Frederick Francis Willis III
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: December 9, 1947 in Natick, MA
College: Boston College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1971 Draft
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View Details For: 23 Regular Season TDs Scored
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | FB | 14 | 0 | 135 | 590 | 7 | 36 | 4.4 | 42.1 | 9.6 | 24 | 223 | 9.3 | 0 | 29 | 1.7 | 15.9 | 813 | 7 | 3 |
| 1972 | 25 | 2TM | /FB | 13 | 0 | 134 | 461 | 0 | 43 | 3.4 | 35.5 | 10.3 | 45 | 297 | 6.6 | 2 | 27 | 3.5 | 22.8 | 758 | 2 | 3 |
| HOU | FB | 8 | 0 | 92 | 334 | 0 | 43 | 3.6 | 41.8 | 11.5 | 36 | 251 | 7.0 | 2 | 27 | 4.5 | 31.4 | 585 | 2 | 2 | ||
| CIN | 5 | 0 | 42 | 127 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 25.4 | 8.4 | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 10 | 1.8 | 9.2 | 173 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1973 | 26 | HOU | FB | 14 | 0 | 171 | 579 | 4 | 25 | 3.4 | 41.4 | 12.2 | 57 | 371 | 6.5 | 1 | 50 | 4.1 | 26.5 | 950 | 5 | 5 |
| 1974 | 27 | HOU | 10 | 0 | 74 | 239 | 3 | 18 | 3.2 | 23.9 | 7.4 | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | 1 | 21 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 369 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 28 | HOU | 13 | 0 | 118 | 420 | 2 | 23 | 3.6 | 32.3 | 9.1 | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 0 | 20 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 524 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1976 | 29 | HOU | FB | 13 | 0 | 148 | 542 | 2 | 44 | 3.7 | 41.7 | 11.4 | 32 | 255 | 8.0 | 1 | 42 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 797 | 3 | 3 |
| Career | 77 | 0 | 780 | 2831 | 18 | 44 | 3.6 | 36.8 | 10.1 | 203 | 1380 | 6.8 | 5 | 50 | 2.6 | 17.9 | 4211 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 5 yrs | TEN | 58 | 0 | 603 | 2114 | 11 | 44 | 3.5 | 36.4 | 10.4 | 170 | 1111 | 6.5 | 5 | 50 | 2.9 | 19.2 | 3225 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 19 | 0 | 177 | 717 | 7 | 36 | 4.1 | 37.7 | 9.3 | 33 | 269 | 8.2 | 0 | 29 | 1.7 | 14.2 | 986 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 60.4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1972 | 25 | 2TM | /FB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 16 | 4.0 | -7.3 | 16.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | -7.3 | 0.0 | |
| CIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.2 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| HOU | FB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | -15.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -15.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1973 | 26 | HOU | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Career | 77 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 16 | 3.4 | -3.0 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | -3.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 yrs | TEN | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11.3 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 91.0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 32 | 20.3 | 894 | |||||
| Career | 77 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 32 | 20.3 | 4292 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 25 | 2TM | /FB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| CIN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| HOU | FB | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | 26 | HOU | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | HOU | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | 29 | HOU | FB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 77 | 0 | 21 | 6 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | TEN | 58 | 0 | 17 | 5 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 24 | CIN | FB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | 25 | 2TM | /FB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| HOU | FB | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | 26 | HOU | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 27 | HOU | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28 | HOU | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | 29 | HOU | FB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Career | 77 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 138 | ||||||||||||
| 5 yrs | TEN | 58 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | CIN | 19 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
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