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Doak Walker

Ewell Doak Walker Jr.

Position: HB-DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 173 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1927 in Dallas, TX
College: SMU

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1986

5-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Bulldogs in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1949 Draft

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 18 8 44.4% 41 38 92.7% 32 1278 61 1 39.9
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 12 6 50.0% 44 43 97.7% 9 316 50 0 35.1
1952 25 DET lh 7 0 5 3 60.0% 5 5 100.0%
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 19 12 63.2% 29 27 93.1%
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 17 11 64.7% 43 43 100.0%
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 16 9 56.3% 29 27 93.1% 9 362 59 0 40.2
Career 67 0 87 49 56.3% 191 183 95.8% 50 1956 61 1 39.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 83 386 5 30 4.7 32.2 6.9 35 534 15.3 6 43 2.9 44.5 920 11 3
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 79 356 2 34 4.5 29.7 6.6 22 421 19.1 4 63 1.8 35.1 777 6 1
1952 25 DET lh 7 0 26 106 0 20 4.1 15.1 3.7 11 90 8.2 0 18 1.6 12.9 196 0 1
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 66 337 2 50 5.1 28.1 5.5 30 502 16.7 3 83 2.5 41.8 839 5 2
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 32 240 1 38 7.5 20.0 2.7 32 564 17.6 3 66 2.7 47.0 804 4 1
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 23 95 2 51 4.1 7.9 1.9 22 428 19.5 5 70 1.8 35.7 523 7 1
Career 67 0 309 1520 12 51 4.9 22.7 4.6 152 2539 16.7 21 83 2.3 37.9 4059 33 9

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 5 77 0 29 15.4 10 225 0 48 22.5 1222
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 7 85 0 19 12.1 15 408 0 63 27.2 1270
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 4 139 0 54 34.8 978
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 4 117 1 70 29.3 8 172 0 33 21.5 1093
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 2 5 0 5 2.5 1 24 0 24 24.0 552
Career 67 0 18 284 1 70 15.8 38 968 0 63 25.5 5311

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 1 7 14.3 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.9 0.9 6.0 0.5 39.6
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 2 5 40.0 29 1 20.0 0 0.0 22 5.8 7.8 14.5 2.4 99.2
1952 25 DET lh 7 0 1 2 50.0 9 0 0.0 1 50.0 9 4.5 -18.0 9.0 1.3 22.9
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 3 7 42.9 31 1 14.3 0 0.0 23 4.4 5.9 10.3 2.6 95.8
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Career 67 0 7 28 25.0 75 2 7.1 2 7.1 23 2.7 0.2 10.7 1.1 33.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 1 40 0 40 3 0 0 0
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 1 2 0 0
1952 25 DET lh 7 0 1 0 0 0
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 2 0 0 0
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 1 0 0 0
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 1 20 0 20 1 1 0 0
Career 67 0 2 60 0 40 9 3 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1950*+ 23 DET LH 12 0 5 6 38 8 128
1951*+ 24 DET LH 12 0 2 4 43 6 97
1952 25 DET lh 7 0 5 3 14
1953*+ 26 DET LH 12 0 2 3 27 12 93
1954*+ 27 DET lh 12 0 1 3 1 43 11 106
1955* 28 DET LH 12 0 2 5 27 9 96
Career 67 0 12 21 1 183 49 534

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1953
1954
1955

1st-team All-Pro

1950
1951
1953
1954

Rushing TD

1950 NFL 5 (8)

Long Rush

1953 NFL 50 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1950 NFL 4.7 (7)

Receiving TD

1950 NFL 6 (6)

Long Reception

1953 NFL 83 (2)

Yds/Reception

1953 NFL 16.7 (10)
Career 16.7 (99)

Touchdowns

1950 NFL 11 (2)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Points Scored

1950 NFL 128 (1-- 77)
1951 NFL 97 (3)
1953 NFL 93 (3)
1954 NFL 106 (2)
1955 NFL 96 (1)
Career 534 (132)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1950 NFL 11 (2)
1955 NFL 7 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1954 NFL 1 (7)

Yds From Scrimmage

1950 NFL 920 (7)

All-Purpose Yds

1950 NFL 1222 (5)
1951 NFL 1270 (3)
1954 NFL 1093 (6)

Yds/Touch

1950 NFL 9.2 (7)
1951 NFL 10.3 (5)
1953 NFL 9.8 (3)
1954 NFL 14.4 (1)

Kick Returns

1951 NFL 15 (7)

Kick Return Yds

1951 NFL 408 (9)

Long Kick Return

1951 NFL 63 (5)

Yds/Kick Return

1951 NFL 27.2 (5)

Punt Return Yds

1954 NFL 117 (6)

Punt Return TD

1954 NFL 1 (1)
Career 1 (137)

Long Punt Return

1954 NFL 70 (2)

Extra Pt Made

1950 NFL 38 (3)
1951 NFL 43 (1)
1953 NFL 27 (5)
1954 NFL 43 (1)
1955 NFL 27 (7)
Career 183 (105)

Extra Pt Att

1950 NFL 41 (3)
1951 NFL 44 (1)
1953 NFL 29 (5)
1954 NFL 43 (1)
1955 NFL 29 (8)
Career 191 (104)

Extra Point %

Career 95.812% (113)

Total Field Goals Made

1950 NFL 8 (2)
1951 NFL 6 (6)
1952 NFL 3 (10)
1953 NFL 12 (2)
1954 NFL 11 (3)
1955 NFL 9 (7)
Career 49 (145)

Field Goals Att

1950 NFL 18 (2)
1951 NFL 12 (9)
1953 NFL 19 (6)
1954 NFL 17 (5)
1955 NFL 16 (8)
Career 87 (144)

Field Goal %

1950 NFL 44.444% (7)
1951 NFL 50.000% (5)
1953 NFL 63.158% (3)
1954 NFL 64.706% (2)
1955 NFL 56.250% (4)
Career 56.322% (136)

Long Punt

1955 NFL 59 (8)

Punts Blocked

1950 NFL 1 (4)
Career 1 (200)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1950 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1950 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1950 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1953 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1954 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL