Jerome Bettis

Jerome Abram Bettis (The Bus)

Position: RB

5-11, 252lb (180cm, 114kg)

Born: February 16, 1972 in Detroit, MI

College: Notre Dame (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 81 (397th overall since 1960)

High School: MacKenzie (MI)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2015 (Full List)

Twitter: @JeromeBettis36

SUMMARY

Career

192

104

Rush

3479

Yds

13662

Y/A

3.9

FantPt

2049.6

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	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1993*+	21	RAM	RB	36	16	12	294	1429	7		71	4.9	89.3	18.4	34	26	244	9.4	0		28	1.6	15.3	76.5%	7.2	320	5.2	1673	7	4	12	AP ORoY-1, AP1, PB
1994*	22	RAM	RB	36	16	16	319	1025	3	57	19	3.2	64.1	19.9	45	31	293	9.5	1	16	34	1.9	18.3	68.9%	6.5	350	3.8	1318	4	5	8	PB
1995	23	STL	RB	36	15	13	183	637	3	24	41	3.5	42.5	12.2	23	18	106	5.9	0	4	19	1.2	7.1	78.3%	4.6	201	3.7	743	3	4	4
1996*+	24	PIT	RB	36	16	12	320	1431	11	77	50	4.5	89.4	20.0	32	22	122	5.5	0	6	16	1.4	7.6	68.8%	3.8	342	4.5	1553	11	7	12	AP MVP-4, AP OPoY-4, AP1, PB
1997*	25	PIT	RB	36	15	15	375	1665	7	94	34	4.4	111.0	25.0	24	15	110	7.3	2	5	19	1.0	7.3	62.5%	4.6	390	4.6	1775	9	6	15	AP MVP-5, AP2, PB
1998	26	PIT	RB	36	15	15	316	1185	3	61	42	3.8	79.0	21.1	23	16	90	5.6	0	2	26	1.1	6.0	69.6%	3.9	332	3.8	1275	3	2	6
1999	27	PIT	RB	36	16	16	299	1091	7	64	35	3.6	68.2	18.7	28	21	110	5.2	0	2	17	1.3	6.9	75.0%	3.9	320	3.8	1201	7	2	9
2000	28	PIT	RB	36	16	16	355	1341	8	72	30	3.8	83.8	22.2	19	13	97	7.5	0	5	25	0.8	6.1	68.4%	5.1	368	3.9	1438	8	1	10
2001*	29	PIT	RB	36	11	11	225	1072	4	46	48	4.8	97.5	20.5	10	8	48	6.0	0	2	16	0.7	4.4	80.0%	4.8	233	4.8	1120	4	3	9	PB
2002	30	PIT	RB	36	13	11	187	666	9	42	41	3.6	51.2	14.4	9	7	57	8.1	0	3	15	0.5	4.4	77.8%	6.3	194	3.7	723	9	1	5
2003	31	PIT	RB	36	16	10	246	811	7	44	21	3.3	50.7	15.4	22	13	86	6.6	0	5	16	0.8	5.4	59.1%	3.9	259	3.5	897	7	5	4
2004*	32	PIT	RB	36	15	6	250	941	13	50	29	3.8	62.7	16.7	8	6	46	7.7	0	2	20	0.4	3.1	75.0%	5.8	256	3.9	987	13	1	7	AP CPoY-4, PB
2005	33	PIT	RB	36	12	0	110	368	9	30	39	3.3	30.7	9.2	4	4	40	10.0	0	2	16	0.3	3.3	100.0%	10.0	114	3.6	408	9	0	3
Career					192	153	3479	13662	91	661	71	3.9	71.2	18.1	281	200	1449	7.2	3	54	34	1.0	7.5	71.2%	5.2	3679	4.1	15111	94	41	104
10 yrs		PIT			145	112	2683	10571	78	580	50	3.9	72.9	18.5	179	125	806	6.4	2	34	26	0.9	5.6	69.8%	4.5	2808	4.1	11377	80	28	80
3 yrs		RAM-STL			47	41	796	3091	13	81	71	3.9	65.8	16.9	102	75	643	8.6	1	20	34	1.6	13.7	73.5%	6.3	871	4.3	3734	14	13	24

