Lynn Swann

Lynn Curtis Swann

Position: WR
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: March 7, 1952 in Alcoa, TN
College: USC

Career AV: 62 (825th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2001

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · · · Game Log · Splits · TD Log · Big Games · Super Bowl Plays

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1974	22	PIT	RET	88	11	2	11	208	18.9	2	54	1.0	18.9	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.3	0.1	222	2	5	4
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12	49	781	15.9	11	43	3.5	55.8	3	13	0	11	4.3	0.9	0.2	794	11	4	12
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10	28	516	18.4	3	47	2.3	43.0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	518	3	0	9
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14	50	789	15.8	7	46	3.6	56.4	2	6	0	14	3.0	0.4	0.1	795	7	1	11
1978*+	26	PIT	WR	88	16	16	61	880	14.4	11	62	3.8	55.0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1	887	11	0	12
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	41	808	19.7	5	65	3.2	62.2	1	9	1	9	9.0	0.7	0.1	817	6	0	8
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11	44	710	16.1	7	68	3.4	54.6	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	706	7	0	7
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12	34	505	14.9	5	44	2.6	38.8								505	5	1	5
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8	18	265	14.7	0	60	2.0	29.4	1	25	0	25	25.0	2.8	0.1	290	0	0	5
Career					115	96	336	5462	16.3	51	68	2.9	47.5	11	72	1	25	6.5	0.6	0.1	5534	52	11	73

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ·

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1974	22	PIT	RET	88	11	2	41	577	1	69	14.1	2	11	0	11	5.5	810
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12	7	64	0	21	9.1						858
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10	3	11	0	7	3.7						529
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14	9	88	0	31	9.8						883
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0						816
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	290
Career					115	96	61	739	1	69	12.1	3	11	0	11	3.7	6284

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · · · Game Log · Splits · TD Log · Big Games · Super Bowl Plays

								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
1974	22	PIT	RET	88	11	2								5	2	0	0
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12								4	1	0	0
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14								1	0	0	0
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11								0	1	0	0
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12								1	1	0	0
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8								0	1	0	0
Career					115	96								11	6	0	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1974	22	PIT	RET	88	11	2		2	1	3	18
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12		11		11	66
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10		3		3	18
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14		7		7	42
1978*+	26	PIT	WR	88	16	16		11		11	66
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	1	5		6	36
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11		7		7	42
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12		5		5	30
Career					115	96	1	51	1	53	318

Similar Players

Glossary · What does "similar" mean? · ·

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Greg Jennings, Al Toon, Plaxico Burress, Javon Walker, Koren Robinson, Duriel Harris, Mark Carrier, Terrell Owens, Brandon Marshall, Gail Cogdill
4	Al Toon, Gail Cogdill, Laveranues Coles, Wes Chandler, Duriel Harris, Stanley Morgan, Tommy McDonald*, Larry Fitzgerald, Drew Pearson, Plaxico Burress
5	Isaac Curtis, Joey Galloway, John Jefferson, Andre Rison, Tommy McDonald*, Keyshawn Johnson, Gail Cogdill, Tony Hill, Stanley Morgan, Carl Pickens
6	John Jefferson, Isaac Curtis, Stanley Morgan, Tommy McDonald*, Eric Martin, Andre Rison, Gary Clark, Anthony Miller, Darrell Jackson, Plaxico Burress
7	John Jefferson, Plaxico Burress, Al Toon, Eric Martin, Andre Rison, Stanley Morgan, Isaac Curtis, Darrell Jackson, Laveranues Coles, Paul Warfield*
8	Darrell Jackson, Isaac Curtis, Carl Pickens, Laveranues Coles, Andre Rison, Stanley Morgan, Eric Martin, Fred Biletnikoff*, Al Toon, Plaxico Burress
9	Isaac Curtis, Tommy McDonald, Fred Biletnikoff, Stanley Morgan, Plaxico Burress, Darrell Jackson, Laveranues Coles, Muhsin Muhammad, Charley Taylor*, Carl Pickens
Career	Darrell Jackson, Carl Pickens, Al Toon, Plaxico Burress, Laveranues Coles, John Taylor, John Jefferson, Chris Chambers, Derrick Alexander, Alfred Jenkins

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards 1975 NFL Super Bowl MVP 1981 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year	Pro Bowls 1975 1977 1978	First-Team All-Pro 1978	Receptions 1977 NFL 50 (7) 1978 NFL 61 (7)
Receiving Yds 1975 NFL 781 (8) 1977 NFL 789 (4) 1978 NFL 880 (7) Career 5462 (181)	Receiving TD 1975 NFL 11 (1) 1977 NFL 7 (6) 1978 NFL 11 (2) Career 51 (89)	Yds/Reception 1979 NFL 19.7 (4) Career 16.3 (130)	Receiving Yds/Game 1975 NFL 55.8 (8) 1977 NFL 56.4 (4) 1978 NFL 55.0 (8) Career 47.5 (161)
Touchdowns 1975 NFL 11 (8) 1978 NFL 11 (5) Career 53 (174)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1975 NFL 11 (7) 1978 NFL 11 (5) Career 52 (174)	Non-Offensive TDs 1974 NFL 1 (9)	Yds/Touch Career 15.3 (67)
Punt Returns 1974 NFL 41 (2)	Punt Return Yds 1974 NFL 577 (1/28)	Punt Return TD 1974 NFL 1 (2) Career 1 (143)	Long Punt Return 1974 NFL 69 (8)
Yds/Punt Return 1974 NFL 14.1 (5/81)	Playoff Games Career 16 (156)	Playoff Games Started Career 13 (148)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1975 Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1977 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1978 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy
Glossary · CSV · PRE

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1974 22 11 WR 34 60

1975 23 14 WR 145 84 3 16

1976 24 12 WR 70 34

1977 25 14 WR 122 60 6 19

1978 26 16 WR 155 71 5 12

1979 27 13 WR 118 18 23 59

1980 28 13 WR 113 12 25 63

1981 29 13 WR 81 41

1982 30 9 WR 29 60

867 245

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1974	22	11	WR	34		60
1975	23	14	WR	145	84	3	16
1976	24	12	WR	70		34
1977	25	14	WR	122	60	6	19
1978	26	16	WR	155	71	5	12
1979	27	13	WR	118	18	23	59
1980	28	13	WR	113	12	25	63
1981	29	13	WR	81		41
1982	30	9	WR	29		60
				867	245

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1975	Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1977	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1978	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
	UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
	Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL