Luther Blue

Luther J. Blue

Position: WR

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: October 21, 1954 in Valdosta, GA

College: Iowa St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 6 (10632nd overall since 1960)

High School: Valdosta (GA)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

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Career Splits

Advanced Splits

Career Splits Table
		Games				Receiving									Rushing						Scoring		Kick Returns				Punt Returns
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
League	NFL	42	16	26	0	81	47	542	11.53	4	58.0%	6.69	1.1	12.9	7	-5	-0.71	0	0.2	-0.1	4	24	10	236	23.60	0	8	59	7.38	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Place	Home	19	11	8	0	47	29	358	12.34	1	61.7%	7.62	1.5	18.8	4	5	1.25	0	0.2	0.3	1	6	5	144	28.80	0	5	41	8.20	0
	Road	23	5	18	0	34	18	184	10.22	3	52.9%	5.41	0.8	8.0	3	-10	-3.33	0	0.1	-0.4	3	18	5	92	18.40	0	3	18	6.00	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Result	Win	16	16	0	0	32	22	300	13.64	1	68.8%	9.38	1.4	18.8	3	-7	-2.33	0	0.2	-0.4	1	6	5	142	28.40	0	3	30	10.00	0
	Loss	26	0	26	0	49	25	242	9.68	3	51.0%	4.94	1.0	9.3	4	2	0.50	0	0.2	0.1	3	18	5	94	18.80	0	5	29	5.80	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Final Margin	0-7 points	17	7	10	0	31	20	253	12.65	2	64.5%	8.16	1.2	14.9	3	-6	-2.00	0	0.2	-0.4	2	12	4	82	20.50	0	2	15	7.50	0
	8-14 points	13	4	9	0	19	8	85	10.63	1	42.1%	4.47	0.6	6.5	1	6	6.00	0	0.1	0.5	1	6	2	86	43.00	0	3	18	6.00	0
	15+ points	12	5	7	0	31	19	204	10.74	1	61.3%	6.58	1.6	17.0	3	-5	-1.67	0	0.3	-0.4	1	6	4	68	17.00	0	3	26	8.67	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Month	September	11	3	8	0	27	15	170	11.33	1	55.6%	6.30	1.4	15.5	1	10	10.00	0	0.1	0.9	1	6	2	38	19.00	0	5	33	6.60	0
	October	14	4	10	0	20	13	128	9.85	2	65.0%	6.40	0.9	9.1	2	-16	-8.00	0	0.1	-1.1	2	12	6	122	20.33	0	0	0		0
	November	11	6	5	0	15	6	102	17.00	1	40.0%	6.80	0.5	9.3	2	0	0.00	0	0.2	0.0	1	6	2	76	38.00	0	1	7	7.00	0
	December	6	3	3	0	19	13	142	10.92	0	68.4%	7.47	2.2	23.7	2	1	0.50	0	0.3	0.2	0	0	0	0		0	2	19	9.50	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Game Number	1-4	12	4	8	0	20	17	197	11.59	2	85.0%	9.85	1.4	16.4	1	10	10.00	0	0.1	0.8	2	12	3	62	20.67	0	5	33	6.60	0
	5-8	12	3	9	0	25	9	80	8.89	1	36.0%	3.20	0.8	6.7	1	-8	-8.00	0	0.1	-0.7	1	6	4	78	19.50	0	0	0		0
	9-12	11	5	6	0	13	6	79	13.17	1	46.2%	6.08	0.5	7.2	3	-8	-2.67	0	0.3	-0.7	1	6	3	96	32.00	0	1	7	7.00	0
	13+	7	4	3	0	23	15	186	12.40	0	65.2%	8.09	2.1	26.6	2	1	0.50	0	0.3	0.1	0	0	0	0		0	2	19	9.50	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Day	Sunday	36	13	23	0	66	37	403	10.89	4	56.1%	6.11	1.0	11.2	6	1	0.17	0	0.2	0.0	4	24	10	236	23.60	0	7	48	6.86	0
	Thursday	2	1	1	0	4	3	56	18.67	0	75.0%	14.00	1.5	28.0	1	-6	-6.00	0	0.5	-3.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Saturday	4	2	2	0	11	7	83	11.86	0	63.6%	7.55	1.8	20.8	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	1	11	11.00	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Time	Early	31	12	19	0	60	36	415	11.53	4	60.0%	6.92	1.2	13.4	6	-11	-1.83	0	0.2	-0.4	4	24	10	236	23.60	0	6	41	6.83	0
	Afternoon	8	3	5	0	18	10	121	12.10	0	55.6%	6.72	1.3	15.1	1	6	6.00	0	0.1	0.8	0	0	0	0		0	1	7	7.00	0
	Late	3	1	2	0	3	1	6	6.00	0	33.3%	2.00	0.3	2.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	1	11	11.00	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Conference	AFC	10	4	6	0	21	8	118	14.75	0	38.1%	5.62	0.8	11.8	2	-2	-1.00	0	0.2	-0.2	0	0	1	22	22.00	0	1	7	7.00	0
