Rocky Bleier

Robert Patrick Bleier

Position: RB

5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Born: March 5, 1946 in Appleton, WI

College: Notre Dame (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 46 (1963rd overall since 1960)

High School: Xavier (WI)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 16th round (417th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

140

Rush

928

Yds

3865

Y/A

4.2

FantPt

635.9

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	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1968	22	PIT	rb	26	10	0	6	39	0	21	6.5	3.9	0.6	3	68	22.7	0	54	0.3	6.8	9	11.9	107	0	0	1
1971	25	PIT	rb	20	6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0	0
1972	26	PIT	rb	20	14	0	1	17	0	17	17.0	1.2	0.1								1	17.0	17	0	1	0
1973	27	PIT	rb	20	12	0	3	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.3								3	0.0	0	0	2	0
1974	28	PIT	RB	20	12	7	88	373	2	18	4.2	31.1	7.3	7	87	12.4	0	24	0.6	7.3	95	4.8	460	2	2	4
1975	29	PIT	RB	20	11	11	140	528	2	17	3.8	48.0	12.7	15	65	4.3	0	13	1.4	5.9	155	3.8	593	2	7	6
1976	30	PIT	RB	20	14	14	220	1036	5	28	4.7	74.0	15.7	24	294	12.3	0	32	1.7	21.0	244	5.5	1330	5	4	16
1977	31	PIT	RB	20	13	13	135	465	4	16	3.4	35.8	10.4	18	161	8.9	0	30	1.4	12.4	153	4.1	626	4	6	7
1978	32	PIT	RB	20	16	16	165	633	5	24	3.8	39.6	10.3	17	168	9.9	1	32	1.1	10.5	182	4.4	801	6	6	8
1979	33	PIT	rb	20	16	7	92	434	4	70	4.7	27.1	5.8	31	277	8.9	0	28	1.9	17.3	123	5.8	711	4	4	6
1980	34	PIT	RB	20	16	6	78	340	1	19	4.4	21.3	4.9	21	174	8.3	1	17	1.3	10.9	99	5.2	514	2	0	4
Career					140	74	928	3865	23	70	4.2	27.6	6.6	136	1294	9.5	2	54	1.0	9.2	1064	4.8	5159	25	32	52

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	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
1972	26	PIT	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1973	27	PIT	RB	1	0															0
1974	28	PIT		3	3	49	208	0	23	4.2	69.3	16.3	7	90	12.9	1	27	2.3	30.0	56	5.3	298	1	3
1975	29	PIT		3	3	37	95	1	8	2.6	31.7	12.3	2	14	7.0	0	9	0.7	4.7	39	2.8	109	1	1
1976	30	PIT	RB/R	2	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5								1	-1.0	-1	0	0
1977	31	PIT		1	1	7	14	0	5	2.0	14.0	7.0	2	10	5.0	0	7	2.0	10.0	9	2.7	24	0	0
1978	32	PIT		3	3	20	74	1	15	3.7	24.7	6.7	5	49	9.8	1	16	1.7	16.3	25	4.9	123	2	1
1979	33	PIT		3	2	27	90	2	9	3.3	30.0	9.0	3	39	13.0	0	20	1.0	13.0	30	4.3	129	2	0
Career				18	13	141	480	4	23	3.4	26.7	7.8	19	202	10.6	2	27	1.1	11.2	160	4.3	682	6	5

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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	22	PIT	rb	26	10	0	2	13	0	14	6.5	6	119	0	27	19.8	239
1971	25	PIT	rb	20	6	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	21
1972	26	PIT	rb	20	14	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	2	40	0	20	20.0	58
1973	27	PIT	rb	20	12	0						3	47	0	20	15.7	47
1974	28	PIT	RB	20	12	7						3	67	0	35	22.3	527
Career					140	74	4	14	0	14	3.5	15	294	0	35	19.6	5467

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	22	PIT	rb	26	10	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
1972	26	PIT	rb	20	14	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1973	27	PIT	rb	20	12	0							2	1	0	0	0.0
1974	28	PIT	RB	20	12	7							2	0	0	0	0.0
1975	29	PIT	RB	20	11	11							7	2	0	0	0.0
1976	30	PIT	RB	20	14	14							4	0	0	0	0.0
1977	31	PIT	RB	20	13	13							6	1	0	0	0.0
1978	32	PIT	RB	20	16	16							6	1	0	0	0.0
1979	33	PIT	rb	20	16	7							4	0	0	0	0.0
Career					140	74							32	6	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
1974	28	PIT		3	3						0	3	2	0	0	0.0
1975	29	PIT		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1978	32	PIT		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				18	13						0	5	2	0	0	0.0

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	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1974	28	PIT	RB	20	12	7	2		2		12	1.0
1975	29	PIT	RB	20	11	11	2		2		12	1.1
1976	30	PIT	RB	20	14	14	5		5		30	2.1
1977	31	PIT	RB	20	13	13	4		4		24	1.8
1978	32	PIT	RB	20	16	16	5	1	6		36	2.3
1979	33	PIT	rb	20	16	7	4		4		24	1.5
1980	34	PIT	RB	20	16	6	1	1	2		12	0.8
Career					140	74	23	2	25	0	150	1.1

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1974	28	PIT	3	3		1	1	6	2.0
1975	29	PIT	3	3	1		1	6	2.0
1978	32	PIT	3	3	1	1	2	12	4.0
1979	33	PIT	3	2	2		2	12	4.0
Career			18	13	4	2	6	36	2.0

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