Ken Willard

Kenneth Henderson Willard

Position: RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 219 lbs.
Born: July 14, 1943 in Richmond, VA
College: North Carolina

Career AV: 63 (786th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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							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
1965*	22	SFO	FB	40	14	14	189	778	5	32	4.1	55.6	13.5	32	253	7.9	4	29	2.3	18.1	1031	9	7	13
1966*	23	SFO	FB	40	14	14	191	763	5	49	4.0	54.5	13.6	42	351	8.4	2	52	3.0	25.1	1114	7	7	8
1967	24	SFO	FB	40	13	13	169	510	5	20	3.0	39.2	13.0	23	242	10.5	1	25	1.8	18.6	752	6	1	6
1968*	25	SFO	FB	40	14	14	227	967	7	69	4.3	69.1	16.2	36	232	6.4	0	20	2.6	16.6	1199	7	4	9
1969*	26	SFO	FB	40	14	14	171	557	7	18	3.3	39.8	12.2	36	326	9.1	3	36	2.6	23.3	883	10	6	8
1970	27	SFO	FB	40	14	14	236	789	7	20	3.3	56.4	16.9	31	259	8.4	3	32	2.2	18.5	1048	10	3	11
1971	28	SFO	FB	40	14	14	216	855	4	49	4.0	61.1	15.4	27	202	7.5	1	33	1.9	14.4	1057	5	8	10
1972	29	SFO	FB	40	14	11	100	345	4	23	3.5	24.6	7.1	24	131	5.5	1	15	1.7	9.4	476	5	3	5
1973	30	SFO	FB	40	14	10	83	366	1	33	4.4	26.1	5.9	22	160	7.3	1	26	1.6	11.4	526	2	2	4
1974	31	STL		20	7	3	40	175	0	12	4.4	25.0	5.7	4	28	7.0	1	17	0.6	4.0	203	1	0	2
Career					132	121	1622	6105	45	69	3.8	46.3	12.3	277	2184	7.9	17	52	2.1	16.5	8289	62	41	76
9 yrs		SFO			125	118	1582	5930	45	69	3.7	47.4	12.7	273	2156	7.9	16	52	2.2	17.2	8086	61	41	74
1 yr		STL			7	3	40	175	0	12	4.4	25.0	5.7	4	28	7.0	1	17	0.6	4.0	203	1	0	2

Defense & Fumbles

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								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
1965*	22	SFO	FB	40	14	14								7	1	0	0
1966*	23	SFO	FB	40	14	14								7	1	0	0
1967	24	SFO	FB	40	13	13								1	0	0	0
1968*	25	SFO	FB	40	14	14								4	0	0	0
1969*	26	SFO	FB	40	14	14								6	1	0	0
1970	27	SFO	FB	40	14	14								3	1	0	0
1971	28	SFO	FB	40	14	14								8	1	0	0
1972	29	SFO	FB	40	14	11								3	0	0	0
1973	30	SFO	FB	40	14	10								2	0	0	0
Career					132	121								41	5	0	0

Passing

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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%
1965*	22	SFO	FB	40	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Career					132	121		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ·

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1973	30	SFO	FB	40	14	10						1	0	0	0	0.0	526
Career					132	121						1	0	0	0	0.0	8289

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1965*	22	SFO	FB	40	14	14	5	4	9	54
1966*	23	SFO	FB	40	14	14	5	2	7	42
1967	24	SFO	FB	40	13	13	5	1	6	36
1968*	25	SFO	FB	40	14	14	7		7	42
1969*	26	SFO	FB	40	14	14	7	3	10	60
1970	27	SFO	FB	40	14	14	7	3	10	60
1971	28	SFO	FB	40	14	14	4	1	5	30
1972	29	SFO	FB	40	14	11	4	1	5	30
1973	30	SFO	FB	40	14	10	1	1	2	12
1974	31	STL		20	7	3		1	1	6
Career					132	121	45	17	62	372
9 yrs		SFO			125	118	45	16	61	366
1 yr		STL			7	3		1	1	6

