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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
College: UCLA

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 4th round (44th overall) of the 1954 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
1954* 23 DET RDH 12 0 0
1955 24 DET RDH 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 182
1956 25 DET rdh 12 0 3 48 0 19 16.0 100
1957 26 SFO RDH 12 0 0
1958 27 SFO RS 12 0 0
1959 28 2TM 10 0 4 7 0 7 1.8 7
NYG 5 0 4 7 0 7 1.8 7
WAS 5 0 0
1960 29 NYG RET 12 0 18 166 0 38 9.2 20 486 0 39 24.3 652
1961 30 NYG RET 10 0 17 132 0 20 7.8 4 87 0 30 21.8 219
Career 92 0 40 305 0 38 7.6 27 621 0 39 23.0 1160
3 yrs DET 36 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 48 0 19 16.0 282
3 yrs NYG 27 0 39 305 0 38 7.8 24 573 0 39 23.9 878

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
1954* 23 DET RDH 12 0 6 73 0 23 0 1 15 0
1955 24 DET RDH 12 0 3 7 1 7 4 3 0 0
1956 25 DET rdh 12 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
1957 26 SFO RDH 12 0 2 28 0 20 0 2 0 0
1958 27 SFO RS 12 0 3 3 0 2
1959 28 2TM 10 0 2 0 0 0
NYG 5 0 2 0 0 0
1960 29 NYG RET 12 0 3 1 0 0
1961 30 NYG RET 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

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
1955 24 DET RDH 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 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

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos 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%
1955 24 DET RDH 12 0 2 2 100.0 62 1 50.0 0 0.0 41 31.0 36.0 31.0 5.2 158.3
1956 25 DET rdh 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 9.0 31.0 0.7 109.7

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
1955 24 DET RDH 12 0 1 6
Career 92 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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)

     

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)