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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

Career AV: 67 (650th overall since 1950)

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 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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
1958 24 SFO LS 40 9 0 1 44 0 44 1 2 0 0
1959*+ 25 SFO RDH 40 12 0 4 20 0 14 2 3 0 0
1960*+ 26 SFO RCB 40 12 12 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 40 14 11 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
1962* 28 SFO RCB 40 14 14 2 31 0 31 2 2 37 1
1963* 29 SFO RCB 40 14 14 3 61 0 61 2 4 0 0
1964 30 SFO RCB 40 14 12 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0
1965 31 STL RET 42 13 0 2 0 0 0
1966 32 STL RCB 42 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 CRD 27 0 4 47 0 26 3 0 0 0

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

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1959*+ 25 SFO RDH 40 12 0 1 1 6
1961* 27 SFO RCB/lcb 40 14 11 1 1 2 12
1962* 28 SFO RCB 40 14 14 1 1 2 12
1963* 29 SFO RCB 40 14 14 3 3 18
Career 116 63 2 5 1 8 48

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

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 (1/23)
Career 8 (25)

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 (36)

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 (17)

Kick Return TD

1959 NFL 1 (1/58)
1961 NFL 1 (1/58)
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 (1/22)
1964 NFL 70 (6)

Yds/Kick Return

1959 NFL 29.4 (1)
1960 NFL 29.3 (3/62)
1961 NFL 29.0 (3/71)
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 (111)

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 (74)

Long Punt Return

1958 NFL 38 (8)
1959 NFL 65 (8)
1960 NFL 48 (1)
1961 NFL 80 (3)
1962 NFL 85 (1/98)
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 (43)

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 (27)

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)

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

All-Pro Teams

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