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Howard Stevens

Howard Melvin Stevens Jr.

Position: RB
Height: 5-5    Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1950 in Harrisonburg, VA
College: Louisville, Randolph-Macon

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 16th round (392nd overall) of the 1973 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1973 23 NOR RET 14 0 17 171 0 37 10.1 26 590 0 48 22.7 983
1974 24 NOR RET 14 0 37 376 0 40 10.2 33 749 0 41 22.7 1396
1975 25 BAL RET 12 0 36 396 0 53 11.0 3 71 0 31 23.7 467
1976 26 BAL RET 14 0 39 315 0 44 8.1 30 710 0 83 23.7 1028
1977 27 BAL RET 12 0 34 301 0 24 8.9 11 216 0 37 19.6 517
Career 66 0 163 1559 0 53 9.6 103 2336 0 83 22.7 4391
3 yrs IND 38 0 109 1012 0 53 9.3 44 997 0 83 22.7 2012
2 yrs NOR 28 0 54 547 0 40 10.1 59 1339 0 48 22.7 2379

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1973 23 NOR RET 14 0 45 183 2 15 4.1 13.1 3.2 4 39 9.8 0 14 0.3 2.8 222 2 9
1974 24 NOR RET 14 0 43 190 1 25 4.4 13.6 3.1 13 81 6.2 0 20 0.9 5.8 271 1 7
1976 26 BAL RET 14 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 1 6
Career 66 0 89 376 4 25 4.2 5.7 1.3 17 120 7.1 0 20 0.3 1.8 496 4 30
3 yrs IND 38 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 0.1 0.0 3 1 14
2 yrs NOR 28 0 88 373 3 25 4.2 13.3 3.1 17 120 7.1 0 20 0.6 4.3 493 3 16

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1973 23 NOR RET 14 0 9 2 0 0
1974 24 NOR RET 14 0 7 3 0 0
1975 25 BAL RET 12 0 3 1 0 0
1976 26 BAL RET 14 0 6 1 0 0
1977 27 BAL RET 12 0 5 1 0 0
Career 66 0 30 8 0 0
3 yrs IND 38 0 14 3 0 0
2 yrs NOR 28 0 16 5 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1973 23 NOR RET 14 0 2 12
1974 24 NOR RET 14 0 1 6
1976 26 BAL RET 14 0 1 6
Career 66 0 4 24
3 yrs IND 38 0 1 6
2 yrs NOR 28 0 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Purpose Yds

1974 NFL 1396 (8)

Yds/Touch

1973 NFL 10.7 (3)
1974 NFL 11.1 (3)

Kick Returns

1973 NFL 26 (8)
1974 NFL 33 (5)
1976 NFL 30 (2)
Career 103 (149)

Kick Return Yds

1973 NFL 590 (9)
1974 NFL 749 (6)
1976 NFL 710 (4)
Career 2336 (154)

Long Kick Return

1976 NFL 83 (5)

Yds/Kick Return

Career 22.7 (172)

Punt Returns

1974 NFL 37 (5)
1975 NFL 36 (5)
1976 NFL 39 (6)
1977 NFL 34 (10)
Career 163 (55)

Punt Return Yds

1974 NFL 376 (6)
1975 NFL 396 (6)
Career 1559 (54)

Long Punt Return

1975 NFL 53 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1973 NFL 10.1 (7)
1975 NFL 11.0 (8)
Career 9.6 (104)

Kick & Punt Returns

1973 NFL 43 (5)
1974 NFL 70 (1)
1976 NFL 69 (4)
Career 266 (67)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1973 NFL 761 (6)
1974 NFL 1125 (3)
1976 NFL 1025 (4)
Career 3895 (88)

Fumbles

1973 NFL 9 (6)
1974 NFL 7 (10)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 23 14 RB 34 75
1974 24 14 RB 33 88
1976 26 14 RB 6 138
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