Lynn Curtis Swann
Position: WR
Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: March 7, 1952 in Alcoa, TN
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 62 (857th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2001, finalist in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
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| All-Time Rank: #590. Billy Kilmer… #591. Dexter Manley… #592. Darryl Talley… #593. LYNN SWANN… #594. Matt Millen… #595. Doug English… #596. Julian Peterson… |
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1974 | 22 | PIT | PR | 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 | ||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1974 | 22 | PIT | PR | 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 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
| 1974 | 22 | PIT | PR | 88 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1975* | 23 | PIT | WR | 88 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1977* | 25 | PIT | WR | 88 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 28 | PIT | WR | 88 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 29 | PIT | WR | 88 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 30 | PIT | WR | 88 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 115 | 96 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 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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| 1974 | 22 | PIT | PR | 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 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Associated Press |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1975 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1975 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1977 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1978 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |