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Roger Wehrli

Roger Russell Wehrli

Position: DB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.

Born: November 26, 1947 in New Point, MO
College: Missouri   (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 93 (222nd overall since 1950)
7-time Pro Bowler & 3-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2007, finalist in 2005

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 7:25PM
All-Time Rank: #48. Otto Graham… #49. Lem Barney… #50. Brett Favre… #51. ROGER WEHRLI… #52. Tony Gonzalez… #53. Willie Wood… #54. Drew Brees… 

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
1969 22 STL LCB/PR 22 13 3 44 0 44 0 4
1970* 23 STL RCB 22 14 0 6 50 0 41 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
1971* 24 STL RCB 22 13 0 2 11 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 10
1972 25 STL SS 22 14 0 0 2 2 0 0 7
1973 26 STL RCB 22 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 5
1974* 27 STL RCB 22 14 14 2 54 1 53 0 0 1 1 7 0 13
1975*+ 28 STL RCB 22 14 13 6 31 0 31 0 0 0 4 10 0 15
1976*+ 29 STL RCB 22 14 13 4 31 0 26 0 0 1 4 4 0 15
1977*+ 30 STL RCB 22 14 0 5 44 0 41 0 0 0 3 4 0 11
1978 31 STL RCB 22 16 0 4 3 0 3 0 7
1979* 32 STL RCB 22 16 0 2 8 1 9 0 0 1 2 21 0 10
1980 33 STL RCB 22 16 16 1 25 0 25 0 8
1981 34 STL RCB 22 16 9 4 8 0 6 0 4
1982 35 STL db 22 8 1 2
Career 193 66 40 309 2 53 0 0 7 22 63 0 122

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
1969 22 STL LCB/PR 22 13 13 65 0 25 5.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 83
1970* 23 STL RCB 22 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
1971* 24 STL RCB 22 13 0 9 84 0 34 9.3 84
1972 25 STL SS 22 14 0 5 24 0 22 4.8 1 10 0 10 10.0 34
1973 26 STL RCB 22 11 9 92 0 33 10.2 2 0 0 0 0.0 92
1974* 27 STL RCB 22 14 14 4 39 0 32 9.8 39
1975*+ 28 STL RCB 22 14 13 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 12
Career 193 66 42 310 0 34 7.4 5 38 0 18 7.6 393

Rushing & Receiving

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
1976*+ 29 STL RCB 22 14 13 2 8 0 8 4.0 0.6 0.1 8 0 1
1977*+ 30 STL RCB 22 14 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 1.4 0.1 19 0 0
1978 31 STL RCB 22 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
1982 35 STL db 22 8 1 1 18 1 18 18.0 2.3 0.1 18 1 0
Career 193 66 5 45 1 19 9.0 0.2 0.0 45 1 7

Kicking & Punting

0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1975*+ 28 STL RCB 22 14 13 1 1 100.0%
Career 193 66 1 1 100.0%

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1976*+ 29 STL RCB 22 14 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
1980 33 STL RCB 22 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 11 -11.00 -11.00 100.0
Career 193 66 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 11 -5.50 -5.50 50.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974* 27 STL RCB 22 14 14 1 1 6
1975*+ 28 STL RCB 22 14 13 1 1
1979* 32 STL RCB 22 16 0 1 1 6
1982 35 STL db 22 8 1 1 1 6
Career 193 66 1 2 3 1 19

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?
NumYrs Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3 DeAngelo Hall, Eddie McMillan, Shawn Springs, Ray Rhodes, J.C. Caroline, Kenny Graham, Neal Craig, Bobby Bryant, Louis Wright, Virgil Livers
4 Eddie McMillan, DeAngelo Hall, Kenny Graham, Ray Rhodes, Shawn Springs, J.C. Caroline, Virgil Livers, Neal Craig, Herb Rich, Deion Sanders*
5 Eddie McMillan, DeAngelo Hall, Dave Grayson, Irv Cross, Nick Collins, Merton Hanks, Ray Rhodes, Gary Green, Carlton Williamson, Keith Bostic
6 David Fulcher, Merton Hanks, Darren Sharper, Dave Grayson, Lawyer Milloy, Jack Butler*, Mark A. Carrier, Asante Samuel, Ray Rhodes, Gary Green
7 Charles Woodson, Dale Carter, Miller Farr, Kenny Easley, Frank Minnifield, Asante Samuel, Chris McAlister, Andy Nelson, Merton Hanks, Deion Sanders*
8 Aeneas Williams, Cornell Green, Chris McAlister, Frank Minnifield, Mel Blount*, Erich Barnes, Eric Allen, Louis Wright, Willie Brown*, Miller Farr
9 Aeneas Williams, Cornell Green, Willie Brown*, Joey Browner, Eric Allen, Deion Sanders*, Ed Reed, Mel Blount*, Cliff Harris, Lemar Parrish
10 Cornell Green, Aeneas Williams, Willie Brown*, Louis Wright, Eric Allen, Cliff Harris, Lemar Parrish, Night Train Lane*, Erich Barnes, Mel Blount*
11 Cornell Green, Eric Allen, Louis Wright, Lemar Parrish, Aeneas Williams, Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey, Larry Wilson*, Cliff Harris, Mel Blount*
12 Lemar Parrish, Larry Wilson*, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, Eric Allen, Louis Wright, Charles Woodson, Brian Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson*, Mel Blount*
13 Lemar Parrish, Brian Dawkins, Larry Wilson*, Aeneas Williams, Cornell Green, Jimmy Johnson*, Eric Allen, Champ Bailey, Louis Wright, Erich Barnes
14 Brian Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson*, Lemar Parrish, Aeneas Williams, Larry Wilson*, Cornell Green, Champ Bailey, John Lynch, Eric Allen, Donnie Shell
Career Brian Dawkins, Lemar Parrish, Larry Wilson*, Cornell Green, Aeneas Williams, Jimmy Johnson*, Champ Bailey, Louis Wright, Erich Barnes, Charles Woodson

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1970
1971
1974
1975
1976
1977
1979

First-Team All-Pro
1975
1976
1977

Approximate Value
Career 122 (200)

Non-Offensive TDs
1974 NFL 1 (9)
1979 NFL 1 (6)

Fumbles Recovered
1975 NFL 4 (9)
1976 NFL 4 (9)
Career 22 (67)

Interceptions
1970 NFL 6 (9)
1975 NFL 6 (7)
Career 40 (76)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1974 NFL 1 (4)
1979 NFL 1 (4)

Long Intercep. Return
1969 NFL 44 (10)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19701st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19701st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19701st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19701st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19711st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19711st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19711st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19712nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19741st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19741st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19742nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19742nd TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19741st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19751st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19751st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19752nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19751st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19761st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19761st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19772nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19771st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19771st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19791st TeamAll-Conf.UPI