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Lenvil Elliott

Lenvil Olon Elliott

Position: RB

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: September 2, 1951 in Lexington, MO

Died: October 12, 2008 in Richmond, MO

College: Truman St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 28 (4056th overall since 1960)

High School: Richmond (MO)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 10th round (249th overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

1x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

101

Rush

440

Yds

1900

Y/A

4.3

FantPt

426.1

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
1973	22	CIN	RB	36	6	0	22	122	1	15	5.5	20.3	3.7	1	12	12.0	1	12	0.2	2.0	23	5.8	134	2	0	1
1974	23	CIN	RB	36	10	2	68	345	1	26	5.1	34.5	6.8	18	187	10.4	1	28	1.8	18.7	86	6.2	532	2	3	6
1975	24	CIN	RB	36	14	5	71	308	1	27	4.3	22.0	5.1	20	196	9.8	3	31	1.4	14.0	91	5.5	504	4	2	5
1976	25	CIN	RB	36	12	0	69	276	0	24	4.0	23.0	5.8	22	188	8.5	3	29	1.8	15.7	91	5.1	464	3	5	5
1977	26	CIN	RB	36	14	3	65	269	0	32	4.1	19.2	4.6	29	238	8.2	1	33	2.1	17.0	94	5.4	507	1	1	5
1978	27	CIN	RB	36	10	3	29	75	0	12	2.6	7.5	2.9	12	100	8.3	0	18	1.2	10.0	41	4.3	175	0	1	1
1979	28	SFO	RB	35	16	0	33	135	3	12	4.1	8.4	2.1	23	197	8.6	0	30	1.4	12.3	56	5.9	332	3	2	3
1980	29	SFO	RB	35	15	3	76	341	2	20	4.5	22.7	5.1	27	285	10.6	1	45	1.8	19.0	103	6.1	626	3	5	5
1981	30	SFO	RB	35	4	0	7	29	0	9	4.1	7.3	1.8	7	81	11.6	0	19	1.8	20.3	14	7.9	110	0	2	1
Career					101	16	440	1900	8	32	4.3	18.8	4.4	159	1484	9.3	10	45	1.6	14.7	599	5.6	3384	18	21	32
6 yrs		CIN			66	13	324	1395	3	32	4.3	21.1	4.9	102	921	9.0	9	33	1.5	14.0	426	5.4	2316	12	12	23
3 yrs		SFO			35	3	116	505	5	20	4.4	14.4	3.3	57	563	9.9	1	45	1.6	16.1	173	6.2	1068	6	9	9

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
1973	22	CIN		1	0	7	15	0	5	2.1	15.0	7.0	9	53	5.9	0	16	9.0	53.0	16	4.3	68	0	0
1975	24	CIN		1	0	4	25	1	9	6.3	25.0	4.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	5	6.8	34	1	0
1981	30	SFO		2	0	10	48	0	11	4.8	24.0	5.0	2	29	14.5	0	24	1.0	14.5	12	6.4	77	0	0
Career				4		21	88	1	11	4.2	22.0	5.3	12	91	7.6	0	24	3.0	22.8	33	5.4	179	1
2 yrs		CIN		2	0	11	40	1	9	3.6	20.0	5.5	10	62	6.2	0	16	5.0	31.0	21	4.9	102	1
1 yr		SFO		2	0	10	48	0	11	4.8	24.0	5.0	2	29	14.5	0	24	1.0	14.5	12	6.4	77	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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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
1974	23	CIN	RB	36	10	2			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	534
1975	24	CIN	RB	36	14	5			0			13	272	0	46	20.9	776
1976	25	CIN	RB	36	12	0			0			5	98	0	22	19.6	562
1977	26	CIN	RB	36	14	3			0			1	23	0	23	23.0	530
1979	28	SFO	RB	35	16	0			0			9	170	0	33	18.9	502
1980	29	SFO	RB	35	15	3			0			18	321	0	32	17.8	947
Career					101	16			0			47	886	0	46	18.9	4270
6 yrs		CIN			66	13			0			20	395	0	46	19.8	2711
3 yrs		SFO			35	3			0			27	491	0	33	18.2	1559

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1975	24	CIN		1	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	52
Career				4				0			1	18	0	18	18.0	197
2 yrs		CIN		2	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	120
1 yr		SFO		2	0			0					0			77

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1974	23	CIN	RB	36	10	2			0				3	2	0	0	0.0
1975	24	CIN	RB	36	14	5			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1976	25	CIN	RB	36	12	0			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1977	26	CIN	RB	36	14	3			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
1978	27	CIN	RB	36	10	3			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1979	28	SFO	RB	35	16	0			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1980	29	SFO	RB	35	15	3			0				5	3	0	0	0.0
1981	30	SFO	RB	35	4	0			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					101	16			0				21	7	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		CIN			66	13			0				12	4	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		SFO			35	3			0				9	3	0	0	0.0

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1974	23	CIN	RB	36	10	2	1	1	100.0	17	0.0	0	0.0	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	1.7	118.7	0	0	0.0	17.00	17.00
Career					101	16	1	1	100.0	17	0.0	0	0.0	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	0.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	17.00	17.00
6 yrs		CIN			66	13	1	1	100.0	17	0.0	0	0.0	17	17.0	17.0	17.0	0.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	17.00	17.00
3 yrs		SFO			35	3

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1973	22	CIN	RB	36	6	0	1	1	2		12	2.0
1974	23	CIN	RB	36	10	2	1	1	2		12	1.2
1975	24	CIN	RB	36	14	5	1	3	4		24	1.7
1976	25	CIN	RB	36	12	0		3	3		18	1.5
1977	26	CIN	RB	36	14	3		1	1		6	0.4
1979	28	SFO	RB	35	16	0	3		3		18	1.1
1980	29	SFO	RB	35	15	3	2	1	3		18	1.2
Career					101	16	8	10	18	0	108	1.1
6 yrs		CIN			66	13	3	9	12	0	72	1.1
3 yrs		SFO			35	3	5	1	6	0	36	1.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1975	24	CIN	1	0	1	1	6	6.0
Career			4		1	1	6	1.5
2 yrs		CIN	2	0	1	1	6	3.0
1 yr		SFO	2	0			0	0.0

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