonio Freeman, Reggie Wayne, Mark Clayton, Gary Collins, Tommy McDonald*, Paul Warfield*, Louis Lipps, Santana Moss, Laveranues Coles
6 Antonio Freeman, Mark Duper, Chad Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald, Lance Alworth*, Reggie Wayne, Sterling Sharpe, George Sauer, Steve Largent*, Mark Clayton
7 Chad Johnson, Sterling Sharpe, Herman Moore, Antonio Freeman, Lance Alworth*, Terrell Owens, Bob Hayes*, Andre Reed, Isaac Bruce, Raymond Berry*
8 Isaac Bruce, Sterling Sharpe, Andre Reed, Chad Johnson, Bob Hayes*, Herman Moore, Antonio Freeman, John Gilliam, Steve Largent*, Raymond Berry*
9 Isaac Bruce, Bob Hayes*, Andre Reed, Sterling Sharpe, Chad Johnson, Herman Moore, John Gilliam, Antonio Freeman, Eric Moulds, Otis Taylor
10 Bob Hayes*, Sterling Sharpe, Herman Moore, Chad Johnson, Andre Reed, Joe Horn, John Gilliam, Isaac Bruce, Mark Duper, Antonio Freeman
11 Bob Hayes*, Andre Reed, Herman Moore, Isaac Bruce, John Stallworth*, Gene A. Washington, John Gilliam, Chad Johnson, Mark Clayton, Eric Moulds
Career Bob Hayes*, Herman Moore, Gene A. Washington, Chad Johnson, Sterling Sharpe, John Gilliam, Mark Duper, Mark Clayton, Joe Horn, Lance Alworth*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1958
1959
1961
1962
1963

First-Team All-Pro

1958
1959
1961
1962
1963

Receptions

1958 NFL 51 (3)
1959 NFL 47 (2)
1961 NFL 68 (3)
1962 NFL 53 (9)
1963 NFL 64 (4)

Receiving Yds

1958 NFL 1097 (1)
1959 NFL 936 (2)
1961 NFL 1125 (2)
1962 NFL 1133 (4)
1963 NFL 1181 (3)
Career 6470 (133)

Receiving TD

1958 NFL 8 (3)
1959 NFL 7 (4)
1961 NFL 11 (4)
1962 NFL 12 (2/77)
1963 NFL 9 (7)
Career 51 (89)

Long Reception

1958 NFL 92 (2/57)
1959 NFL 72 (10)

Yds/Reception

1958 NFL 21.5 (3/88)
1959 NFL 19.9 (3)
1962 NFL 21.4 (2/95)
1963 NFL 18.5 (9)
Career 18.5 (29)

Receiving Yds/Game

1958 NFL 91.4 (1/71)
1959 NFL 78.0 (2)
1961 NFL 80.4 (2)
1962 NFL 87.2 (2)
1963 NFL 84.4 (3)
Career 51.8 (119)

Touchdowns

1961 NFL 11 (6)
1962 NFL 12 (6)
Career 51 (189)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1958 NFL 8 (10)
1961 NFL 11 (6)
1962 NFL 12 (5)
Career 51 (185)

Yds From Scrimmage

1958 NFL 1097 (5)
1961 NFL 1131 (9)
1963 NFL 1181 (5)

All-Purpose Yds

1958 NFL 1097 (8)

Punts

1958 NFL 49 (8)
1959 NFL 48 (10)
1960 NFL 54 (9)

Punting Yds

1958 NFL 2018 (9)
1960 NFL 2301 (8)

Long Punt

1958 NFL 62 (5)
1959 NFL 66 (4)
1960 NFL 63 (7)

Punts Blocked

1959 NFL 1 (1)
1960 NFL 1 (4)
Career 2 (138)

Yds/Punt

1958 NFL 41.2 (7)
1959 NFL 41.8 (8)
1960 NFL 42.6 (6)
Career 42.0 (89)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1958Associated 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
1959Associated 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
1961Associated 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
1962Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1963Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL