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Paul Warfield

Paul Dryden Warfield

Position: WR-SE
Height: 6-0    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: November 28, 1942 in Warren, OH
College: Ohio State

Career AV: 94 (195th overall since 1950)

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1983

8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 4th round (28th overall) of the 1964 AFL Draft.

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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
1964* 22 CLE SE 42 14 0 52 920 17.7 9 62 3.7 65.7 920 9 0 12
1965 23 CLE 42 1 0 3 30 10.0 0 13 3.0 30.0 30 0 0 1
1966 24 CLE SE 42 14 0 36 741 20.6 5 51 2.6 52.9 741 5 0 7
1967 25 CLE SE 42 14 0 32 702 21.9 8 49 2.3 50.1 2 10 0 18 5.0 0.7 0.1 712 8 0 6
1968* 26 CLE SE 42 14 0 50 1067 21.3 12 65 3.6 76.2 1067 12 0 13
1969* 27 CLE SE 42 14 0 42 886 21.1 10 82 3.0 63.3 2 23 0 16 11.5 1.6 0.1 909 10 0 9
1970* 28 MIA WR 42 11 11 28 703 25.1 6 54 2.5 63.9 2 13 0 16 6.5 1.2 0.2 716 6 0 11
1971*+ 29 MIA WR 42 14 14 43 996 23.2 11 86 3.1 71.1 9 115 0 39 12.8 8.2 0.6 1111 11 3 19
1972* 30 MIA WR 42 12 11 29 606 20.9 3 47 2.4 50.5 4 23 0 21 5.8 1.9 0.3 629 3 1 11
1973*+ 31 MIA WR 42 14 14 29 514 17.7 11 45 2.1 36.7 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.1 0.1 529 11 1 11
1974* 32 MIA WR 42 9 9 27 536 19.9 2 54 3.0 59.6 536 2 0 9
1976 34 CLE WR 42 14 0 38 613 16.1 6 37 2.7 43.8 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 616 6 3 8
1977 35 CLE wr 42 12 9 18 251 13.9 2 52 1.5 20.9 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 253 2 0 3
Career 157 68 427 8565 20.1 85 86 2.7 54.6 22 204 0 39 9.3 1.3 0.1 8769 85 8 120
8 yrs CLE 97 9 271 5210 19.2 52 82 2.8 53.7 6 38 0 18 6.3 0.4 0.1 5248 52 3 59
5 yrs MIA 60 59 156 3355 21.5 33 86 2.6 55.9 16 166 0 39 10.4 2.8 0.3 3521 33 5 61

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
1966 24 CLE SE 42 14 0 0 1 3 1
1967 25 CLE SE 42 14 0 0 1 3 0
1971*+ 29 MIA WR 42 14 14 3 0 0 0
1972* 30 MIA WR 42 12 11 1 1 0 0
1973*+ 31 MIA WR 42 14 14 1 0 0 0
1976 34 CLE WR 42 14 0 3 0 0 0
Career 157 68 8 3 6 1
8 yrs CLE 97 9 3 2 6 1
5 yrs MIA 60 59 5 1 0 0

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
1964* 22 CLE SE 42 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 924
Career 157 68 1 4 0 4 4.0 8773

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1964* 22 CLE SE 42 14 0 9 9 54
1966 24 CLE SE 42 14 0 5 1 6 36
1967 25 CLE SE 42 14 0 8 8 48
1968* 26 CLE SE 42 14 0 12 12 72
1969* 27 CLE SE 42 14 0 10 10 60
1970* 28 MIA WR 42 11 11 6 6 36
1971*+ 29 MIA WR 42 14 14 11 11 66
1972* 30 MIA WR 42 12 11 3 3 18
1973*+ 31 MIA WR 42 14 14 11 11 66
1974* 32 MIA WR 42 9 9 2 2 12
1976 34 CLE WR 42 14 0 6 6 36
1977 35 CLE wr 42 12 9 2 2 12
Career 157 68 85 1 86 516
8 yrs CLE 97 9 52 1 53 318
5 yrs MIA 60 59 33 33 198

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1964
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974

First-Team All-Pro

1971
1973

Receptions

1964 NFL 52 (9)
1968 NFL 50 (6)
Career 427 (150)

Receiving Yds

1964 NFL 920 (5)
1968 NFL 1067 (2)
1969 NFL 886 (6)
1971 NFL 996 (2)
Career 8565 (57)

Receiving TD

1964 NFL 9 (4)
1967 NFL 8 (8)
1968 NFL 12 (1/77)

1969 NFL 10 (3)
1971 NFL 11 (1)

1973 NFL 11 (2)
Career 85 (12)

Long Reception

1969 NFL 82 (6)
1971 NFL 86 (3)

Yds/Reception

1964 NFL 17.7 (6)
1966 NFL 20.6 (4)
1967 NFL 21.9 (3/71)
1968 NFL 21.3 (3)
1969 NFL 21.1 (2)
1970 NFL 25.1 (2/12)
1971 NFL 23.2 (2/40)
1972 NFL 20.9 (4)
1973 NFL 17.7 (9)
1974 NFL 19.9 (3)
Career 20.1 (9)

Receiving Yds/Game

1964 NFL 65.7 (7)
1968 NFL 76.2 (2)
1969 NFL 63.3 (8)
1970 NFL 63.9 (9)
1971 NFL 71.1 (2)
1974 NFL 59.6 (4)
Career 54.6 (97)

Touchdowns

1964 NFL 9 (10)
1968 NFL 12 (3)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 11 (3)
1973 NFL 11 (6)
Career 86 (38)

Points Scored

Career 516 (145)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1964 NFL 9 (10)
1968 NFL 12 (3)
1969 NFL 10 (5)
1971 NFL 11 (3)
1973 NFL 11 (6)
Career 85 (37)

Non-Offensive TDs

1966 NFL 1 (7)

Yds From Scrimmage

1968 NFL 1067 (9)
1971 NFL 1111 (10)
Career 8769 (121)

All-Purpose Yds

Career 8773 (180)

Yds/Touch

Career 19.5 (2)

Playoff Games

Career 18 (97)

Playoff Games Started

Career 18 (43)

Fumble Return TD

1966 NFL 1 (1)

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

All-Pro Teams

1964Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1968Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1969Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Hall of Fame: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 2nd Team All-NFL
 UPI: 1st Team All-NFL
1970Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1971Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1972Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
1973Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1974Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 28 11 WR 108 49 14 30
1971 29 14 WR 177 121 1 1
1972 30 12 WR 81 16 20 55
1973 31 14 WR 119 63 7 16
1974 32 9 WR 66 2 27 71
1976 34 14 WR 98 27 16 44
1977 35 12 WR 37 49
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