John David Tatum (The Assassin)
Position: DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: November 18, 1948 in Cherryville, NC
Died: July 27, 2010 in Oakland, CA
College: Ohio St. (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (877th overall since 1950)
3-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
| All-Time Rank: #776. Ron A. Johnson… #777. Keith Bulluck… #778. Dan Currie… #779. JACK TATUM… #780. Pat Tilley… #781. John Reger… #782. John Taylor… |
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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 | AV |
| 1971 | 23 | OAK | FS | 31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 136 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 1972 | 24 | OAK | FS | 31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 1973* | 25 | OAK | FS | 31 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| 1974* | 26 | OAK | FS | 32 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 1975* | 27 | OAK | FS | 32 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| 1976 | 28 | OAK | FS | 32 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1977 | 29 | OAK | FS | 32 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| 1978 | 30 | OAK | FS | 32 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 31 | OAK | FS | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 32 | HOU | 28 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 100 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Career | 136 | 106 | 37 | 736 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 164 | 1 | 78 | ||||||||
| 9 yrs | OAK | 120 | 106 | 30 | 636 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 171 | 1 | 74 | |||||||
| 1 yr | HOU | 16 | 0 | 7 | 100 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1973 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1974 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1974 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1975 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1976 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1977 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1977 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |