William David Stits
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 194 lbs.
Born: July 26, 1931 in Lomita, CA
College: UCLA
Career AV: 34 (2593rd overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (44th overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft.
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1954* | 23 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 24 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 182 | 6 | |||||
| 1956 | 25 | DET | rdh | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 16.0 | 100 | 5 | |||||
| 1957 | 26 | SFO | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 27 | SFO | RS | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 28 | 2TM | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| NYG | 48 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| WAS | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | 29 | NYG | RET | 48 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 166 | 0 | 38 | 9.2 | 20 | 486 | 0 | 39 | 24.3 | 652 | 2 |
| 1961 | 30 | NYG | RET | 48 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 132 | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 30 | 21.8 | 219 | 2 |
| Career | 92 | 0 | 40 | 305 | 0 | 38 | 7.6 | 27 | 621 | 0 | 39 | 23.0 | 1160 | 39 | ||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 16.0 | 282 | 21 | |||
| 3 yrs | NYG | 27 | 0 | 39 | 305 | 0 | 38 | 7.8 | 24 | 573 | 0 | 39 | 23.9 | 878 | 6 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1954* | 23 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 1955 | 24 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1956 | 25 | DET | rdh | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1957 | 26 | SFO | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1958 | 27 | SFO | RS | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 28 | 2TM | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| NYG | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1960 | 29 | NYG | RET | 48 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 30 | NYG | RET | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 15 | 122 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 36 | 0 | 10 | 91 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | NYG | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | SFO | 24 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1955 | 24 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 46 | 165 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 13.8 | 3.8 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 14 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 182 | 0 | 4 |
| 1956 | 25 | DET | rdh | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 27 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 92 | 0 | 49 | 165 | 0 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 0 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 234 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1955 | 24 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 62 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 31.0 | 41.0 | 31.0 | 5.2 | 158.3 | ||||||
| 1956 | 25 | DET | rdh | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 62 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 41 | 20.7 | 12.3 | 31.0 | 0.7 | 109.7 |
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1955 | 24 | DET | RDH | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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