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Greg Townsend

Gregory E. Townsend

Position: DE-LB-DT-NT
Height: 6-3    Weight: 264 lbs.
Born: November 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, CA
College: TCU

Career AV: 61 (851st overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the 4th round (110th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

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Defense & Fumbles

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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 AV
1983 22 RAI 93 16 0 10.5 0 0 1 66 1 1 3
1984 23 RAI 93 16 0 7.0 2
1985 24 RAI 93 16 0 10.0 0 0 1 0 0 2
1986 25 RAI 93 15 4 11.5 37 1 3
1987 26 RAI 93 13 1 8.5 2
1988 27 RAI LDE 93 16 11 11.5 1 86 1 86 0 0 1 0 1 57 7
1989 28 RAI ROLB 93 16 12 10.5 6 0 1 0 0 67 7
1990* 29 RAI RDE 93 16 16 12.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 67 15
1991* 30 RAI RDE 93 16 16 13.0 1 31 0 31 3 0 1 0 0 55 13
1992 31 RAI RDE 93 14 14 5.0 2 0 1 0 0 28 7
1993 32 RAI RDE/rdt 93 16 16 7.5 2 0 0 0 0 27 7
1994 33 PHI RDE 93 16 12 2.0 2 0 1 24 0 21 4 6
1997 36 OAK 93 4 0 0
Career 190 102 109.5 3 117 1 86 15 0 8 91 3 359 4 2 74
12 yrs RAI 174 90 107.5 3 117 1 86 13 0 7 67 3 338 0 2 68
1 yr PHI 16 12 2.0 2 0 1 24 0 21 4 6

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1983 22 RAI 93 16 0 1 1 1 8
1986 25 RAI 93 15 4 1 2
1988 27 RAI LDE 93 16 11 1 1 2 12
1990* 29 RAI RDE 93 16 16 1 1 6
Career 190 102 3 1 4 2 28

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13 Patrick Kerney, Gerry Philbin, Leonard Marshall, Lee Williams, Ben Davidson, Bill Maas, Rulon Jones, Michael Sinclair, Pat Holmes, Tim Krumrie
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1990
1991

Non-Offensive TDs

1988 NFL 2 (1)
1990 NFL 1 (8)
Career 4 (176)

Fumble Return Yds

1983 NFL 66 (3)
Career 91 (141)

Fumble Return TD

1983 NFL 1 (3)
1988 NFL 1 (1)
1990 NFL 1 (2)
Career 3 (8)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1988 NFL 1 (3)

Long Intercep. Return

1988 NFL 86 (3)

Sacks

1988 NFL 11.5 (7)
1990 NFL 12.5 (8)
1991 NFL 13.0 (6)
Career 109.5 (16)

Safeties

1983 NFL 1 (2)
1986 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (20)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1988UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1989UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1990Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1991Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL