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Lynn Swann

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 (916th 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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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 7:25AM
All-Time Rank: #745. Jason Gildon… #746. Mark Lee… #747. George Saimes… #748. LYNN SWANN… #749. Craig Morton… #750. Charlie Krueger… #751. Carl Lee… 

Receiving & Rushing

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 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

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
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

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
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

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

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)

Receiving TD
1975 NFL 11 (1)
1977 NFL 7 (6)
1978 NFL 11 (2)
Career 51 (100)

Yds/Reception
1979 NFL 19.7 (4)
Career 16.3 (133)

Receiving Yds/Game
1975 NFL 55.8 (8)
1977 NFL 56.4 (4)
1978 NFL 55.0 (8)
Career 47.5 (178)

Touchdowns
1975 NFL 11 (8)
1978 NFL 11 (5)
Career 53 (193)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1975 NFL 11 (7)
1978 NFL 11 (5)
Career 52 (194)

Non-Offensive TDs
1974 NFL 1 (9)

Yds/Touch
Career 15.3 (70)

Punt Returns
1974 NFL 41 (2)

Punt Return Yds
1974 NFL 577 (1/29)

Punt Return TD
1974 NFL 1 (2)
Career 1 (155)

Long Punt Return
1974 NFL 69 (8)

Yds/Punt Return
1974 NFL 14.1 (5/90)

Playoff Games
Career 16 (171)

Playoff Games Started
Career 13 (158)

 

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19751st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19752nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19752nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19771st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19771st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19772nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19771st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19781st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19781st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19781st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19781st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19781st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
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 13
1979 27 13 WR 118 18 23 59
1980 28 13 WR 113 12 25 63
1981 29 13 WR 81 40
1982 30 9 WR 29 58
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