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Emlen Tunnell

Emlen Lewis Tunnell

Position: DB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: March 29, 1925 in Bryn Mawr, PA
College: Iowa, Toledo

Career AV: 122 (32nd overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1967

9-time Pro Bowler & 4-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 12 115 0 25 9.6 1 21 0 21 21.0 211
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 26 315 1 67 12.1 2 26 0 23 13.0 348
1950* 25 NYG LDH 45 12 0 31 305 0 43 9.8 305 15
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 45 12 0 34 489 3 81 14.4 6 227 1 100 37.8 716 21
1952*+ 27 NYG LS 45 12 0 30 411 0 60 13.7 15 364 0 39 24.3 775 17
1953* 28 NYG LS 45 12 0 38 223 0 37 5.9 17 479 0 86 28.2 702 10
1954* 29 NYG LS 45 12 0 21 70 0 12 3.3 5 98 0 25 19.6 168 19
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 45 12 0 25 98 1 66 3.9 98 18
1956*+ 31 NYG LS 45 12 0 22 120 0 14 5.5 120 16
1957* 32 NYG LS 45 12 0 12 60 0 23 5.0 60 14
1958 33 NYG 45 12 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 2
1959* 34 GNB LS 45 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3 11
1960 35 GNB LS 45 13 0 0 7
1961 36 GNB 45 12 0 0 2
Career 167 6 258 2209 5 81 8.6 46 1215 1 100 26.4 3506 152
11 yrs NYG 130 6 257 2206 5 81 8.6 46 1215 1 100 26.4 3503 132
3 yrs GNB 37 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3 20

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
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 7 116 1 43 3 0 0 0
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 10 251 2 55
1950* 25 NYG LDH 45 12 0 7 167 0 35 1 1 0 0
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 45 12 0 9 74 0 30 2 1 7 0
1952*+ 27 NYG LS 45 12 0 7 149 0 40 4 6 3 0
1953* 28 NYG LS 45 12 0 6 117 0 44
1954* 29 NYG LS 45 12 0 8 108 0 43 1 4 0 0
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 45 12 0 7 76 0 26 1 1 0 0
1956*+ 31 NYG LS 45 12 0 6 87 0 23 0 1 0 0
1957* 32 NYG LS 45 12 0 6 87 1 52 0 1 0 0
1958 33 NYG 45 12 0 1 8 0 8
1959* 34 GNB LS 45 12 0 2 20 0 18
1960 35 GNB LS 45 13 0 3 22 0 22 0 1 0 0
Career 167 6 79 1282 4 55 12 16 10 0
11 yrs NYG 130 6 74 1240 4 55 12 15 10 0
3 yrs GNB 37 0 5 42 0 22 0 1 0 0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 17 43 0 15 2.5 4.3 1.7 4 32 8.0 0 14 0.4 3.2 75 0 3
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Career 167 6 17 43 0 15 2.5 0.3 0.1 5 39 7.8 0 14 0.0 0.2 82 0 12

Passing

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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%
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 1 2 50.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 11.5 11.5 23.0 2.3 91.7
Career 167 6 1 2 50.0 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 11.5 11.5 23.0 0.1 91.7

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
1948 23 NYG RET 10 3 1 1 6
1949 24 NYG RET 12 3 1 2 3 18
1951*+ 26 NYG LDH 45 12 0 3 1 4 24
1955*+ 30 NYG LS 45 12 0 1 1 6
1957* 32 NYG LS 45 12 0 1 1 6
Career 167 6 5 1 4 10 60