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1996*+	24	PIT	RB	2	2	38	145	2	9	18	3.8	72.5	19.0	3	3	3	1.0	0	0	4	1.5	1.5	100.0%	1.0	41	3.6	148	2	0
1997*	25	PIT	RB	2	2	48	172	1	8	16	3.6	86.0	24.0	2	2	10	5.0	0	0	7	1.0	5.0	100.0%	5.0	50	3.6	182	1	0
2001*	29	PIT	HB	1	1	9	8	1	1	4	0.9	8.0	9.0	2	2	23	11.5	0	2	12	2.0	23.0	100.0%	11.5	11	2.8	31	1	0
2002	30	PIT	RB	2	0	4	4	0	0	4	1.0	2.0	2.0					0							4	1.0	4	0	0
2004*	32	PIT	RB	2	2	44	165	2	7	25	3.8	82.5	22.0	1	1	21	21.0	0	1	21	0.5	10.5	100.0%	21.0	45	4.1	186	2	2
2005	33	PIT	RB	4	0	56	180	3	12	25	3.2	45.0	14.0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	56	3.2	180	3	1
Career				13	7	199	674	9	37	25	3.4	51.8	15.3	9	8	57	7.1	0	3	21	0.6	4.4	88.9%	6.3	207	3.5	731	9	3

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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						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1993*+	21	RAM	RB	36	16	12			0			0	4	0	0	0	0.0
1994*	22	RAM	RB	36	16	16			0			0	5	3	0	0	0.0
1995	23	STL	RB	36	15	13			0			0	4	2	0	0	0.0
1996*+	24	PIT	RB	36	16	12			0			0	7	2	0	0	0.0
1997*	25	PIT	RB	36	15	15			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
1998	26	PIT	RB	36	15	15			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1999	27	PIT	RB	36	16	16			0			0	2	3	1	0	0.0
2000	28	PIT	RB	36	16	16			0			0	1	1	1	0	0.0
2001*	29	PIT	RB	36	11	11			0			0	3	2	0	0	0.0
2002	30	PIT	RB	36	13	11			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2003	31	PIT	RB	36	16	10			0			0	5	1	0	0	0.0
2004*	32	PIT	RB	36	15	6			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					192	153			0			0	41	16	2	0	0.0
10 yrs		PIT			145	112			0			0	28	11	2	0	0.0
3 yrs		RAM-STL			47	41			0			0	13	5	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2004*	32	PIT	RB	2	2			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2005	33	PIT	RB	4	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				13	7			0			0	3	0	0	0	0.0

Passing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1999	27	PIT	RB	36	16	16	1	1	100.0	21	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	21	21.0	41.0	21.0	1.3	158.3	0	0	0.0	21.00	41.00
2000	28	PIT	RB	36	16	16	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
2001*	29	PIT	RB	36	11	11	1	2	50.0	32	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	32	16.0	26.0	32.0	2.9	135.4	0	0	0.0	16.00	26.00
2004*	32	PIT	RB	36	15	6	1	1	100.0	10	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	10	10.0	30.0	10.0	0.7	147.9	0	0	0.0	10.00	30.00
Career					192	153	3	6	50.0	63	3	50.0	1	16.7	3	32	10.5	13.0	21.0	0.3	87.5	0	0	0.0	10.50	13.00
10 yrs		PIT			145	112	3	6	50.0	63	3	50.0	1	16.7	3	32	10.5	13.0	21.0	0.4	87.5	0	0	0.0	10.50	13.00
3 yrs		RAM-STL			47	41					0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
2005	33	PIT	RB	4	0	0-0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career				13		0-0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	2PM	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1993*+	21	RAM	RB	36	16	12	7		7			42	2.6
1994*	22	RAM	RB	36	16	16	3	1	4	2		28	1.8
1995	23	STL	RB	36	15	13	3		3			18	1.2
1996*+	24	PIT	RB	36	16	12	11		11			66	4.1
1997*	25	PIT	RB	36	15	15	7	2	9			54	3.6
1998	26	PIT	RB	36	15	15	3		3			18	1.2
1999	27	PIT	RB	36	16	16	7		7			42	2.6
2000	28	PIT	RB	36	16	16	8		8			48	3.0
2001*	29	PIT	RB	36	11	11	4		4			24	2.2
2002	30	PIT	RB	36	13	11	9		9			54	4.2
2003	31	PIT	RB	36	16	10	7		7	1		44	2.8
2004*	32	PIT	RB	36	15	6	13		13			78	5.2
2005	33	PIT	RB	36	12	0	9		9			54	4.5
Career					192	153	91	3	94	3	0	570	3.0
10 yrs		PIT			145	112	78	2	80	1	0	482	3.3
3 yrs		RAM-STL			47	41	13	1	14	2	0	88	1.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1996*+	24	PIT	RB	2	2	2	2	12	6.0
1997*	25	PIT	RB	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
2001*	29	PIT	HB	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
2004*	32	PIT	RB	2	2	2	2	12	6.0
2005	33	PIT	RB	4	0	3	3	18	4.5
Career				13	7	9	9	54	4.2

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