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Matt Snell

Matthews Snell

Position: RB
Height: 6-2    Weight: 219 lbs.
Born: August 18, 1941 in Garfield, GA
College: Ohio State

Career AV: 47 (1570th overall since 1950)

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

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1964 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 4th round (49th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1964* 23 NYJ FB 41 14 0 215 948 5 42 4.4 67.7 15.4 56 393 7.0 1 41 4.0 28.1 1341 6 0 7
1965 24 NYJ FB 41 14 0 169 763 4 44 4.5 54.5 12.1 38 264 6.9 0 35 2.7 18.9 1027 4 3 9
1966* 25 NYJ FB 41 12 0 178 644 4 25 3.6 53.7 14.8 48 346 7.2 4 25 4.0 28.8 990 8 3 8
1967 26 NYJ FB 41 7 0 61 207 0 13 3.4 29.6 8.7 11 54 4.9 0 21 1.6 7.7 261 0 2 7
1968 27 NYJ FB 41 14 0 179 747 6 60 4.2 53.4 12.8 16 105 6.6 1 39 1.1 7.5 852 7 2 7
1969*+ 28 NYJ FB 41 14 0 191 695 4 34 3.6 49.6 13.6 22 187 8.5 1 54 1.6 13.4 882 5 5 13
1970 29 NYJ 41 3 0 64 281 1 19 4.4 93.7 21.3 2 26 13.0 0 27 0.7 8.7 307 1 2 2
1971 30 NYJ 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 NYJ 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Career 87 0 1057 4285 24 60 4.1 49.3 12.1 193 1375 7.1 7 54 2.2 15.8 5660 31 17 53

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
1964* 23 NYJ FB 41 14 0 7 158 0 31 22.6 1499
1968 27 NYJ FB 41 14 0 3 28 0 15 9.3 880
1972 31 NYJ 41 4 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Career 87 0 11 200 0 31 18.2 5860

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%
1964* 23 NYJ FB 41 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
1966* 25 NYJ FB 41 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
1968 27 NYJ FB 41 14 0 1 1 100.0 26 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 26.0 26.0 26.0 1.9 118.7
Career 87 0 1 3 33.3 26 0 0.0 1 33.3 26 8.7 -6.3 26.0 0.3 26.4 0 0 8.7 -6.3 0.0

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
1965 24 NYJ FB 41 14 0 3 0 0 0
1966* 25 NYJ FB 41 12 0 3 0 0 0
1967 26 NYJ FB 41 7 0 2 0 0 0
1968 27 NYJ FB 41 14 0 2 1 0 0
1969*+ 28 NYJ FB 41 14 0 5 1 0 0
1970 29 NYJ 41 3 0 2 0 0 0
Career 87 0 17 2 0 0

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
1964* 23 NYJ FB 41 14 0 5 1 6 36
1965 24 NYJ FB 41 14 0 4 4 24
1966* 25 NYJ FB 41 12 0 4 4 8 48
1968 27 NYJ FB 41 14 0 6 1 7 42
1969*+ 28 NYJ FB 41 14 0 4 1 5 30
1970 29 NYJ 41 3 0 1 1 6
Career 87 0 24 7 31 186

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1964
1966
1969

First-Team All-Pro

1969

Rushing Att

1964 AFL 215 (2)
1965 AFL 169 (5)
1966 AFL 178 (4)
1968 AFL 179 (4)
1969 AFL 191 (2)
Career 1057 (145)

Rushing Yds

1964 AFL 948 (2)
1965 AFL 763 (4)
1966 AFL 644 (6)
1968 AFL 747 (6)
1969 AFL 695 (7)
Career 4285 (149)

Rushing TD

1964 AFL 5 (4)
1965 AFL 4 (9)
1966 AFL 4 (10)
1968 AFL 6 (4)
1969 AFL 4 (8)

Long Rush

1964 AFL 42 (9)
1968 AFL 60 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1964 AFL 4.4 (5)
1965 AFL 4.5 (3)
1968 AFL 4.2 (6)
Career 4.1 (192)

Rushing Yds/Game

1964 AFL 67.7 (2)
1965 AFL 54.5 (4)
1966 AFL 53.7 (5)
1968 AFL 53.4 (6)
1969 AFL 49.6 (8)
Career 49.3 (123)

Receptions

1964 AFL 56 (7)
1965 AFL 38 (10)
1966 AFL 48 (9)

Touchdowns

1968 AFL 7 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1966 AFL 8 (10)
1968 AFL 7 (8)

Yds From Scrimmage

1964 AFL 1341 (4)
1965 AFL 1027 (9)
1966 AFL 990 (9)

All-Purpose Yds

1964 AFL 1499 (5)

Touches

1964 AFL 278 (1)
1965 AFL 207 (5)
1966 AFL 226 (3)
1968 AFL 198 (8)
1969 AFL 213 (5)
Career 1261 (163)

Yds/Touch

1964 AFL 5.4 (9)

Fumbles

1969 AFL 5 (8)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1964Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-AFL
1965Associated Press: 2nd Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
1968NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-AFL
1969Associated Press: 1st Team All-AFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-AFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-AFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-AFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-AFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-AFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 29 3 RB 37 69
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