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Preston Pearson

Preston James Pearson

Position: RB

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 17, 1945 in Freeport, IL

College: Illinois

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1228th overall since 1960)

High School: Freeport (IL)

Draft: Baltimore Colts in the 12th round (298th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

176

Rush

941

Yds

3609

Y/A

3.8

FantPt

842.4

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
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	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1967	22	BAL	RB	26	7	0			0								0							0		0
1968	23	BAL	RB	26	14	0	19	78	0	13	4.1	5.6	1.4	2	70	35.0	2	61	0.1	5.0	21	7.0	148	2	2	4
1969	24	BAL	RB	26	14	2	24	81	0	10	3.4	5.8	1.7	4	64	16.0	0	37	0.3	4.6	28	5.2	145	0	2	1
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14	173	503	2	30	2.9	35.9	12.4	6	71	11.8	0	18	0.4	5.1	179	3.2	574	2	6	4
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14	131	605	0	29	4.6	43.2	9.4	20	246	12.3	2	41	1.4	17.6	151	5.6	851	2	7	7
1972	27	PIT	RB	26	11	5	67	264	0	21	3.9	24.0	6.1	11	79	7.2	0	15	1.0	7.2	78	4.4	343	0	4	4
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13	132	554	2	47	4.2	39.6	9.4	11	173	15.7	2	36	0.8	12.4	143	5.1	727	4	2	8
1974	29	PIT	RB	26	9	2	70	317	4	53	4.5	35.2	7.8	11	118	10.7	0	31	1.2	13.1	81	5.4	435	4	0	4
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10	133	509	2	32	3.8	36.4	9.5	27	351	13.0	2	49	1.9	25.1	160	5.4	860	4	1	8
1976	31	DAL	RB	26	10	2	68	233	1	21	3.4	23.3	6.8	23	316	13.7	2	30	2.3	31.6	91	6.0	549	3	1	6
1977	32	DAL	RB	26	14	10	89	341	1	22	3.8	24.4	6.4	46	535	11.6	4	36	3.3	38.2	135	6.5	876	5	1	12
1978	33	DAL	RB	26	16	1	25	104	0	18	4.2	6.5	1.6	47	526	11.2	0	34	2.9	32.9	72	8.8	630	0	0	8
1979	34	DAL	RB	26	14	0	7	14	1	11	2.0	1.0	0.5	26	333	12.8	1	26	1.9	23.8	33	10.5	347	2	0	3
1980	35	DAL	RB	26	11	0	3	6	0	2	2.0	0.5	0.3	20	213	10.7	2	20	1.8	19.4	23	9.5	219	2	0	2
Career					176	73	941	3609	13	53	3.8	20.5	5.3	254	3095	12.2	17	61	1.4	17.6	1195	5.6	6704	30	26	71
6 yrs		DAL			79	23	325	1207	5	32	3.7	15.3	4.1	189	2274	12.0	11	49	2.4	28.8	514	6.8	3481	16	3	39
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	573	2243	8	53	3.9	36.2	9.2	59	687	11.6	4	41	1.0	11.1	632	4.6	2930	12	19	27
3 yrs		BAL			35	2	43	159	0	13	3.7	4.5	1.2	6	134	22.3	2	61	0.2	3.8	49	6.0	293	2	4	5

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1968	23	BAL	RB	3	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.3	0.3	5	0.2	1	0	0
1972	27	PIT	RB	2	0			0								0							0	0
1973	28	PIT	FB	1	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	14.0	4.0	1	24	24.0	0	24	1.0	24.0	5	7.6	38	0	0
1974	29	PIT	RB	3	0			0								0							0	0
1975	30	DAL	RB	3	3	23	68	0	9	3.0	22.7	7.7	17	253	14.9	3	27	5.7	84.3	40	8.0	321	3	1
1976	31	DAL	RB	1	1	13	43	0	15	3.3	43.0	13.0	6	41	6.8	0	13	6.0	41.0	19	4.4	84	0	0
1977	32	DAL	RB	2	0	3	11	0	5	3.7	5.5	1.5	8	85	10.6	0	32	4.0	42.5	11	8.7	96	0	0
1978	33	DAL	RB	3	0	2	4	0	6	2.0	1.3	0.7	4	27	6.8	0	17	1.3	9.0	6	5.2	31	0	0
1979	34	DAL	RB	1	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	2	15	7.5	0	10	2.0	15.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
1980	35	DAL	RB	3	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	3.7	0.3	6	83	13.8	0	34	2.0	27.7	7	13.4	94	0	1
Career				22	6	51	149	0	15	2.9	6.8	2.3	45	529	11.8	3	34	2.0	24.0	96	7.1	678	3	2
6 yrs		DAL		13	4	43	135	0	15	3.1	10.4	3.3	43	504	11.7	3	34	3.3	38.8	86	7.4	639	3	2
3 yrs		PIT		6	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	2.3	0.7	1	24	24.0	0	24	0.2	4.0	5	7.6	38	0
1 yr		BAL		3	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.3	0.3	5	0.2	1	0