Similar Players

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NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 Bill Bradley, Ken Gorgal, Bob Sanders, Deron Cherry, Marcus Robertson, Barry Wilburn, Lito Sheppard, LeRoy Irvin, Bob Stringer, Greg Bright
4 Deron Cherry, Bob Sanders, Bill Bradley, Rod Woodson*, Dave Duerson, Cortland Finnegan, Yale Lary*, Todd Bell, Rodger Bird, Paul Krause*
5 Deron Cherry, Yale Lary*, Rod Woodson*, Jimmy Patton, Paul Krause*, Bill Bradley, Dave Duerson, Jack Christiansen*, Sam Madison, Monte Jackson
6 Jimmy Patton, Deron Cherry, Rod Woodson*, Yale Lary*, Mark Haynes, Troy Polamalu, Willie Wood*, Dick Anderson, Dave Duerson, Joey Browner
7 Jimmy Patton, Rod Woodson*, Troy Polamalu, Willie Wood*, Yale Lary*, Mark Haynes, Ed Reed, Deron Cherry, Jack Christiansen*, Sam Madison
8 Rod Woodson*, Jimmy Patton, Willie Wood*, Jack Christiansen*, Herb Adderley*, Ed Reed, Paul Krause*, Yale Lary*, Deron Cherry, Lem Barney*
9 Rod Woodson*, Jimmy Patton, Jack Christiansen*, Willie Wood*, Herb Adderley*, Paul Krause*, Ed Reed, Mike Haynes*, Deion Sanders, Jack Butler
10 Rod Woodson*, Willie Wood*, Jack Christiansen*, Jimmy Patton, Mike Haynes*, Paul Krause*, Deion Sanders, Herb Adderley*, Jack Butler, Ronnie Lott*
11 Rod Woodson*, Willie Wood*, Jack Christiansen*, Jimmy Patton, Yale Lary*, Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes*, Jack Butler, Paul Krause*, Willie Brown*
12 Willie Wood*, Rod Woodson*, Mike Haynes*, Jimmy Patton, Yale Lary*, Paul Krause*, Deion Sanders, Jack Christiansen*, Champ Bailey, Ronnie Lott*
13 Rod Woodson*, Willie Wood*, Jimmy Patton, Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes*, Ronde Barber, Yale Lary*, Paul Krause*, Lem Barney*, Herb Adderley*
14 Willie Wood*, Rod Woodson*, Jimmy Patton, Deion Sanders, Mike Haynes*, Ronde Barber, Herb Adderley*, Yale Lary*, Lem Barney*, Paul Krause*
Career Willie Wood*, Jimmy Patton, Mike Haynes*, Deion Sanders, Ronde Barber, Rod Woodson*, Yale Lary*, Lem Barney*, Herb Adderley*, Ronnie Lott*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1959

First-Team All-Pro

1951
1952
1955
1956

Non-Offensive TDs

1948 NFL 1 (10)
1949 NFL 3 (1/23)
1951 NFL 4 (1/4)
1955 NFL 1 (6)
1957 NFL 1 (4)
Career 10 (15)

Kick Returns

1953 NFL 17 (5)

Kick Return Yds

1953 NFL 479 (5)

Kick Return TD

1951 NFL 1 (1/58)
Career 1 (108)

Long Kick Return

1951 NFL 100 (1/68)
1953 NFL 86 (3)

Yds/Kick Return

1953 NFL 28.2 (4)

Punt Returns

1948 NFL 12 (10)
1949 NFL 26 (2)
1950 NFL 31 (2)
1951 NFL 34 (1)
1952 NFL 30 (2)
1953 NFL 38 (1)
1954 NFL 21 (9)
1955 NFL 25 (3)
1956 NFL 22 (3)
Career 258 (15)

Punt Return Yds

1949 NFL 315 (2)
1950 NFL 305 (2)
1951 NFL 489 (1/70)
1952 NFL 411 (1)
1953 NFL 223 (3)
1956 NFL 120 (8)
Career 2209 (24)

Punt Return TD

1949 NFL 1 (2)
1951 NFL 3 (2/4)
1955 NFL 1 (2)
Career 5 (13)

Long Punt Return

1949 NFL 67 (4)
1950 NFL 43 (7)
1951 NFL 81 (2)
1952 NFL 60 (8)
1955 NFL 66 (3)

Yds/Punt Return

1948 NFL 9.6 (9)
1949 NFL 12.1 (6)
1951 NFL 14.4 (4/75)
1952 NFL 13.7 (6/99)
1953 NFL 5.9 (10)
1957 NFL 5.0 (8)
Career 8.6 (176)

Kick & Punt Returns

1949 NFL 28 (6)
1950 NFL 31 (6)
1951 NFL 40 (2)
1952 NFL 45 (1)
1953 NFL 55 (2)
Career 304 (52)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1951 NFL 716 (2)
1952 NFL 775 (2)
1953 NFL 702 (4)
Career 3424 (118)

Fumbles Recovered

1952 NFL 6 (1/44)
1954 NFL 4 (4)
Career 16 (192)

Interceptions

1948 NFL 7 (4)
1949 NFL 10 (3/28)
1950 NFL 7 (10)
1951 NFL 9 (3/76)
1952 NFL 7 (7)
1954 NFL 8 (3)
1955 NFL 7 (5)
1956 NFL 6 (9)
1957 NFL 6 (7)
Career 79 (2)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1948 NFL 116 (7)
1949 NFL 251 (2/16)
1950 NFL 167 (4)
1952 NFL 149 (5)
1953 NFL 117 (10)
1954 NFL 108 (9)
1955 NFL 76 (10)
1957 NFL 87 (9)
Career 1282 (3)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1948 NFL 1 (4)
1949 NFL 2 (1/24)
1957 NFL 1 (2)
Career 4 (49)

Long Intercep. Return

1948 NFL 43 (10)
1949 NFL 55 (6)
1957 NFL 52 (8)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1949Int. News Service: 1st Team All-NFL/AAFC
1950NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
1951Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1952Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1954Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 1st Team All-NFL
1955Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1956Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1957Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
 NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL