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Otto Graham

Otto Everett Graham Jr.

Position: QB-DB Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 6, 1921 in Waukegan, IL

Died: December 17, 2003 in Sarasota, FL

College: Northwestern (College Stats)

High School: Waukegan (IL)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1944 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1965 (Full List)

As Coach: 3 Yrs (Full Record)

As Exec: 3 Yrs (Full Record)

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SUMMARY

Career

G

126

AV

QBrec

57-13-1

Cmp%

55.8

Yds

23584

Y/A

9.0

TD

174

Int

135

FantPt

1692.5

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD	AV
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9		95	174	54.6	1834	17	9.8	5	2.9	79	10.5	11.2	19.3	131.0	112.1
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9		163	269	60.6	2753	25	9.3	11	4.1	99	10.2	10.3	16.9	196.6	109.2
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14		173	333	52.0	2713	25	7.5	15	4.5	78	8.1	7.6	15.7	193.8	85.6
1949+	28	CLE	QB	60	12	11		161	285	56.5	2785	19	6.7	10	3.5	74	9.8	9.5	17.3	232.1	97.5
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	10-2-0	137	253	54.2	1943	14	5.5	20	7.9	80	7.7	5.2	14.2	161.9	64.7						2	2
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	11-1-0	147	265	55.5	2205	17	6.4	16	6.0	81	8.3	6.9	15.0	183.8	79.2						1	1
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8-4-0	181	364	49.7	2816	20	5.5	24	6.6	68	7.7	5.9	15.6	234.7	66.6						1	1
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	10-1-0	167	258	64.7	2722	11	4.3	9	3.5	70	10.6	9.8	16.3	226.8	99.7						2	2
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-3-0	142	240	59.2	2092	11	4.6	17	7.1	64	8.7	6.4	14.7	174.3	73.5
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-2-1	98	185	53.0	1721	15	8.1	8	4.3	61	9.3	9.0	17.6	143.4	94.0						3	2
Career					126	114	57-13-1	1464	2626	55.8	23584	174	6.6	135	5.1	99	9.0	8.0	16.1	187.2	86.6						9	8

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	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1946	25	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	16	27	59.3	213	1	3.7	1	3.7	23	7.9	7.0	13.3	213.0	81.2	2	23	6.55	5.69	6.9
1947+	26	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	14	21	66.7	112	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	5.3	5.3	8.0	112.0	79.9	2	25	3.78	3.78	8.7
1948+	27	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	11	24	45.8	118	1	4.2	1	4.2	19	4.9	3.9	10.7	118.0	57.3	0	0	4.92	3.88	0.0
1949+	28	CLE	QB	2	2	2-0	29	60	48.3	454	2	3.3	2	3.3	37	7.6	6.7	15.7	227.0	71.1	7	43	6.13	5.39	10.4
1950*	29	CLE	QB	2	2	2-0	25	41	61.0	341	4	9.8	2	4.9	39	8.3	8.1	13.6	170.5	99.7						1	2
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	19	40	47.5	280	1	2.5	3	7.5	26	7.0	4.1	14.7	280.0	47.9
1952*	31	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	20	35	57.1	191	0	0.0	1	2.9	32	5.5	4.2	9.6	191.0	60.5
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	1	1	0-1	2	15	13.3	20	0	0.0	2	13.3	13	1.3	-4.7	10.0	20.0	0.0
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	9	12	75.0	163	3	25.0	2	16.7	45	13.6	11.1	18.1	163.0	116.7
1955+	34	CLE	QB	1	1	1-0	14	25	56.0	209	2	8.0	3	12.0	50	8.4	4.6	14.9	209.0	70.7
Career				12	12	9-3	159	300	53.0	2101	14	4.7	17	5.7	50	7.0	5.4	13.2	175.1	67.4	11	91	5.64	4.94	7.7	1	2

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9		174	147		155		117	129	156		149
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9		269	149		146		139	122	131		142
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14		333	114		120		110	111	124		120
1949+	28	CLE	QB	60	12	11		285	142		141		132	106	138		134
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	10-2-0	253	114		108		120	104	97		110
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	11-1-0	265	123		124		128	112	112		127
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8-4-0	364	113		112		107	106	106		111
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	10-1-0	258	144		148		143	95	134		142
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-3-0	240	123		115		127	100	98		114
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	9-2-1	185	131		142		110	131	124		138
Career					126	114	57-13-1	2626