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* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1968	23	BAL	RB	26	14	0			0			15	527	2	102	35.1	675
1969	24	BAL	RB	26	14	2	6	37	0	11	6.2	31	706	0	51	22.8	888
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14			0			4	114	0	35	28.5	688
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14			0			7	205	0	77	29.3	1056
1972	27	PIT	RB	26	11	5	1	3	0	3	3.0	13	292	0	42	22.5	638
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13			0			16	308	0	28	19.3	1035
1974	29	PIT	RB	26	9	2			0			12	258	0	29	21.5	693
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10			0			16	391	0	42	24.4	1251
Career					176	73	7	40	0	11	5.7	114	2801	2	102	24.6	9545
6 yrs		DAL			79	23			0			16	391	0	42	24.4	3872
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	1	3	0	3	3.0	52	1177	0	77	22.6	4110
3 yrs		BAL			35	2	6	37	0	11	6.2	46	1233	2	102	26.8	1563

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1968	23	BAL	RB	3	1			0			4	111	0	33	27.8	112
1972	27	PIT	RB	2	0			0			3	84	0	41	28.0	84
1973	28	PIT	FB	1	1			0			4	79	0	27	19.8	117
1974	29	PIT	RB	3	0			0			2	43	0	28	21.5	43
1975	30	DAL	RB	3	3			0			6	74	0	26	12.3	252
Career				22	6			0			19	391	0	41	20.6	1069
6 yrs		DAL		13	4			0			6	74	0	26	12.3	713
3 yrs		PIT		6	1			0			9	206	0	41	22.9	244
1 yr		BAL		3	1			0			4	111	0	33	27.8	112

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1968	23	BAL	RB	26	14	0			0				2	2	0	0	0.0
1969	24	BAL	RB	26	14	2			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14			0				7	3	0	1	0.0
1972	27	PIT	RB	26	11	5			0				4	1	0	0	0.0
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1976	31	DAL	RB	26	10	2			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1977	32	DAL	RB	26	14	10			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					176	73			0				26	10	0	1	0.0
6 yrs		DAL			79	23			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			62	48			0				19	6	0	1	0.0
3 yrs		BAL			35	2			0				4	3	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1975	30	DAL	RB	3	3			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1980	35	DAL	RB	3	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				22	6			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		DAL		13	4			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		PIT		6	1			0							0	0.0
1 yr		BAL		3	1			0							0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	BAL	RB	26	14	0		2	2		4		24	1.7
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14	2				2		12	0.9
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14		2		1	3		18	1.3
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13	2	2			4		24	1.7
1974	29	PIT	RB	26	9	2	4				4		24	2.7
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10	2	2			4		24	1.7
1976	31	DAL	RB	26	10	2	1	2			3		18	1.8
1977	32	DAL	RB	26	14	10	1	4			5		30	2.1
1979	34	DAL	RB	26	14	0	1	1			2		12	0.9
1980	35	DAL	RB	26	11	0		2			2		12	1.1
Career					176	73	13	17	2	1	33	0	198	1.1
6 yrs		DAL			79	23	5	11			16	0	96	1.2
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	8	4		1	13	0	78	1.3
3 yrs		BAL			35	2		2	2		4	0	24	.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1975	30	DAL	RB	3	3	3	3	18	6.0
Career				22	6	3	3	18	.8
6 yrs		DAL		13	4	3	3	18	1.4
3 yrs		PIT		6	1			0	0.0
1 yr		BAL		3	1			0	0.0

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PFR HOF Monitor: 32.25 (104th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Preston Pearson?

Preston Pearson is 79 years old.

When was Preston Pearson born?

Preston Pearson was born on January 17, 1945.

Where was Preston Pearson born?

Preston Pearson was born in Freeport, IL.

How tall is Preston Pearson?

Preston Pearson is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Preston Pearson weigh when playing?

Preston Pearson weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Is Preston Pearson in the Hall of Fame?

Preston Pearson has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Preston Pearson play?

Preston Pearson played 176 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Preston Pearson have?

Preston Pearson had 941 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Preston Pearson have?

Preston Pearson had 3,609 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Preston Pearson won?

Preston Pearson has won 2 Super Bowls.

When did Preston Pearson retire?

Preston Pearson last played in 1980.

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