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Bill Stits

William David Stits

Position: DB-HB
Height: 6-4    Weight: 194 lbs.

Born: July 26, 1931 in Lomita, CA
Died: December 5, 2011 in Palm Desert, CA
College: UCLA   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (44th overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 33 (2996th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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
1954* 23 DET RDH 20 12 0 10
1955 24 DET RDH 20 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 182 6
1956 25 DET 20 12 3 48 0 19 16.0 100 5
1957 26 SFO RDH 20 12 0 5
1958 27 SFO RS 20 12 0 6
1959 28 2TM 10 4 7 0 7 1.8 7 3
WAS 26 5 0 1
NYG 48 5 4 7 0 7 1.8 7 2
1960 29 NYG KR/PR 48 12 18 166 0 38 9.2 20 486 0 39 24.3 652 1
1961 30 NYG PR 48 10 17 132 0 20 7.8 4 87 0 30 21.8 219 1
Career 92 40 305 0 38 7.6 27 621 0 39 23.0 1160 37
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 4

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
1954* 23 DET RDH 20 12 6 73 0 23 0 0 0 1 15 0
1955 24 DET RDH 20 12 3 7 1 7 0 0 4 3 0 0
1956 25 DET 20 12 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
1957 26 SFO RDH 20 12 2 28 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0
1958 27 SFO RS 20 12 3 3 0 2 0
1959 28 2TM 10 0 2 0 0 0
NYG 48 5 0 2 0 0 0
1960 29 NYG KR/PR 48 12 0 3 1 0 0
1961 30 NYG PR 48 10 0 1 1 0 0
Career 92 15 122 1 23 0 0 10 9 15 0
3 yrs DET 36 0 10 91 1 23 0 0 4 5 15 0
3 yrs NYG 27 0 0 6 2 0 0
2 yrs SFO 24 0 5 31 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0

Rushing & Receiving

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
1955 24 DET RDH 20 12 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 20 12 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 49 165 0 15 3.4 1.8 0.5 8 69 8.6 0 27 0.1 0.8 234 0 10

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1955 24 DET RDH 20 12 2 2 100.0 62 1 50.0 0 0.0 41 31.0 41.0 31.0 5.2 158.3 0 0
1956 25 DET 20 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Career 92 2 3 66.7 62 1 33.3 1 33.3 41 20.7 12.3 31.0 0.7 109.7 0 0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1955 24 DET RDH 20 12 1 1 6
Career 92 1 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1954

Non-Offensive TDs
1955 NFL 1 (6)

Kick Returns
1960 NFL 20 (4)

Kick Return Yds
1960 NFL 486 (7)

Yds/Kick Return
1960 NFL 24.3 (9)

Punt Returns
1960 NFL 18 (1)
1961 NFL 17 (6)

Punt Return Yds
1960 NFL 166 (2)

Long Punt Return
1960 NFL 38 (4)

Yds/Punt Return
1960 NFL 9.2 (3)
1961 NFL 7.8 (9)

Kick & Punt Returns
1960 NFL 38 (2)

Kick & Punt Return Yds
1960 NFL 652 (2)

Fumbles Recovered
1955 NFL 3 (10)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1955 NFL 1 (2)