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Leonard Thompson

Leonard Irwin Thompson

Position: WR-HB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 192 lbs.

Born: July 28, 1952 in Oklahoma City, OK
College: Oklahoma St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 8th round (194th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 41 (2218th overall since 1950)

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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
1975 23 DET wr 39 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -12 0 -12 -12.0 -0.9 0.1 -12 0 2 0
1976 24 DET wr 39 14 1 3 52 17.3 0 21 0.2 3.7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 52 0 0 1
1977 25 DET wr 39 14 3 7 42 6.0 0 18 0.5 3.0 31 91 1 16 2.9 6.5 2.2 133 1 0 1
1978 26 DET wr 39 16 1 10 167 16.7 4 45 0.6 10.4 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 174 4 2 2
1979 27 DET wr 39 15 1 24 451 18.8 2 82 1.6 30.1 5 24 0 16 4.8 1.6 0.3 475 2 3 4
1980 28 DET WR 39 16 12 19 511 26.9 3 79 1.2 31.9 6 61 0 30 10.2 3.8 0.4 572 3 1 5
1981 29 DET WR 39 16 16 30 550 18.3 3 94 1.9 34.4 10 75 1 21 7.5 4.7 0.6 625 4 1 6
1982 30 DET WR 39 9 7 17 328 19.3 4 70 1.9 36.4 2 16 0 13 8.0 1.8 0.2 344 4 0 6
1983 31 DET WR 39 13 12 41 752 18.3 3 80 3.2 57.8 4 72 1 40 18.0 5.5 0.3 824 4 2 8
1984 32 DET WR 39 16 15 50 773 15.5 6 66 3.1 48.3 3 -7 0 4 -2.3 -0.4 0.2 766 6 1 6
1985 33 DET WR 39 16 13 51 736 14.4 5 48 3.2 46.0 736 5 0 7
1986 34 DET wr 39 16 1 25 320 12.8 5 36 1.6 20.0 320 5 0 3
Career 175 83 277 4682 16.9 35 94 1.6 26.8 64 327 3 40 5.1 1.9 0.4 5009 38 12 49

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
1975 23 DET wr 39 14 1 12 271 0 33 22.6 259
1976 24 DET wr 39 14 1 5 86 0 32 17.2 138
1977 25 DET wr 39 14 3 5 84 0 24 16.8 217
1978 26 DET wr 39 16 1 3 19 0 9 6.3 8 207 0 31 25.9 400
1979 27 DET wr 39 15 1 9 117 0 31 13.0 6 151 0 26 25.2 743
Career 175 83 12 136 0 31 11.3 36 799 0 33 22.2 5944

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
1975 23 DET wr 39 14 1 0 2 0 0 0
1976 24 DET wr 39 14 1 0 0 1 0 0
1978 26 DET wr 39 16 1 0 2 4 0 0
1979 27 DET wr 39 15 1 0 3 0 0 0
1980 28 DET WR 39 16 12 0 1 2 0 0
1981 29 DET WR 39 16 16 0 1 1 0 0
1983 31 DET WR 39 13 12 0 2 1 0 0
1984 32 DET WR 39 16 15 0 1 1 0 0
Career 175 83 0 12 10 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
1977 25 DET wr 39 14 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 175 83 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1977 25 DET wr 39 14 3 1 1 2 12
1978 26 DET wr 39 16 1 4 4 24
1979 27 DET wr 39 15 1 2 2 12
1980 28 DET WR 39 16 12 3 3 18
1981 29 DET WR 39 16 16 1 3 4 24
1982 30 DET WR 39 9 7 4 4 24
1983 31 DET WR 39 13 12 1 3 4 24
1984 32 DET WR 39 16 15 6 6 36
1985 33 DET WR 39 16 13 5 5 30
1986 34 DET wr 39 16 1 5 5 30
Career 175 83 3 35 1 39 234

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Receiving TD
1982 NFL 4 (10)

Long Reception
1979 NFL 82 (3)
1980 NFL 79 (6)
1981 NFL 94 (2/47)
1982 NFL 70 (7)
1983 NFL 80 (6)

Yds/Reception
1981 NFL 18.3 (8)
1982 NFL 19.3 (8)
1983 NFL 18.3 (7)
Career 16.9 (85)

Non-Offensive TDs
1977 NFL 1 (8)

Fumbles Recovered
1978 NFL 4 (10)

     

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1975 23 14 WR -1 100
1976 24 14 WR 5 88
1977 25 14 WR 19 63
1978 26 16 WR 41 55
1979 27 15 WR 60 44
1980 28 16 WR 75 49
1981 29 16 WR 87 34
1982 30 9 WR 58 9 22 62
1983 31 13 WR 106 18 22 57
1984 32 16 WR 113 10 24 65
1985 33 16 WR 104 32
1986 34 16 WR 62 56
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