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Earl Campbell

Earl Christian Campbell (The Tyler Rose)

Position: RB

5-11, 232lb (180cm, 105kg)

Born: March 29, 1955 in Tyler, TX

College: Texas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 67 (766th overall since 1960)

High School: John Tyler (TX)

Draft: Houston Oilers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

115

Rush

2187

Yds

9407

Y/A

4.3

FantPt

1426.6

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	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14	302	1450	13	81	4.8	96.7	20.1	12	48	4.0	0	20	0.8	3.2	314	4.8	1498	13	9	13	AP ORoY-1, AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16	368	1697	19	61	4.6	106.1	23.0	16	94	5.9	0	46	1.0	5.9	384	4.7	1791	19	8	15	AP MVP-1, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	373	1934	13	55	5.2	128.9	24.9	11	47	4.3	0	10	0.7	3.1	384	5.2	1981	13	4	13	AP MVP-2, AP OPoY-1, AP1, PB
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16	361	1376	10	43	3.8	86.0	22.6	36	156	4.3	0	17	2.3	9.8	397	3.9	1532	10	10	10	PB
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	157	538	2	22	3.4	59.8	17.4	18	130	7.2	0	46	2.0	14.4	175	3.8	668	2	2	8
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14	322	1301	12	42	4.0	92.9	23.0	19	216	11.4	0	66	1.4	15.4	341	4.4	1517	12	4	10	PB
1984	29	2TM	RB		14	6	146	468	4	22	3.2	33.4	10.4	3	27	9.0	0	15	0.2	1.9	149	3.3	495	4	2	3
		NOR	RB	35	8	0	50	190	0	19	3.8	23.8	6.3				0				50	3.8	190	0	0	1
		HOU	RB	34	6	6	96	278	4	22	2.9	46.3	16.0	3	27	9.0	0	15	0.5	4.5	99	3.1	305	4	2	2
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	12	158	643	1	45	4.1	40.2	9.9	6	88	14.7	0	39	0.4	5.5	164	4.5	731	1	4	5
Career					115	102	2187	9407	74	81	4.3	81.8	19.0	121	806	6.7	0	66	1.1	7.0	2308	4.4	10213	74	43	77
7 yrs		HOU			91	90	1979	8574	73	81	4.3	94.2	21.7	115	718	6.2	0	66	1.3	7.9	2094	4.4	9292	73	39	71
2 yrs		NOR			24	12	208	833	1	45	4.0	34.7	8.7	6	88	14.7	0	39	0.3	3.7	214	4.3	921	1	4	6

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
1978*+	23	HOU		3	3	75	264	2	35	3.5	88.0	25.0	3	27	9.0	0	13	1.0	9.0	78	3.7	291	2	4
1979*+	24	HOU		2	2	33	65	1	9	2.0	32.5	16.5	2	18	9.0	0	11	1.0	9.0	35	2.4	83	1	1
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	1	1	27	91	1	14	3.4	91.0	27.0				0				27	3.4	91	1	1
Career				6	6	135	420	4	35	3.1	70.0	22.5	5	45	9.0	0	13	0.8	7.5	140	3.3	465	4	6

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Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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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
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14			0				9	2	0	0	0.0
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16			0				8	2	-1	0	0.0
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15			0				4	2	0	0	0.0
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16			0				10	2	0	0	0.0
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1984	29	2TM	RB		14	6			0				2	2	1	0	0.0
		HOU	RB	34	6	6			0				2	2	1	0	0.0
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	12			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
Career					115	102			0				43	11	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		HOU			91	90			0				39	11	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NOR			24	12			0				4	0	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
1978*+	23	HOU		3	3			0			0	4	2	0	0	0.0
1979*+	24	HOU		2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				6	6			0			0	6	2	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%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	1	2	50.0	57	1	50.0	0	0.0	57	28.5	38.5	57.0	3.8	135.4	0	0	0.0	28.50	38.50
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
Career					115	102	1	3	33.3	57	1	33.3	1	33.3	57	19.0	10.7	57.0	0.5	81.9	0	0	0.0	19.00	10.67
7 yrs		HOU			91	90	1	3	33.3	57	1	33.3	1	33.3	57	19.0	10.7	57.0	0.6	81.9	0	0	0.0	19.00	10.67
2 yrs		NOR			24	12					0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	1	1	0-0	0	1	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				6	6	0-0	0	1	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	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1978*+	23	HOU	RB	34	15	14	13	13		78	5.2
1979*+	24	HOU	RB	34	16	16	19	19		114	7.1
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	34	15	15	13	13		78	5.2
1981*	26	HOU	RB	34	16	16	10	10		60	3.8
1982	27	HOU	RB	34	9	9	2	2		12	1.3
1983*	28	HOU	RB	34	14	14	12	12		72	5.1
1984	29	2TM	RB		14	6	4	4	0	24	1.7
		HOU	RB	34	6	6	4	4		24	4.0
1985	30	NOR	RB	35	16	12	1	1		6	0.4
Career					115	102	74	74	0	444	3.9
7 yrs		HOU			91	90	73	73	0	438	4.8
2 yrs		NOR			24	12	1	1	0	6	.3

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1978*+	23	HOU		3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1979*+	24	HOU		2	2	1	1	6	3.0
1980*+	25	HOU	RB	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career				6	6	4	4	24	4.0

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