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Jesse Whittenton
Urshell Jesse Whittenton
Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 193 lbs.
Born: May 9, 1934 in Big Spring, TX
Died: May 22, 2012 in Las Cruces, NM
College: Texas-El Paso (school history)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 5th round (60th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 55 (811th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #843. Keena Turner… #844. Shaun Ellis… #845. Alex Webster… #846. JESSE WHITTENTON… #847. Les Bingaman… #848. Rick Casares… #849. Don Mosebar… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1956 | 22 | RAM | RDH | 44 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1957 | 23 | RAM | RDH | 44 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 24 | GNB | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 1959 | 25 | GNB | RDH | 47 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 26 | GNB | RCB | 47 | 12 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1961*+ | 27 | GNB | RCB | 47 | 14 | 5 | 98 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| 1962 | 28 | GNB | RCB | 47 | 14 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 1963* | 29 | GNB | RCB | 47 | 14 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| 1964 | 30 | GNB | 47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Career | 112 | 12 | 24 | 443 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||
| 7 yrs | GNB | 88 | 0 | 20 | 329 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 55 | |||||||
| 2 yrs | RAM | 24 | 12 | 4 | 114 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1959 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Sporting News |
| 1960 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1960 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1961 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1961 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1961 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
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