Ron Springs

Ronald Edward Springs

Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 213 lbs.
Born: November 4, 1956 in Williamsburg, VA
College: Ohio State

Career AV: 35 (2510th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 5th round (136th overall) of the 1979 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
1979	23	DAL	RET	20	16	0	67	248	2	15	3.7	15.5	4.2	25	251	10.0	1	27	1.6	15.7	499	3	2	4
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6	89	326	6	20	3.7	21.7	5.9	15	212	14.1	1	58	1.0	14.1	538	7	1	5
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13	172	625	10	16	3.6	39.1	10.8	46	359	7.8	2	32	2.9	22.4	984	12	3	7
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9	59	243	2	46	4.1	27.0	6.6	17	163	9.6	2	34	1.9	18.1	406	4	3	6
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14	149	541	7	19	3.6	33.8	9.3	73	589	8.1	1	80	4.6	36.8	1130	8	3	10
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12	68	197	1	16	2.9	12.3	4.3	46	454	9.9	3	57	2.9	28.4	651	4	1	4
1985	29	TAM		20	12	0	16	54	0	11	3.4	4.5	1.3	3	44	14.7	0	22	0.3	3.7	98	0	0	1
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8	74	285	0	40	3.9	23.8	6.2	24	187	7.8	0	46	2.0	15.6	472	0	2	3
Career					112	62	694	2519	28	46	3.6	22.5	6.2	249	2259	9.1	10	80	2.2	20.2	4778	38	15	40
6 yrs		DAL			88	54	604	2180	28	46	3.6	24.8	6.9	222	2028	9.1	10	80	2.5	23.0	4208	38	13	36
2 yrs		TAM			24	8	90	339	0	40	3.8	14.1	3.8	27	231	8.6	0	46	1.1	9.6	570	0	2	4

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
1979	23	DAL	RET	20	16	0						38	780	0	70	20.5	1279
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14						1	13	0	13	13.0	1143
1985	29	TAM		20	12	0						5	112	0	34	22.4	210
Career					112	62						44	905	0	70	20.6	5683
6 yrs		DAL			88	54						39	793	0	70	20.3	5001
2 yrs		TAM			24	8						5	112	0	34	22.4	682

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	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%
1979	23	DAL	RET	20	16	0	1	3	33.3	30	1	33.3	0	0.0	30	10.0	16.7	30.0	1.9	111.1	1	4	6.5	11.5	25.0
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14	1	2	50.0	15	1	50.0	0	0.0	15	7.5	17.5	15.0	0.9	114.6	0	0	7.5	17.5	0.0
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career					112	62	2	7	28.6	45	2	28.6	1	14.3	30	6.4	5.7	22.5	0.4	53.9	1	4	5.1	4.5	12.5

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
1979	23	DAL	RET	20	16	0								2	2	0	0
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6								1	0	0	0
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13								3	4	11	0
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9								3	1	0	0
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14								3	3	0	0
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12								1	0	0	0
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8								2	0	0	0
Career					112	62								15	10	11	0
6 yrs		DAL			88	54								13	10	11	0
2 yrs		TAM			24	8								2	0	0	0

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
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8																	1	43	43	0	43.0
Career					112	62																	1	43	43	0	43.0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1979	23	DAL	RET	20	16	0	2	1	3	18
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6	6	1	7	42
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13	10	2	12	72
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9	2	2	4	24
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14	7	1	8	48
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12	1	3	4	24
Career					112	62	28	10	38	228

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Al Carmichael, Curtis McClinton, Bo Jackson, Leon Heath, Eric Metcalf, Bob Gresham, Woody Green, Theotis Brown, Mario Bates, Tiki Barber
4	Clarence Peaks, Dick Hoak, Bobby Anderson, Jon Keyworth, Al Carmichael, William Henderson, Tim Wilson, Ronnie Harmon, Bo Jackson, Leroy Harris
5	Brad Muster, Johnny Roland, Marion Butts, Rob Carpenter, Fred Willis, Clarence Peaks, Tom Rathman, Sammy Winder, Abner Haynes, Randy McMillan
6	Brad Muster, Marion Butts, Johnny Roland, Stump Mitchell, Rob Carpenter, Tom Rathman, Christian Okoye, Bam Morris, Clarence Peaks, Randy McMillan
7	Brad Muster, Marion Butts, Fred Morrison, Leroy Hoard, Willie Galimore, Rob Carpenter, John Henry Johnson*, Paul Lowe, Abner Haynes, Rod Bernstine
8	John Henry Johnson*, Leroy Hoard, Larry Garron, Harold Green, Eddie Lee Ivery, Brad Muster, Rob Carpenter, Marion Butts, Abner Haynes, Archie Griffin
Career	Eddie Lee Ivery, Brad Muster, Marion Butts, Archie Griffin, Fred Morrison, Mike Rozier, William Floyd, Natrone Means, Paul Lowe, Dan Doornink

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing TD 1981 NFL 10 (7) Career 28 (190)	Receptions 1983 NFL 73 (9)	Long Reception 1983 NFL 80 (6)	Touchdowns 1981 NFL 12 (9)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1981 NFL 12 (9)	Yds/Touch 1979 NFL 9.8 (5)	Long Kick Return 1979 NFL 70 (10)	Fumbles Recovered 1981 NFL 4 (4)

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

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1979 23 16 RB 75 55

1980 24 15 RB 96 42

1981 25 16 RB 168 22 20 56

1982 26 9 RB 65 34

1983 27 16 RB 168 17 20 57

1984 28 16 RB 89 44

1985 29 12 RB 10 103

1986 30 12 RB 47 77

718 39

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1979	23	16	RB	75		55
1980	24	15	RB	96		42
1981	25	16	RB	168	22	20	56
1982	26	9	RB	65		34
1983	27	16	RB	168	17	20	57
1984	28	16	RB	89		44
1985	29	12	RB	10		103
1986	30	12	RB	47		77
				718	39

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