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Willie Wood

William Vernell Wood

Position: DB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: December 23, 1936 in Washington, DC
College: USC

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1989

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

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
1960 24 GNB RET 12 0 16 106 0 33 6.6 106
1961 25 GNB RS 14 0 14 225 2 72 16.1 225
1962* 26 GNB RS 14 0 23 273 0 65 11.9 273
1963 27 GNB RS 14 0 19 169 0 41 8.9 1 20 0 20 20.0 189
1964*+ 28 GNB RS 14 0 19 252 0 64 13.3 252
1965*+ 29 GNB LS 14 0 13 38 0 14 2.9 38
1966*+ 30 GNB LS 14 0 22 82 0 13 3.7 1 0 0 0 0.0 82
1967*+ 31 GNB RS 14 0 12 3 0 3 0.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 3
1968* 32 GNB RS 14 0 26 126 0 16 4.8 126
1969*+ 33 GNB RS 14 0 8 38 0 13 4.8 38
1970* 34 GNB FS 14 0 11 58 0 12 5.3 58
1971 35 GNB FS 14 0 4 21 0 9 5.3 21
Career 166 0 187 1391 2 72 7.4 3 20 0 20 6.7 1411

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
1960 24 GNB RET 12 0 2 0 0 0
1961 25 GNB RS 14 0 5 52 0 21 1 5 0 0
1962* 26 GNB RS 14 0 9 132 0 37
1963 27 GNB RS 14 0 5 67 0 22 0 4 0 0
1964*+ 28 GNB RS 14 0 3 73 1 42 1 2 0 0
1965*+ 29 GNB LS 14 0 6 65 0 28 0 2 0 0
1966*+ 30 GNB LS 14 0 3 38 1 20
1967*+ 31 GNB RS 14 0 4 60 0 25
1968* 32 GNB RS 14 0 2 54 0 35 1 0 0 0
1969*+ 33 GNB RS 14 0 3 40 0 21 0 1 0 0
1970* 34 GNB FS 14 0 7 110 0 24 1 1 0 0
1971 35 GNB FS 14 0 1 8 0 8 0 1 3 0
Career 166 0 48 699 2 42 6 16 39 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1964*+ 28 GNB RS 14 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 100.0%
Career 166 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 100.0%

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
1961 25 GNB RS 14 0 2 12
1964*+ 28 GNB RS 14 0 1 1 7
1966*+ 30 GNB LS 14 0 1 6
Career 166 0 2 2 1 25

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1962
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970

1st-team All-Pro

1964
1965
1966
1967
1969

Non-Offensive TDs

1961 NFL 2 (2)
1964 NFL 1 (9)
1966 NFL 1 (7)
Career 4 (175)

Punt Returns

1960 NFL 16 (2)
1961 NFL 14 (10)
1962 NFL 23 (2)
1963 NFL 19 (4)
1964 NFL 19 (6)
1966 NFL 22 (4)
1968 NFL 26 (4)
Career 187 (40)

Punt Return Yds

1960 NFL 106 (5)
1961 NFL 225 (2)
1962 NFL 273 (2)
1963 NFL 169 (7)
1964 NFL 252 (2)
1968 NFL 126 (10)
Career 1391 (73)

Punt Return TD

1961 NFL 2 (1-- 13)

Career 2 (69)

Long Punt Return

1960 NFL 33 (7)
1961 NFL 72 (5)
1962 NFL 65 (2)
1964 NFL 64 (9)

Yds/Punt Return

1960 NFL 6.6 (7)
1961 NFL 16.1 (1-- 27)

1962 NFL 11.9 (2)
1963 NFL 8.9 (10)
1964 NFL 13.3 (2)

Kick & Punt Returns

Career 190 (134)

Fumbles Recovered

1961 NFL 5 (2)
1963 NFL 4 (4)
Career 16 (191)

Fumble Return Yds

1962 NFL 36 (6)

Interceptions

1962 NFL 9 (1-- 76)

1965 NFL 6 (3)
1970 NFL 7 (5)
Career 48 (38)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1962 NFL 132 (5)
1970 NFL 110 (8)
Career 699 (45)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1964 NFL 1 (3)
1966 NFL 1 (3)

   

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
1962 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1962 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1962 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1963 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1963 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1964 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1964 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1965 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1965 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1966 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1967 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1967 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1967 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1968 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1968 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1968 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1969 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1970 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1970 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1971 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.