	NFC	32	12	20	0	60	39	424	10.87	4	65.0%	7.07	1.2	13.3	5	-3	-0.60	0	0.2	-0.1	4	24	9	214	23.78	0	7	52	7.43	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Division	AFC East	4	1	3	0	5	2	30	15.00	0	40.0%	6.00	0.5	7.5	1	-8	-8.00	0	0.3	-2.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	AFC West	6	3	3	0	16	6	88	14.67	0	37.5%	5.50	1.0	14.7	1	6	6.00	0	0.2	1.0	0	0	1	22	22.00	0	1	7	7.00	0
	NFC East	6	2	4	0	6	5	41	8.20	0	83.3%	6.83	0.8	6.8	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	40	20.00	0	0	0		0
	NFC Central	18	6	12	0	36	23	249	10.83	3	63.9%	6.92	1.3	13.8	3	-4	-1.33	0	0.2	-0.2	3	18	6	148	24.67	0	5	33	6.60	0
	NFC West	8	4	4	0	18	11	134	12.18	1	61.1%	7.44	1.4	16.8	2	1	0.50	0	0.3	0.1	1	6	1	26	26.00	0	2	19	9.50	0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Opponent	Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals	1	0	1	0	3	1	10	10.00	0	33.3%	3.33	1.0	10.0							0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Atlanta Falcons	3	1	2	0	10	4	58	14.50	1	40.0%	5.80	1.3	19.3							1	6	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Buffalo Bills	1	0	1	0						0.0%										0	0
	Chicago Bears	4	1	3	0	8	7	75	10.71	0	87.5%	9.38	1.8	18.8	2	-14	-7.00	0	0.5	-3.5	0	0	1	20	20.00	0	2	7	3.50	0
	Dallas Cowboys	1	0	1	0		1	9	9.00	0			1.0	9.0							0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Denver Broncos	1	1	0	0	4	2	44	22.00	0	50.0%	11.00	2.0	44.0							0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Green Bay Packers	5	1	4	0	5	2	21	10.50	1	40.0%	4.20	0.4	4.2	1	10	10.00	0	0.2	2.0	1	6	4	68	17.00	0	2	15	7.50	0
	Indianapolis (Bal) Colts	1	1	0	0						0.0%										0	0
	Las Vegas/Oakland/LA Raiders	1	0	1	0	6	1	18	18.00	0	16.7%	3.00	1.0	18.0	1	6	6.00	0	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	0		0	1	7	7.00	0
	Minnesota Vikings	5	1	4	0	18	12	128	10.67	2	66.7%	7.11	2.4	25.6							2	12	0	0		0	0	0		0
	New England Patriots	1	0	1	0	5	2	30	15.00	0	40.0%	6.00	2.0	30.0	1	-8	-8.00	0	1.0	-8.0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	New Orleans Saints	3	2	1	0		1	21	21.00	0			0.3	7.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	26	26.00	0	0	0		0
	New York Jets	1	0	1	0						0.0%										0	0
	Philadelphia Eagles	1	1	0	0		1	9	9.00	0			1.0	9.0							0	0	1	24	24.00	0	0	0		0
	LA/ San Diego Chargers	3	2	1	0	2	0	0		0	0.0%	0.00	0.0	0.0	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	22	22.00	0	0	0		0
	San Francisco 49ers	2	1	1	0	8	6	55	9.17	0	75.0%	6.88	3.0	27.5	2	1	0.50	0	1.0	0.5	0	0	0	0		0	2	19	9.50	0
	Seattle Seahawks	1	0	1	0	4	3	26	8.67	0	75.0%	6.50	3.0	26.0							0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	3	1	0	5	2	25	12.50	0	40.0%	5.00	0.5	6.3	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	60	60.00	0	1	11	11.00	0
	Washington Redskins	3	1	2	0	3	2	13	6.50	0	66.7%	4.33	0.7	4.3	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	16	16.00	0	0	0		0
Split	Value	G	W	L	T	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	A/G	Y/G	TD	Pts	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD
Stadium	dome	22	12	10	0	51	32	384	12.00	1	62.7%	7.53	1.5	17.5	4	5	1.25	0	0.2	0.2	1	6	6	170	28.33	0	5	41	8.20	0
	outdoors	20	4	16	0	30	15	158	10.53	3	50.0%	5.27	0.8	7.9	3	-10	-3.33	0	0.2	-0.5	3	18	4	66	16.50	0	3	18	6.00	0

