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Danny White

Wilford Daniel White

Position: QB-P
Height: 6-2    Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: February 9, 1952 in Mesa, AZ
College: Arizona State

1-time Pro Bowler

Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1974 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 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%
1976 24 DAL P 14 0 13 20 65.0 213 2 10.0 2 10.0 56 10.7 7.2 16.4 15.2 94.4 1 15 9.4 6.1 4.8
1977 25 DAL P 14 0 4 10 40.0 35 0 0.0 1 10.0 12 3.5 -1.0 8.8 2.5 10.4 2 15 1.7 -2.1 16.7
1978 26 DAL P 16 1 20 34 58.8 215 0 0.0 1 2.9 35 6.3 5.0 10.8 13.4 65.2 1 10 5.9 4.6 2.9
1979 27 DAL P 16 0 19 39 48.7 267 1 2.6 2 5.1 45 6.8 4.8 14.1 16.7 58.4 4 46 5.1 3.3 9.3
1980 28 DAL QB 16 16 260 436 59.6 3287 28 6.4 25 5.7 58 7.5 5.6 12.6 205.4 80.7 30 252 6.5 4.7 6.4
1981 29 DAL QB 16 15 223 391 57.0 3098 22 5.6 13 3.3 73 7.9 7.0 13.9 193.6 87.5 30 234 6.8 5.9 7.1
1982* 30 DAL QB 9 9 156 247 63.2 2079 16 6.5 12 4.9 49 8.4 6.9 13.3 231.0 91.1 25 264 6.7 5.3 9.2
1983 31 DAL QB 16 16 334 533 62.7 3980 29 5.4 23 4.3 80 7.5 6.1 11.9 248.8 85.6 37 314 6.4 5.1 6.5
1984 32 DAL qb 14 6 126 233 54.1 1580 11 4.7 11 4.7 66 6.8 5.1 12.5 112.9 71.5 26 211 5.3 3.8 10.0
1985 33 DAL QB 14 14 267 450 59.3 3157 21 4.7 17 3.8 56 7.0 5.8 11.8 225.5 80.6 30 257 6.0 4.9 6.3
1986 34 DAL qb 7 6 95 153 62.1 1157 12 7.8 5 3.3 63 7.6 6.9 12.2 165.3 97.9 10 98 6.5 5.9 6.1
1987 35 DAL QB 11 9 215 362 59.4 2617 12 3.3 17 4.7 43 7.2 5.4 12.2 237.9 73.2 44 353 5.6 4.0 10.8
1988 36 DAL 3 0 29 42 69.0 274 1 2.4 3 7.1 24 6.5 3.5 9.4 91.3 65.0 5 47 4.8 2.2 10.6
Career 166 92 1761 2950 59.7 21959 155 5.3 132 4.5 80 7.4 6.0 12.5 132.3 81.7 245 2116 6.2 4.8 7.7

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
1976 24 DAL P 14 0 70 2690 54 2 38.4
1977 25 DAL P 14 0 80 3171 57 1 39.6
1978 26 DAL P 16 1 76 3076 56 1 40.5
1979 27 DAL P 16 0 76 3168 73 0 41.7
1980 28 DAL QB 16 16 71 2903 58 0 40.9
1981 29 DAL QB 16 15 79 3222 60 0 40.8
1982* 30 DAL QB 9 9 37 1542 56 0 41.7
1983 31 DAL QB 16 16 38 1543 50 1 40.6
1984 32 DAL qb 14 6 82 3151 54 0 38.4
1985 33 DAL QB 14 14 1 43 43 0 43.0
Career 166 92 610 24509 73 5 40.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 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
1976 24 DAL P 14 0 6 17 0 14 2.8 1.2 0.4 17 0 0
1977 25 DAL P 14 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
1978 26 DAL P 16 1 5 7 0 4 1.4 0.4 0.3 7 0 2
1979 27 DAL P 16 0 1 25 0 25 25.0 1.6 0.1 25 0 1
1980 28 DAL QB 16 16 27 114 1 48 4.2 7.1 1.7 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -0.6 105 1 8
1981 29 DAL QB 16 15 38 104 0 17 2.7 6.5 2.4 104 0 14
1982* 30 DAL QB 9 9 17 91 0 21 5.4 10.1 1.9 91 0 10
1983 31 DAL QB 16 16 18 31 4 22 1.7 1.9 1.1 1 15 15.0 1 15 0.1 0.9 46 5 10
1984 32 DAL qb 14 6 6 21 0 8 3.5 1.5 0.4 21 0 2
1985 33 DAL QB 14 14 22 44 1 21 2.0 3.1 1.6 1 12 12.0 1 12 0.1 0.9 56 2 6
1986 34 DAL qb 7 6 8 16 1 10 2.0 2.3 1.1 16 1 6
1987 35 DAL QB 11 9 10 14 1 8 1.4 1.3 0.9 14 1 9
Career 166 92 159 482 8 48 3.0 2.9 1.0 3 18 6.0 2 15 0.0 0.1 500 10 68