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	John David Crow, Kevan Barlow, Eddie Price, George Rogers, Chuck Muncie, Napoleon Kaufman, Travis Henry, Jon Arnett, Natrone Means, Michael Bennett
4	Alex Webster, Jon Arnett, Boobie Clark, Sam Cunningham, Jim Bertelsen, Ken Carpenter, Eddie Price, John Riggins*, Greg Pruitt, Rodney Hampton
5	Jon Arnett, Johnny Johnson, Rodney Hampton, Tony Galbreath, Willis McGahee, Chuck Muncie, Alex Webster, Gerald Riggs, Corey Dillon, Mike Thomas
6	Rodney Hampton, Mike Thomas, Jon Arnett, Gerald Riggs, Tony Nathan, Matt Snell, Corey Dillon, Rickey Young, Jim Kiick, Ted Brown
7	Corey Dillon, Rodney Hampton, Eric Metcalf, Joe Washington, Neal Anderson, Mike Garrett, Tony Nathan, Jerome Bettis, Don Perkins, Rick Casares
8	Eric Metcalf, Tony Nathan, Neal Anderson, Rodney Hampton, Corey Dillon, Jerome Bettis, Joe Washington, Jon Arnett, Mike Garrett, Don Perkins
9	Eric Metcalf, Joe Washington, Tony Nathan, Corey Dillon, Jerome Bettis, Keith Byars, Neal Anderson, Ed Podolak, Jon Arnett, Ronnie Harmon
10	Eric Metcalf, Joe Washington, Tony Nathan, Tony Galbreath, Jon Arnett, Gerald Riggs, Keith Byars, Ollie Matson*, Neal Anderson, Bill Brown
Career	Eric Metcalf, Joe Washington, Tony Nathan, Neal Anderson, Chris Warren, Ed Podolak, Rodney Hampton, Jon Arnett, Floyd Little, Mike Garrett

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1965 1966 1968 1969	Rushing Att 1965 NFL 189 (4) 1966 NFL 191 (8) 1968 NFL 227 (2) 1969 NFL 171 (10) 1970 NFL 236 (3) 1971 NFL 216 (5) Career 1622 (56)	Rushing Yds 1965 NFL 778 (4) 1966 NFL 763 (5) 1968 NFL 967 (2) 1970 NFL 789 (9) 1971 NFL 855 (9) Career 6105 (66)	Rushing TD 1965 NFL 5 (9) 1968 NFL 7 (4) 1969 NFL 7 (5) 1970 NFL 7 (5) Career 45 (74)
Long Rush 1968 NFL 69 (2)	Yds/Rushing Att 1965 NFL 4.1 (9) 1966 NFL 4.0 (7) 1968 NFL 4.3 (10)	Rushing Yds/Game 1965 NFL 55.6 (5) 1966 NFL 54.5 (5) 1968 NFL 69.1 (3) 1971 NFL 61.1 (10) Career 46.3 (148)	Touchdowns 1965 NFL 9 (9) 1969 NFL 10 (5) 1970 NFL 10 (10) Career 62 (118)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1965 NFL 9 (9) 1969 NFL 10 (5) 1970 NFL 10 (10) Career 62 (116)	Yds From Scrimmage 1965 NFL 1031 (8) 1966 NFL 1114 (10) 1968 NFL 1199 (3) Career 8289 (146)	All-Purpose Yds 1968 NFL 1199 (9)	Touches 1965 NFL 221 (4) 1966 NFL 233 (7) 1968 NFL 263 (2) 1970 NFL 267 (3) 1971 NFL 243 (6) Career 1900 (55)
Fumbles 1965 NFL 7 (10) 1966 NFL 7 (7) 1969 NFL 6 (10) 1971 NFL 8 (7) Career 41 (166)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1965	Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
	Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
	UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL
1968	NY Daily News: 2nd Team All-NFL
	UPI: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1970	27	14	RB	165	69	4	16
1971	28	14	RB	136	17	15	58
1972	29	14	RB	78		49
1973	30	14	RB	65		58
1974	31	7	RB	26		96
				470	86

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