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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 62 (916th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 22, 2013 3:25AM

All-Time Rank: #764. Chris Chandler… #765. Steve DeBerg… #766. Pat Tilley… #767. GREG TOWNSEND… #768. Paul Gruber… #769. Reggie Williams… #770. Ken O'Brien…

All-Time Rank: #764. Chris Chandler… #765. Steve DeBerg… #766. Pat Tilley… #767. GREG TOWNSEND… #768. Paul Gruber… #769. Reggie Williams… #770. Ken O'Brien…

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	AV
1983	22	RAI		93	16	0	10.5						0	0	1	66	1			1	2
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	de	93	15	4	11.5											37	0	1	3
1987	26	RAI	de	93	13	1	8.5														2
1988	27	RAI	LDE	93	16	11	11.5	1	86	1	86	0	0	0	1	0	1	57	0		7
1989	28	RAI	ROLB	93	16	12	10.5						6	0	1	0	0	67	0		7
1990*	29	RAI	RDE	93	16	16	12.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	67	0		15
1991*	30	RAI	RDE	93	16	16	13.0	1	31	0	31	0	3	0	1	0	0	55	0		14
1992	31	RAI	RDE	93	14	14	5.0						2	0	1	0	0	28	0		7
1993	32	RAI	RDE/rdt	93	16	16	7.5						2	0	0	0	0	27	0		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	0	15	0	8	91	3	359	4	2	74
12 yrs		RAI-OAK			174	90	107.5	3	117	1	86	0	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

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1983	22	RAI		93	16	0	1		1	1	8
1986	25	RAI	de	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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4	Kalimba Edwards, Alfonso Boone, Mel Witt, Ed Cooke, Karl Wilson, Bernard Holsey, Justin Bannan, Ernie Price, Dave Long, Markus Koch
5	Mike Lodish, Chuck Janerette, Charles DeJurnett, Alfonso Boone, Justin Bannan, Karl Wilson, Aaron Jones, Colin Cole, Darius Holland, Byron Darby
6	Ryan Denney, Colin Cole, Neil Elshire, Casey Merrill, Randy Holloway, Kalimba Edwards, Mike Fanning, Bernard Holsey, Kenyon Coleman, Les Miller
7	Ryan Denney, Randy Holloway, Harald Hasselbach, Steve Martin, Kenyon Coleman, Keith McCants, Bill Kollar, James Reed, Tom Beasley, Kalimba Edwards
8	Erik Howard, Dan Birdwell, Bill Pickel, Leonard Little, Manny Sistrunk, Ezra Johnson, Bertrand Berry, Dennis Brown, Andy Dorris, Tom Beasley
9	Bill Pickel, Alfred Williams, Tony Brackens, Ike Lassiter, Pierce Holt, Ron McDole, Ben Davidson, Erik Howard, Mike Fox, Lee Williams
10	Lee Williams, Alfred Williams, Leonard Little, Pierce Holt, Gerry Philbin, Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Tony Brackens, Bill Pickel, Marcellus Wiley, Ike Lassiter
11	Lee Williams, Gerry Philbin, Aaron Kampman, Ben Davidson, Sean Jones, Patrick Kerney, Fred Dean*, Ike Lassiter, Pat Holmes, Leonard Marshall
12	Gerry Philbin, Leonard Marshall, Lee Williams, Patrick Kerney, Ben Davidson, Bill Maas, Fred Dean*, Aaron Kampman, Rulon Jones, John Abraham
13	Gerry Philbin, Leonard Marshall, Lee Williams, Patrick Kerney, Ben Davidson, Bill Maas, Fred Dean*, Aaron Kampman, Rulon Jones, John Abraham
Career	Gerry Philbin, Lee Williams, Patrick Kerney, Ben Davidson, Bill Maas, Fred Dean*, Aaron Kampman, Leonard Marshall, Rulon Jones, John Abraham

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1990 1991	Non-Offensive TDs 1988 NFL 2 (1) 1990 NFL 1 (8) Career 4 (196)	Fumble Return Yds 1983 NFL 66 (3) Career 91 (153)	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 (20)	Safeties 1983 NFL 1 (2) 1986 NFL 1 (1) Career 2 (22)

All-Pro Teams

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

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