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Tom Watkins

Thomas Watkins

Position: HB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: October 23, 1937 in West Memphis, AR
College: Iowa State

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 8th round (57th overall) of the AFL 1961 Draft
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 15th round (177th overall) of the 1960 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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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
1961 24 CLE hb 10 0 43 209 0 21 4.9 20.9 4.3 4 66 16.5 1 35 0.4 6.6 275 1 2
1962 25 DET 13 0 113 485 3 60 4.3 37.3 8.7 12 85 7.1 0 29 0.9 6.5 570 3 5
1963 26 DET LH 13 0 97 423 2 32 4.4 32.5 7.5 16 168 10.5 1 32 1.2 12.9 591 3 4
1964 27 DET LH 14 0 80 218 1 15 2.7 15.6 5.7 10 125 12.5 1 37 0.7 8.9 343 2 4
1965 28 DET RET 11 0 29 95 0 12 3.3 8.6 2.6 5 53 10.6 0 28 0.5 4.8 148 0 3
1967 30 DET hb 13 6 106 361 4 28 3.4 27.8 8.2 8 93 11.6 1 27 0.6 7.2 454 5 5
1968 31 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Career 75 6 468 1791 10 60 3.8 23.9 6.2 55 590 10.7 4 37 0.7 7.9 2381 14 23
5 yrs DET 64 6 425 1582 10 60 3.7 24.7 6.6 51 524 10.3 3 37 0.8 8.2 2106 13 21
1 yr CLE 10 0 43 209 0 21 4.9 20.9 4.3 4 66 16.5 1 35 0.4 6.6 275 1 2

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1961 24 CLE hb 10 0 9 226 0 47 25.1 501
1962 25 DET 13 0 8 42 0 20 5.3 17 452 0 40 26.6 1064
1963 26 DET LH 13 0 32 399 1 90 12.5 21 447 0 33 21.3 1437
1964 27 DET LH 14 0 16 238 2 68 14.9 16 368 0 57 23.0 949
1965 28 DET RET 11 0 23 234 0 41 10.2 17 584 0 94 34.4 966
1967 30 DET hb 13 6 15 57 0 18 3.8 20 411 0 44 20.6 922
1968 31 PIT 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Career 75 6 96 970 3 90 10.1 101 2510 0 94 24.9 5861
5 yrs DET 64 6 94 970 3 90 10.3 91 2262 0 94 24.9 5338
1 yr CLE 10 0 9 226 0 47 25.1 501
1 yr PIT 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 22 0 22 22.0 22

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1961 24 CLE hb 10 0 2 0 0 0
1962 25 DET 13 0 5 2 0 0
1963 26 DET LH 13 0 4 1 0 0
1964 27 DET LH 14 0 4 2 3 0
1965 28 DET RET 11 0 3 2 13 0
1967 30 DET hb 13 6 5 4 6 0
Career 75 6 23 11 22 0
5 yrs DET 64 6 21 11 22 0
1 yr CLE 10 0 2 0 0 0

Passing

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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%
1964 27 DET LH 14 0 1 1 100.0 58 1 100.0 0 0.0 58 58.0 68.0 58.0 4.1 158.3
Career 75 6 1 1 100.0 58 1 100.0 0 0.0 58 58.0 68.0 58.0 0.8 158.3

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1961 24 CLE hb 10 0 1 6
1962 25 DET 13 0 3 18
1963 26 DET LH 13 0 2 1 1 24
1964 27 DET LH 14 0 1 1 2 24
1967 30 DET hb 13 6 4 1 30
Career 75 6 10 4 3 102
5 yrs DET 64 6 10 3 3 96
1 yr CLE 10 0 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Long Rush

1962 NFL 60 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1962 NFL 4.3 (9)
1963 NFL 4.4 (8)

Non-Offensive TDs

1963 NFL 1 (3)
1964 NFL 2 (2)

All-Purpose Yds

1963 NFL 1437 (5)

Yds/Touch

1962 NFL 7.1 (7)
1963 NFL 8.7 (4)
1964 NFL 7.8 (7)
1967 NFL 6.2 (10)

Kick Returns

1963 NFL 21 (8)
Career 101 (155)

Kick Return Yds

1963 NFL 447 (10)
Career 2510 (141)

Long Kick Return

1964 NFL 57 (10)
1965 NFL 94 (4)

Yds/Kick Return

1962 NFL 26.6 (6)
1965 NFL 34.4 (1-- 7)
Career 24.9 (57)

Punt Returns

1963 NFL 32 (1)
1964 NFL 16 (10)
1965 NFL 23 (5)
Career 96 (151)

Punt Return Yds

1963 NFL 399 (1)
1964 NFL 238 (3)
1965 NFL 234 (6)
Career 970 (130)

Punt Return TD

1963 NFL 1 (1)
1964 NFL 2 (1-- 13)
Career 3 (32)

Long Punt Return

1963 NFL 90 (1-- 36)
1964 NFL 68 (4)

Yds/Punt Return

1963 NFL 12.5 (2)
1964 NFL 14.9 (1-- 58)
1965 NFL 10.2 (4)
Career 10.1 (70)

Kick & Punt Returns

1963 NFL 53 (2)
1965 NFL 40 (6)
1967 NFL 35 (8)
Career 197 (123)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1963 NFL 846 (6)
1965 NFL 818 (5)
Career 3480 (109)

Fumbles

1967 NFL 5 (10)

Fumbles Recovered

1967 NFL 4 (1)

   

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)