Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 1964* | 23 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 178 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | AP AFL RoY-3, UPI AFL RoY-4, PB | |||
| 1965*+ | 24 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 119 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | AP1, PB | |||
| 1966*+ | 25 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 110 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||
| 1967 | 26 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||
| 1968* | 27 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | AP2, PB | |||
| 1969*+ | 28 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 95 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | AP1, PB | |||
| 1970 | 29 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||
| 1971 | 30 | DEN | DB | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Career | 112 | 98 | 40 | 666 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | ||||||||
| 7 yrs | BUF | 98 | 97 | 40 | 666 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | |||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1964* | 23 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 182 | ||||
| 1965*+ | 24 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 220 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 339 | ||||
| 1966*+ | 25 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 186 | 1 | 72 | 8.1 | 0 | 296 | ||||
| 1967 | 26 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 142 | 0 | 19 | 4.7 | 0 | 167 | ||||
| 1968* | 27 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 87 | ||||
| 1969*+ | 28 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 158 | ||||
| Career | 112 | 98 | 86 | 600 | 1 | 72 | 7.0 | 0 | 1292 | ||||||||
| 7 yrs | BUF | 98 | 97 | 86 | 600 | 1 | 72 | 7.0 | 0 | 1292 | |||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Scoring Summary
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | 2PA | D2P | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Sfty | Pts | Pts/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964* | 23 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1966*+ | 25 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||
| 1968* | 27 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1969*+ | 28 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 29 | BUF | RCB | 42 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 112 | 98 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 36 | .3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 yrs | BUF | 98 | 97 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 36 | .4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DEN | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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