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Abe Woodson

Abraham Benjamin Woodson

Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 188 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1934 in Jackson, MS
College: Illinois

5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1957 Draft

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1958 24 SFO LS 9 0 7 53 0 38 7.6 11 239 0 34 21.7 304
1959*+ 25 SFO RDH 12 0 15 143 0 65 9.5 13 382 1 105 29.4 525
1960*+ 26 SFO RCB 12 12 13 174 0 48 13.4 17 498 0 64 29.3 676
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 14 11 16 172 1 80 10.8 27 782 1 98 29.0 1051
1962* 28 SFO RCB 14 14 19 179 1 85 9.4 37 1157 0 79 31.3 1336
1963* 29 SFO RCB 14 14 13 95 0 51 7.3 29 935 3 103 32.2 1030
1964 30 SFO RCB 14 12 22 133 0 26 6.0 32 880 0 70 27.5 1013
1965 31 STL RET 13 0 18 7 0 13 0.4 27 665 0 65 24.6 672
1966 32 STL RCB 14 0 0
Career 116 63 123 956 2 85 7.8 193 5538 5 105 28.7 6607
7 yrs SFO 89 63 105 949 2 85 9.0 166 4873 5 105 29.4 5935
2 yrs ARI 27 0 18 7 0 13 0.4 27 665 0 65 24.6 672

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
1958 24 SFO LS 9 0 1 44 0 44 1 2 0 0
1959*+ 25 SFO RDH 12 0 4 20 0 14 2 3 0 0
1960*+ 26 SFO RCB 12 12 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 14 11 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
1962* 28 SFO RCB 14 14 2 31 0 31 2 2 37 1
1963* 29 SFO RCB 14 14 3 61 0 61 2 4 0 0
1964 30 SFO RCB 14 12 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0
1965 31 STL RET 13 0 2 0 0 0
1966 32 STL RCB 14 0 4 47 0 26 1 0 0 0
Career 116 63 19 206 0 61 17 15 37 1
7 yrs SFO 89 63 15 159 0 61 14 15 37 1
2 yrs ARI 27 0 4 47 0 26 3 0 0 0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1958 24 SFO LS 9 0 2 12 0 9 6.0 1.3 0.2 12 0 1
1960*+ 26 SFO RCB 12 12 4 4 0 4 1.0 0.3 0.3 4 0 1
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 14 11 14 23 0 14 1.6 1.6 1.0 8 74 9.3 0 28 0.6 5.3 97 0 3
Career 116 63 20 39 0 14 2.0 0.3 0.2 8 74 9.3 0 28 0.1 0.6 113 0 17

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
1959*+ 25 SFO RDH 12 0 1 6
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 14 11 1 1 12
1962* 28 SFO RCB 14 14 1 1 12
1963* 29 SFO RCB 14 14 3 18
Career 116 63 2 5 1 48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1959
1960
1961
1962
1963

1st-team All-Pro

1959
1960

Non-Offensive TDs

1959 NFL 1 (2)
1961 NFL 2 (2)
1962 NFL 2 (1)
1963 NFL 3 (1-- 23)
Career 8 (24)

Kick Returns

1960 NFL 17 (10)
1961 NFL 27 (4)
1962 NFL 37 (1)
1963 NFL 29 (4)
1964 NFL 32 (3)
1965 NFL 27 (3)
Career 193 (34)

Kick Return Yds

1959 NFL 382 (8)
1960 NFL 498 (6)
1961 NFL 782 (2)
1962 NFL 1157 (1)
1963 NFL 935 (2)
1964 NFL 880 (3)
1965 NFL 665 (4)
Career 5538 (15)

Kick Return TD

1959 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1961 NFL 1 (1-- 57)
1963 NFL 3 (1-- 3)
Career 5 (6)

Long Kick Return

1959 NFL 105 (1-- 5)
1960 NFL 64 (8)
1961 NFL 98 (4)
1962 NFL 79 (6)
1963 NFL 103 (1-- 21)
1964 NFL 70 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

1959 NFL 29.4 (1)
1960 NFL 29.3 (3-- 61)
1961 NFL 29.0 (3-- 70)
1962 NFL 31.3 (1-- 22)
1963 NFL 32.2 (1-- 15)
1964 NFL 27.5 (3)
Career 28.7 (3)

Punt Returns

1960 NFL 13 (8)
1961 NFL 16 (8)
1962 NFL 19 (4)
1964 NFL 22 (2)
1965 NFL 18 (6)
Career 123 (107)

Punt Return Yds

1959 NFL 143 (7)
1960 NFL 174 (1)
1961 NFL 172 (4)
1962 NFL 179 (4)
Career 956 (134)

Punt Return TD

1961 NFL 1 (2)
1962 NFL 1 (1)
Career 2 (69)

Long Punt Return

1958 NFL 38 (8)
1959 NFL 65 (8)
1960 NFL 48 (1)
1961 NFL 80 (3)
1962 NFL 85 (1-- 97)
1963 NFL 51 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1959 NFL 9.5 (6)
1960 NFL 13.4 (1)
1961 NFL 10.8 (4)
1962 NFL 9.4 (4)

Kick & Punt Returns

1960 NFL 30 (6)
1961 NFL 43 (3)
1962 NFL 56 (1)
1963 NFL 42 (6)
1964 NFL 54 (2)
1965 NFL 45 (3)
Career 316 (42)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1959 NFL 525 (8)
1960 NFL 672 (1)
1961 NFL 954 (1)
1962 NFL 1336 (1)
1963 NFL 1030 (3)
1964 NFL 1013 (3)
Career 6494 (26)

Fumbles Recovered

1959 NFL 3 (9)
1963 NFL 4 (4)

Fumble Return Yds

1962 NFL 37 (5)

Fumble Return TD

1962 NFL 1 (1)

Long Intercep. Return

1958 NFL 44 (7)
1963 NFL 61 (8)

 

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
1959 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1959 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1959 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1960 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1960 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1961 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL