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Fred Willis

Frederick Francis Willis III

Position: RB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 212 lbs.

Born: December 9, 1947 in Natick, MA
College: Boston Col.   (school history)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 32 (3116th overall since 1950)

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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 AV
1971 24 CIN FB 33 14 0 135 590 7 36 4.4 42.1 9.6 24 223 9.3 0 29 1.7 15.9 813 7 3 8
1972 25 2TM 13 0 134 461 0 43 3.4 35.5 10.3 45 297 6.6 2 27 3.5 22.8 758 2 3 6
HOU FB 44 8 0 92 334 0 43 3.6 41.8 11.5 36 251 7.0 2 27 4.5 31.4 585 2 2 4
CIN 33 5 0 42 127 0 12 3.0 25.4 8.4 9 46 5.1 0 10 1.8 9.2 173 0 1 2
1973 26 HOU FB 44 14 171 579 4 25 3.4 41.4 12.2 57 371 6.5 1 50 4.1 26.5 950 5 5 7
1974 27 HOU 44 10 74 239 3 18 3.2 23.9 7.4 25 130 5.2 1 21 2.5 13.0 369 4 0 4
1975 28 HOU 44 13 0 118 420 2 23 3.6 32.3 9.1 20 104 5.2 0 20 1.5 8.0 524 2 7 5
1976 29 HOU FB 44 13 0 148 542 2 44 3.7 41.7 11.4 32 255 8.0 1 42 2.5 19.6 797 3 3 6
Career 77 0 780 2831 18 44 3.6 36.8 10.1 203 1380 6.8 5 50 2.6 17.9 4211 23 21 36
5 yrs HOU 58 0 603 2114 11 44 3.5 36.4 10.4 170 1111 6.5 5 50 2.9 19.2 3225 16 17 26
2 yrs CIN 19 0 177 717 7 36 4.1 37.7 9.3 33 269 8.2 0 29 1.7 14.2 986 7 4 10

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
1971 24 CIN FB 33 14 0 1 2 50.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 4.0 4.0 8.0 0.6 60.4 0 0 4.00 4.00 0.0
1972 25 2TM 13 0 1 4 25.0 16 0 0.0 1 25.0 16 4.0 -7.3 16.0 1.2 4.2 0 0 4.00 -7.25 0.0
HOU FB 44 8 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -15.00 0.0
CIN 33 5 0 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 3.2 118.7 0 0 16.00 16.00 0.0
1973 26 HOU FB 44 14 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
Career 77 0 2 7 28.6 24 0 0.0 1 14.3 16 3.4 -3.0 12.0 0.3 1.8 0 0 3.43 -3.00 0.0
5 yrs HOU 58 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -11.25 0.0
2 yrs CIN 19 0 2 3 66.7 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 8.0 8.0 12.0 1.3 91.0 0 0 8.00 8.00 0.0

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

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
1971 24 CIN FB 33 14 0 4 81 0 32 20.3 894
Career 77 0 4 81 0 32 20.3 4292

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
1971 24 CIN FB 33 14 0 0 3 1 0 0
1972 25 2TM 13 0 0 3 0 0 0
HOU FB 44 8 0 0 2 0 0 0
CIN 33 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
1973 26 HOU FB 44 14 0 5 2 0 0
1975 28 HOU 44 13 0 0 7 3 -2 0
1976 29 HOU FB 44 13 0 0 3 0 0 0
Career 77 0 0 21 6 -2 0
5 yrs HOU 58 0 0 17 5 -2 0
2 yrs CIN 19 0 0 4 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 24 CIN FB 33 14 0 7 7 42
1972 25 2TM 13 0 2 2 12
HOU FB 44 8 0 2 2 12
1973 26 HOU FB 44 14 4 1 5 30
1974 27 HOU 44 10 3 1 4 24
1975 28 HOU 44 13 0 2 2 12
1976 29 HOU FB 44 13 0 2 1 3 18
Career 77 0 18 5 23 138
5 yrs HOU 58 0 11 5 16 96
2 yrs CIN 19 0 7 7 42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Rushing TD
1971 NFL 7 (10)

Receptions
1973 NFL 57 (3)

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1971 24 14 RB 124 4 23 72
1972 25 13 RB 86 41
1973 26 14 RB 125 23 72
1974 27 10 RB 61 59
1975 28 13 RB 64 61
1976 29 13 RB 98 38
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