Career Advanced Splits

Stats for 28 G, Missing 14 G (pre-1978)

Career Advanced Splits Table
		Receiving								Rushing
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Down	1st	30	13	177	13.6	1	7	43.3%	5.9	3	0	.0	0	0
	2nd	22	11	110	10.0	1	5	50.0%	5.0	2	2	1.0	0	1
	3rd	26	14	156	11.1	1	11	53.8%	6.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
	4th	3	1	9	9.0	0	1	33.3%	3.0	0	0		0	0
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Yards To Go	1-3	6	3	31	10.3	0	3	50.0%	5.2	1	10	10.0	0	1
	4-6	10	5	48	9.6	0	4	50.0%	4.8	2	-9	-4.5	0	0
	7-9	13	9	90	10.0	2	6	69.2%	6.9	0	0		0	0
	10+	52	22	283	12.9	1	11	42.3%	5.4	3	0	.0	0	0
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Down & Yards to Go	1st & 10	30	13	177	13.6	1	7	43.3%	5.9	3	0	.0	0	0
	2nd & 1-3	1	0	0		0	0	.0%	0	1	10	10.0	0	1
	2nd & 4-6	2	0	0		0	0	.0%	0	1	-8	-8.0	0	0
	2nd & 7-9	6	5	45	9.0	1	3	83.3%	7.5	0	0		0	0
	2nd & 10+	13	6	65	10.8	0	2	46.2%	5.0	0	0		0	0
	3rd & 1-3	4	2	22	11.0	0	2	50.0%	5.5	0	0		0	0
	3rd & 4-6	8	5	48	9.6	0	4	62.5%	6.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
	3rd & 7-9	6	4	45	11.3	1	3	66.7%	7.5	0	0		0	0
	3rd & 10+	8	3	41	13.7	0	2	37.5%	5.1	0	0		0	0
	4th & 1-3	1	1	9	9.0	0	1	100.0%	9.0	0	0		0	0
	4th & 7-9	1	0	0		0	0	.0%	0	0	0		0	0
	4th & 10+	1	0	0		0	0	.0%	0	0	0		0	0
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Field Position	Own 1-10	2	0	0		0	0	.0%	0	0	0		0	0
	Own 1-20	4	1	7	7.0	0	0	25.0%	1.8	0	0		0	0
	Own 21-50	37	19	202	10.6	0	9	51.4%	5.5	3	-14	-4.7	0	0
	Opp 49-20	30	13	179	13.8	0	10	43.3%	6.0	2	16	8.0	0	1
	Red Zone	10	6	64	10.7	3	5	60.0%	6.4	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
	Opp 1-10	3	1	9	9.0	1	1	33.3%	3.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Score Differential	Leading	19	12	151	12.6	0	7	63.2%	7.9	3	-17	-5.7	0	0
	Tied	15	6	85	14.2	0	2	40.0%	5.7	1	2	2.0	0	0
	Trailing	47	21	216	10.3	3	15	44.7%	4.6	2	16	8.0	0	1
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Quarter	1st Qtr	14	7	94	13.4	0	2	50.0%	6.7	1	2	2.0	0	0
	2nd Qtr	23	12	134	11.2	1	8	52.2%	5.8	1	10	10.0	0	1
	3rd Qtr	10	5	49	9.8	1	3	50.0%	4.9	1	-8	-8.0	0	0
	4th Qtr	34	15	175	11.7	1	11	44.1%	5.1	3	-3	-1.0	0	0
	1st Half	37	19	228	12.0	1	10	51.4%	6.2	2	12	6.0	0	1
	2nd Half	44	20	224	11.2	2	14	45.5%	5.1	4	-11	-2.8	0	0
Split	Value	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	1D
Game Situation	Trailing, < 2 min to go	5	1	18	18.0	0	1	20.0%	3.6	0	0		0	0
	Trailing, < 4 min to go	5	1	18	18.0	0	1	20.0%	3.6	0	0		0	0