Kyle Rote

William Kyle Rote

Position: E-HB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 199 lbs.

Born: October 27, 1927 in Bellevue, TX
Died: August 15, 2002 in Baltimore, MD
College: SMU (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1951 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

News -- May 2013

5/25 FootballPerspective.com: Ranking wide receivers by percentage of team yards: Seven years ago, Doug wrote this post analyzing wide receivers by team receiving yards. That post was overdue for an update for...

4/25 FootballPerspective.com: Eric Fisher Would Become First #1 Pick from a MAC SchoolA recap of every #1 pick in NFL and AFL Draft History, along with their conference affiliations: Tweet...
4/17 FootballPerspective.com: Tavon Austin Is a New Breed Of Player, Like So Many Before Him: It’s become trendy in recent weeks to discuss how players like Tavon Austin are “changing the game,” after the...
4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...

3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...