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Ron Smith

Ronald Smith

Position: DB-WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 3, 1943 in Chicago, IL
College: Wisconsin

Career AV: 47 (1570th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

84 40 41 48 48 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1965 22 CHI 84 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 17 0 17 17.0 19 1
1966 23 ATL LCB 40 14 14 11 80 0 23 7.3 43 1013 0 80 23.6 1093 4
1967 24 ATL RET 40 13 0 20 92 0 26 4.6 39 976 1 99 25.0 1337 1
1968 25 RAM LS 41 14 14 27 171 0 24 6.3 26 718 1 94 27.6 889 9
1969 26 RAM RCB 41 14 11 23 122 0 21 5.3 27 585 0 37 21.7 707 6
1970 27 CHI RET 48 14 0 33 126 0 15 3.8 28 651 0 46 23.3 777 3
1971 28 CHI SS 48 14 0 26 194 0 43 7.5 26 671 0 41 25.8 865 9
1972* 29 CHI SS 48 14 0 26 163 0 29 6.3 30 924 1 94 30.8 1087 11
1973 30 SDG SS 48 14 9 27 352 2 84 13.0 36 947 0 70 26.3 1299 8
1974 31 OAK RET 27 14 0 41 486 0 55 11.9 19 420 0 41 22.1 906 2
Career 139 48 235 1788 2 84 7.6 275 6922 3 99 25.2 8979 54
4 yrs CHI 56 0 86 485 0 43 5.6 85 2263 1 94 26.6 2748 24
2 yrs ATL 27 14 31 172 0 26 5.5 82 1989 1 99 24.3 2430 5
2 yrs RAM 28 25 50 293 0 24 5.9 53 1303 1 94 24.6 1596 15
1 yr RAI 14 0 41 486 0 55 11.9 19 420 0 41 22.1 906 2
1 yr SDG 14 9 27 352 2 84 13.0 36 947 0 70 26.3 1299 8

Defense & Fumbles

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
1965 22 CHI 84 14 0 1 1 0 0
1966 23 ATL LCB 40 14 14 2 6 0 4 2 2 -1 0
1967 24 ATL RET 40 13 0 6 3 0 0
1968 25 RAM LS 41 14 14 3 28 0 19 2 1 0 0
1969 26 RAM RCB 41 14 11 3 70 1 24 3 0 0 0
1970 27 CHI RET 48 14 0 4 5 0 0
1971 28 CHI SS 48 14 0 3 48 0 27 6 4 0 0
1972* 29 CHI SS 48 14 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
1973 30 SDG SS 48 14 9 1 4 0 4 10 6 8 0
1974 31 OAK RET 27 14 0 2 2 0 0
Career 139 48 13 158 1 27 39 24 7 0
4 yrs CHI 56 0 4 50 0 27 14 10 0 0
2 yrs ATL 27 14 2 6 0 4 8 5 -1 0
2 yrs RAM 28 25 6 98 1 24 5 1 0 0
1 yr RAI 14 0 2 2 0 0
1 yr SDG 14 9 1 4 0 4 10 6 8 0

Receiving & Rushing

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
1967 24 ATL RET 40 13 0 11 227 20.6 0 60 0.8 17.5 8 42 0 12 5.3 3.2 0.6 269 0 6
Career 139 48 11 227 20.6 0 60 0.1 1.6 8 42 0 12 5.3 0.3 0.1 269 0 39

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1967 24 ATL RET 40 13 0 1 1 6
1968 25 RAM LS 41 14 14 1 1 6
1969 26 RAM RCB 41 14 11 1 1 6
1972* 29 CHI SS 48 14 0 1 1 6
1973 30 SDG SS 48 14 9 2 2 12
Career 139 48 2 3 1 6 36
4 yrs CHI 56 0 1 1 6
2 yrs ATL 27 14 1 1 6
2 yrs RAM 28 25 1 1 2 12
1 yr SDG 14 9 2 2 12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1972

Non-Offensive TDs

1968 NFL 1 (9)
1969 NFL 1 (3)
1972 NFL 1 (7)
1973 NFL 2 (1)

Career 6 (66)

All-Purpose Yds

1967 NFL 1337 (5)
Career 8979 (160)

Yds/Touch

Career 17.0 (24)

Kick Returns

1966 NFL 43 (1)

1967 NFL 39 (1)

1968 NFL 26 (8)
1969 NFL 27 (2)
1970 NFL 28 (5)
1972 NFL 30 (3)
1973 NFL 36 (2)
Career 275 (11)

Kick Return Yds

1966 NFL 1013 (1)

1967 NFL 976 (1)

1968 NFL 718 (4)
1969 NFL 585 (3)
1970 NFL 651 (9)
1972 NFL 924 (2)
1973 NFL 947 (3)
Career 6922 (10)

Kick Return TD

1967 NFL 1 (3/58)
1968 NFL 1 (2/58)
1972 NFL 1 (1/58)

Career 3 (26)

Long Kick Return

1966 NFL 80 (9)
1967 NFL 99 (4)
1968 NFL 94 (4)
1972 NFL 94 (2)

Yds/Kick Return

1967 NFL 25.0 (8)
1968 NFL 27.6 (2)
1972 NFL 30.8 (1/29)

Career 25.2 (52)

Punt Returns

1967 NFL 20 (7)
1968 NFL 27 (3)
1969 NFL 23 (5)
1970 NFL 33 (4)
1971 NFL 26 (7)
1972 NFL 26 (3)
1973 NFL 27 (8)
1974 NFL 41 (2)
Career 235 (24)

Punt Return Yds

1968 NFL 171 (7)
1969 NFL 122 (9)
1971 NFL 194 (7)
1972 NFL 163 (10)
1973 NFL 352 (3)
1974 NFL 486 (3/78)
Career 1788 (37)

Punt Return TD

1973 NFL 2 (1/15)

Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1973 NFL 84 (1)

Yds/Punt Return

1969 NFL 5.3 (7)
1973 NFL 13.0 (2)

Kick & Punt Returns

1966 NFL 54 (2)
1967 NFL 59 (1)

1968 NFL 53 (2)
1969 NFL 50 (2)
1970 NFL 61 (2)
1971 NFL 52 (3)
1972 NFL 56 (2)
1973 NFL 63 (2)
1974 NFL 60 (3)
Career 510 (11)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1966 NFL 1093 (2)
1967 NFL 1068 (2)
1968 NFL 889 (2)
1969 NFL 707 (4)
1970 NFL 777 (6)
1971 NFL 865 (8)
1972 NFL 1087 (2)
1973 NFL 1299 (2)
1974 NFL 906 (10)
Career 8710 (11)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 6 (6)
1973 NFL 10 (3)
Career 39 (183)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 NFL 3 (6)
1970 NFL 5 (3)
1971 NFL 4 (6)
1973 NFL 6 (1/44)

Career 24 (43)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1969 NFL 1 (2)

 
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