Abe Woodson

Abraham Benjamin Woodson

Position: DB-HB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 188 lbs.

Born: February 15, 1934 in Jackson, MS
College: Illinois (school history)
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (15th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 74 (533rd overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 23, 2013 1:25PM

All-Time Rank: #616. Jimmy Orr… #617. Greg Koch… #618. Darryl Talley… #619. ABE WOODSON… #620. Tommy Nobis… #621. Houston Antwine… #622. Paul Hornung…

All-Time Rank: #616. Jimmy Orr… #617. Greg Koch… #618. Darryl Talley… #619. ABE WOODSON… #620. Tommy Nobis… #621. Houston Antwine… #622. Paul Hornung…

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	AV
1958	24	SFO	LS	40	9		7	53	0	38	7.6	11	239	0	34	21.7	304	6
1959*+	25	SFO	RDH	40	12		15	143	0	65	9.5	13	382	1	105	29.4	525	14
1960*+	26	SFO	PR/RCB	40	12	12	13	174	0	48	13.4	17	498	0	64	29.3	676	15
1961*	27	SFO	KR/lcb/PR/RCB	40	14	11	16	172	1	80	10.8	27	782	1	98	29.0	1051	12
1962*	28	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14	19	179	1	85	9.4	37	1157	0	79	31.3	1336	10
1963*	29	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14	13	95	0	51	7.3	29	935	3	103	32.2	1030	14
1964	30	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	12	22	133	0	26	6.0	32	880	0	70	27.5	1013	7
1965	31	STL	KR/PR	42	13		18	7	0	13	0.4	27	665	0	65	24.6	672	1
1966	32	STL	RCB	42	14												0	7
Career					116	63	123	956	2	85	7.8	193	5538	5	105	28.7	6607	86
7 yrs		SFO			89	63	105	949	2	85	9.0	166	4873	5	105	29.4	5935	78
2 yrs		STL			27	0	18	7	0	13	0.4	27	665	0	65	24.6	672	8

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
1958	24	SFO	LS	40	9			1	44	0	44	0	0	1	2	0	0
1959*+	25	SFO	RDH	40	12			4	20	0	14	0	0	2	3	0	0
1960*+	26	SFO	PR/RCB	40	12	12		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1961*	27	SFO	KR/lcb/PR/RCB	40	14	11		1	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0
1962*	28	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14		2	31	0	31	0	0	2	2	37	1
1963*	29	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14		3	61	0	61	0	0	2	4	0	0
1964	30	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	12		2	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0
1965	31	STL	KR/PR	42	13								0	2	0	0	0
1966	32	STL	RCB	42	14			4	47	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0
Career					116	63		19	206	0	61	0	0	17	15	37	1
7 yrs		SFO			89	63		15	159	0	61	0	0	14	15	37	1
2 yrs		STL			27	0		4	47	0	26	0	0	3	0	0	0

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
1958	24	SFO	LS	40	9		2	12	0	9	6.0	1.3	0.2								12	0	1
1960*+	26	SFO	PR/RCB	40	12	12	4	4	0	4	1.0	0.3	0.3								4	0	1
1961*	27	SFO	KR/lcb/PR/RCB	40	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

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	Pts
1959*+	25	SFO	RDH	40	12			1		1	6
1961*	27	SFO	KR/lcb/PR/RCB	40	14	11	1	1		2	12
1962*	28	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14	1		1	2	12
1963*	29	SFO	KR/PR/RCB	40	14	14		3		3	18
Career					116	63	2	5	1	8	48

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Andy Nelson, Kenny Easley, Jim Marsalis, Louis Wright, Kent McCloughan, Paul Krause*, Roynell Young, Jake Scott, Ed Reed, Mark Haynes
4	Andy Nelson, Everson Walls, Louis Wright, Deion Sanders, Bobby Dillon, Darrell Green, Mark A. Carrier, Mel Renfro*, Jerry Gray, Jim Marsalis
5	George Saimes, Frank Minnifield, Jim David, Andy Nelson, Bobby Dillon, Butch Byrd, Night Train Lane, Darrell Green, Lindon Crow, Steve Atwater
6	George Saimes, Butch Byrd, Frank Minnifield, Jim David, Mike Wagner, Chris McAlister, Everson Walls, Steve Atwater, Andy Nelson, Dale Carter
7	Bobby Dillon, Butch Byrd, Jim David, George Saimes, Chris McAlister, Andy Nelson, Everson Walls, Roger Wehrli, Frank Minnifield, Night Train Lane
8	Terry McDaniel, Butch Byrd, Darrell Green*, Lindon Crow, Andy Nelson, Dave Grayson, Mike Wagner, Frank Minnifield, George Saimes, Willie Buchanon
9	Terry McDaniel, Bobby Dillon, Jim David, Dave Grayson, George Saimes, Lindon Crow, Jerry Logan, Dick LeBeau*, Willie Buchanon, Butch Byrd
Career	Bobby Dillon, Jim David, Dave Grayson, Butch Byrd, Terry McDaniel, Lindon Crow, George Saimes, Mike Wagner, Don R. Paul, Frank Minnifield

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963	First-Team All-Pro 1959 1960	Non-Offensive TDs 1959 NFL 1 (2) 1961 NFL 2 (2) 1962 NFL 2 (1) 1963 NFL 3 (1/26) Career 8 (30)	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 (41)
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 (19)	Kick Return TD 1959 NFL 1 (1) 1961 NFL 1 (1) 1963 NFL 3 (1/3) Career 5 (8)	Long Kick Return 1959 NFL 105 (1/9) 1960 NFL 64 (8) 1961 NFL 98 (4) 1962 NFL 79 (6) 1963 NFL 103 (1/33) 1964 NFL 70 (6)	Yds/Kick Return 1959 NFL 29.4 (1) 1960 NFL 29.3 (3/68) 1961 NFL 29.0 (3/79) 1962 NFL 31.3 (1/26) 1963 NFL 32.2 (1/17) 1964 NFL 27.5 (3) Career 28.7 (4)
Punt Returns 1960 NFL 13 (8) 1961 NFL 16 (8) 1962 NFL 19 (4) 1964 NFL 22 (2) 1965 NFL 18 (6) Career 123 (120)	Punt Return Yds 1959 NFL 143 (7) 1960 NFL 174 (1) 1961 NFL 172 (4) 1962 NFL 179 (4) Career 956 (150)	Punt Return TD 1961 NFL 1 (2) 1962 NFL 1 (1) Career 2 (82)	Long Punt Return 1958 NFL 38 (8) 1959 NFL 65 (8) 1960 NFL 48 (1) 1961 NFL 80 (3) 1962 NFL 85 (1) 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 (49)	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 (33)	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)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1960	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1960	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1961	1st Team	All-NFL	NY Daily News
1962	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1962	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1962	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI
1963	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1963	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.

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