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
1977 25 DAL P 14 0 0 1 0 0
1978 26 DAL P 16 1 2 2 -8 0
1979 27 DAL P 16 0 1 0 0 0
1980 28 DAL QB 16 16 8 1 -15 0
1981 29 DAL QB 16 15 14 8 -34 0
1982* 30 DAL QB 9 9 10 2 0 0
1983 31 DAL QB 16 16 10 4 0 0
1984 32 DAL qb 14 6 2 1 -3 0
1985 33 DAL QB 14 14 6 2 -6 0
1986 34 DAL qb 7 6 6 1 -2 0
1987 35 DAL QB 11 9 9 3 -7 0
Career 166 92 68 25 -75 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
1980 28 DAL QB 16 16 1 6
1983 31 DAL QB 16 16 4 1 30
1985 33 DAL QB 14 14 1 1 12
1986 34 DAL qb 7 6 1 6
1987 35 DAL QB 11 9 1 6
Career 166 92 8 2 60

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1982

Passes Completed

1980 NFL 260 (10)
1982 NFL 156 (10)
1983 NFL 334 (2-- 66)
1985 NFL 267 (8)
Career 1761 (72)

Pass Attempts

1983 NFL 533 (2-- 95)
1985 NFL 450 (10)
Career 2950 (83)

Passing Yds

1982 NFL 2079 (4)
1983 NFL 3980 (3-- 72)
Career 21959 (74)

Passing TD

1980 NFL 28 (5-- 75)
1981 NFL 22 (8)
1982 NFL 16 (4)
1983 NFL 29 (2-- 59)
1985 NFL 21 (9)
Career 155 (62)

Passer Rating

1980 NFL 80.7 (9)
1981 NFL 87.5 (5)
1982 NFL 91.1 (4)
1983 NFL 85.6 (9)
1985 NFL 80.6 (9)
Career 81.7 (34)

Long Pass

1983 NFL 80 (6)

Passes Intercepted

1980 NFL 25 (3-- 38)
1982 NFL 12 (5)
1983 NFL 23 (4-- 84)
1987 NFL 17 (5)
Career 132 (68)

Sacked

1981 NFL 30 (8)
1982 NFL 25 (7)
1987 NFL 44 (4-- 90)
Career 245 (57)

Sacked Yds Lost

1982 NFL 264 (1)
1983 NFL 314 (6)
1987 NFL 353 (3-- 47)
Career 2116 (37)

Passing Yds/Game

1982 NFL 231.0 (4)
1983 NFL 248.8 (4)
1985 NFL 225.5 (10)
1987 NFL 237.9 (7)
Career 132.3 (144)

Yds/Pass Att

1980 NFL 7.5 (8)
1981 NFL 7.9 (3)
1982 NFL 8.4 (2-- 77)
1983 NFL 7.5 (9)
Career 7.4 (28)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1981 NFL 13.9 (6)
1982 NFL 13.3 (8)
Career 12.5 (97)

Pass Attempts/Game

1983 NFL 33.3 (3)
1985 NFL 32.1 (7)
1987 NFL 32.9 (9)
Career 17.8 (164)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 6.99 (4)
1982 NFL 6.88 (4)
Career 5.96 (49)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1980 NFL 6.51 (7)
1981 NFL 6.80 (8)
1982 NFL 6.67 (6)
1983 NFL 6.43 (9)
1985 NFL 6.04 (10)
Career 6.21 (36)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1981 NFL 5.94 (5)
1982 NFL 5.28 (8)
1985 NFL 4.89 (10)
Career 4.84 (61)

Passes Completed/Game

1982 NFL 17.3 (10)
1983 NFL 20.9 (3-- 100)
1985 NFL 19.1 (4)
1987 NFL 19.5 (7)
Career 10.6 (141)

Pass Completion %

1980 NFL 59.6% (8)
1982 NFL 63.2% (4-- 99)
1983 NFL 62.7% (5)
1985 NFL 59.3% (4)
1987 NFL 59.4% (6)
Career 59.7% (27)

Pass Intercept. %

1981 NFL 3.3% (8)
1983 NFL 4.3% (10)
Career 4.5% (120)

Passing TD %

1980 NFL 6.4% (3)
1981 NFL 5.6% (3)
1982 NFL 6.5% (2)
1983 NFL 5.4% (7)
Career 5.3% (31)

Sack %

1983 NFL 6.49% (10)
1985 NFL 6.25% (8)
Career 7.67% (105)

Playoff Games

Career 18 (96)

Punts

Career 610 (55)

Punting Yds

Career 24509 (55)

Long Punt

1979 NFL 73 (3)

Punts Blocked

1976 NFL 2 (4-- 35)
1977 NFL 1 (9)
1978 NFL 1 (9)
1983 NFL 1 (3)
Career 5 (44)

Yds/Punt

1978 NFL 40.5 (8)
1979 NFL 41.7 (4)
1980 NFL 40.9 (10)
1982 NFL 41.7 (8)
Career 40.2 (187)

Fumbles

1981 NFL 14 (1-- 41)
1982 NFL 10 (1)
1983 NFL 10 (7)
1987 NFL 9 (7)
Career 68 (51)

Fumbles Recovered

1981 NFL 8 (1-- 6)
1983 NFL 4 (8)
Career 25 (38)

   

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
1979 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1981 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1982 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1982 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1976 24 14 QB 18 47
1977 25 14 QB -1 66
1978 26 16 QB 7 50
1979 27 16 QB 15 47
1980 28 16 QB 266 50 7 31
1981 29 16 QB 240 8 11 73
1982 30 9 QB 164 44 5 27
1983 31 16 QB 322 143 4 12
1984 32 14 QB 109 29
1985 33 14 QB 236 29 9 48
1986 34 7 QB 116 26
1987 35 11 QB 150 17
1988 36 3 QB 11 57
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