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9	30	-125	1	0	-4.2	-8.9	2.1								30	-4.2	-125	1	0
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9	19	72	1	0	3.8	5.1	1.4								19	3.8	72	1	0
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14	23	146	6	0	6.3	10.4	1.6								23	6.3	146	6	0
1949+	28	CLE	QB	60	12	11	27	107	3	0	4.0	8.9	2.3								27	4.0	107	3	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	55	145	6	20	2.6	12.1	4.6								55	2.6	145	6	6
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	35	29	3	12	0.8	2.4	2.9								35	0.8	29	3	7
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	42	130	4	21	3.1	10.8	3.5								42	3.1	130	4	4
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	43	143	6	21	3.3	11.9	3.6								43	3.3	143	6	8
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	63	114	8	14	1.8	9.5	5.3								63	1.8	114	8	3
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	68	121	6	36	1.8	10.1	5.7								68	1.8	121	6	7
Career					126	114	405	882	44	36	2.2	7.0	3.2								405	2.2	882	44	35

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	1	1	3	-19	0	3	-6.3	-19.0	3.0								3	-6.3	-19	0	0
1947+	26	CLE	QB	1	1	4	21	1	24	5.3	21.0	4.0								4	5.3	21	1	0
1948+	27	CLE	QB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								1	0.0	0	0	0
1949+	28	CLE	QB	2	2	10	65	0	3	6.5	32.5	5.0								10	6.5	65	0	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	2	2	20	169	0	21	8.5	84.5	10.0								20	8.5	169	0	1
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	1	1	5	43	0	34	8.6	43.0	5.0								5	8.6	43	0	1
1952*	31	CLE	QB	1	1	7	23	0	12	3.3	23.0	7.0								7	3.3	23	0	0
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	1	1	5	9	0	5	1.8	9.0	5.0								5	1.8	9	0	1
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	1	1	9	27	3	8	3.0	27.0	9.0								9	3.0	27	3	0
1955+	34	CLE	QB	1	1	9	21	2	15	2.3	21.0	9.0								9	2.3	21	2	0
Career				12	12	73	359	6	34	4.9	29.9	6.1								73	4.9	359	6	3

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9	5	102	1	0
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9	1	0	0	0
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14	1	0	0	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12							6	0	0	0
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12							7	2	2	1
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12							4	0	0	0
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11							8	5	0	0
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12							3	2	11	0
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12							7	3	0	0
Career					126	114	7	102	1	0			35	12	13	1

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	1	1	1	4	0	4	0
1950*	29	CLE	QB	2	2						0	1	0	0	0
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	1	1						0	1	0	0	0
Career				12	12	1	4	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9	12	129	0	0	10.8						106
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9	10	121	0	0	12.1						193
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14	1	12	0	12	12.0						158
Career					126	114	23	262	0	12	11.4						1259

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
1946	25	CLE	QB	1	1	5	20	0	13	4.0						5
Career				12	12	5	20	0	13	4.0						91

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1946	25	CLE	QB	60	14	9	1					1		2								12
1947+	26	CLE	QB	60	14	9	1							1								6
1948+	27	CLE	QB	60	14	14	6							6								36
1949+	28	CLE	QB	60	12	11	3							3								18
1950*	29	CLE	QB	60	12	12	6							6								36
1951*+	30	CLE	QB	60	12	12	3				1			4								24
1952*	31	CLE	QB	14	12	12	4							4								24
1953*+	32	CLE	QB	14	12	11	6							6								36
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	14	12	12	8							8								48
1955+	34	CLE	QB	14	12	12	6							6								36
Career					126	114	44				1	1		46								276

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1947+	26	CLE	QB	1	1	1							1								6
1954*+	33	CLE	QB	1	1	3							3								18
1955+	34	CLE	QB	1	1	2							2								12
Career				12	12	6							6								36

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