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Paul Hornung

Paul Vernon Hornung (Golden Boy or Goat Shoulders)

Position: HB-FB-QB

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: December 23, 1935 in Louisville, KY

Died: November 13, 2020 in Louisville, KY

College: Notre Dame (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 45 (2055th overall since 1960)

High School: Flaget (KY)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1986 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

G

104

AV

49

Rush

893

Yds

3711

Y/A

4.2

TD

50

FantPt

1234.5

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	AV
1957	22	GNB	FB	5	12	7	60	319	3	72	5.3	26.6	5.0	6	34	5.7	0	16	0.5	2.8	66	5.3	353	3	2
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10	69	310	2	55	4.5	25.8	5.8	15	137	9.1	0	39	1.3	11.4	84	5.3	447	2	1
1959*	24	GNB	LH	5	12	12	152	681	7	63	4.5	56.8	12.7	15	113	7.5	0	19	1.3	9.4	167	4.8	794	7	7
1960*+	25	GNB	HB	5	12	12	160	671	13	37	4.2	55.9	13.3	28	257	9.2	2	33	2.3	21.4	188	4.9	928	15	3	15
1961+	26	GNB	HB	5	12	11	127	597	8	54	4.7	49.8	10.6	15	145	9.7	2	34	1.3	12.1	142	5.2	742	10	1	14
1962	27	GNB	HB	5	9	8	57	219	5	37	3.8	24.3	6.3	9	168	18.7	2	83	1.0	18.7	66	5.9	387	7	1	7
1963		Missed season - Gambling suspension
1964	29	GNB	HB	5	14	14	103	415	5	40	4.0	29.6	7.4	9	98	10.9	0	40	0.6	7.0	112	4.6	513	5	4	2
1965	30	GNB	HB	5	12	8	89	299	5	17	3.4	24.9	7.4	19	336	17.7	3	65	1.6	28.0	108	5.9	635	8	2	7
1966	31	GNB	hb	5	9	6	76	200	2	9	2.6	22.2	8.4	14	192	13.7	3	44	1.6	21.3	90	4.4	392	5	1	4
Career					104	88	893	3711	50	72	4.2	35.7	8.6	130	1480	11.4	12	83	1.3	14.2	1023	5.1	5191	62	22	49

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
1960*+	25	GNB		1	1	11	61	0	16	5.5	61.0	11.0	4	14	3.5	0	8	4.0	14.0	15	5.0	75	0	0
1961+	26	GNB		1	1	20	89	1	17	4.5	89.0	20.0	3	47	15.7	0	26	3.0	47.0	23	5.9	136	1	1
1962	27	GNB		1	1	8	35	0	11	4.4	35.0	8.0								8	4.4	35	0	0
1965	30	GNB		2	2	28	138	2	34	4.9	69.0	14.0	5	50	10.0	0	19	2.5	25.0	33	5.7	188	2	1
Career				5		67	323	3	34	4.8	64.6	13.4	12	111	9.3	0	26	2.4	22.2	79	5.5	434	3	2

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Kicking & Punting

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

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1957	22	GNB	FB	5	12	7											4			0.0%
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10											21	11	45	52.4%	23	22	95.7%
1959*	24	GNB	LH	5	12	12											17	7	46	41.2%	32	31	96.9%
1960*+	25	GNB	HB	5	12	12	4	3	8	5	9	4	6	3	1		28	15	47	53.6%	41	41	100.0%
1961+	26	GNB	HB	5	12	11	9	8	4	3	4	2	1	1	4	1	22	15	51	68.2%	41	41	100.0%
1962	27	GNB	HB	5	9	8	4	4	3	1	1		2	1			10	6	45	60.0%	14	14	100.0%
1964	29	GNB	HB	5	14	14	7	3	9	5	10	1	11	2	1	1	38	12	52	31.6%	43	41	95.3%
Career					104	88	24	18	24	14	24	7	20	7	6	2	140	66	52	47.1%	194	190	97.9%

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1960*+	25	GNB		1	1	1		2	2							3	2	66.7%	1	1	100.0%
1961+	26	GNB		1	1	2	2	1	1							3	3	100.0%	4	4	100.0%
Career				5		3	2	3	3							6	5	83.3%	5	5	100.0%

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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1957	22	GNB	FB	5	12	7		1	6	16.7	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	39.6
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1959*	24	GNB	LH	5	12	12		5	8	62.5	95	2	25	0	0	30	11.9	16.9	19.0	7.9	143.2
1960*+	25	GNB	HB	5	12	12		6	16	37.5	118	2	12.5	0	0	40	7.4	9.9	19.7	9.8	103.6
1961+	26	GNB	HB	5	12	11		3	5	60	42	1	20	0	0	20	8.4	12.4	14.0	3.5	126.7
1962	27	GNB	HB	5	9	8		4	6	66.7	80	0	0	2	33.3	41	13.3	-1.7	20.0	8.9	70.1
1964	29	GNB	HB	5	14	14		3	10	30	25	0	0	1	10	10	2.5	-2.0	8.3	1.8	0.0
1965	30	GNB	HB	5	12	8		1	2	50	19	0	0	1	50	19	9.5	-13.0	19.0	1.6	43.7
1966	31	GNB	hb	5	9	6		1	1	100	5	0	0	0	0	5	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.6	87.5
Career					104	88		24	55	43.6	383	5	9.1	4	7.3	41	7.0	5.5	16.0	3.7	67.5

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
1960*+	25	GNB		1	1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1961+	26	GNB		1	1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1962	27	GNB		1	1	0-0	1	1	100	21	0	0	0	0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	21.0	118.7	0	0	0	21.00	21.00
1965	30	GNB		2	2	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career				5		0-0	1	6	16.7	21	0	0	0	0	21	3.5	3.5	21.0	4.2	41.7	0	0	0	3.50	3.50

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
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10						10	248	0	39	24.8	695
Career					104	88						10	248	0	39	24.8	5439

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
1957	22	GNB	FB	5	12	7							2	0	0	0
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10							1	2	0	0
1959*	24	GNB	LH	5	12	12							7	0	0	0
1960*+	25	GNB	HB	5	12	12							3	0	0	0	0.0
1961+	26	GNB	HB	5	12	11							1	0	0	0	0.0
1962	27	GNB	HB	5	9	8							1	0	0	0	0.0
1964	29	GNB	HB	5	14	14							4	1	0	0	0.0
1965	30	GNB	HB	5	12	8							2	0	0	0	0.0
1966	31	GNB	hb	5	9	6							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					104	88							22	3	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
1961+	26	GNB		1	1						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1965	30	GNB		2	2						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career				5							0	2	2	0	0	0.0

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	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1957	22	GNB	FB	5	12	7	3							3							4		18
1958	23	GNB	FB	5	12	10	2							2				22	23	11	21		67
1959*	24	GNB	LH	5	12	12	7							7				31	32	7	17		94
1960*+	25	GNB	HB	5	12	12	13	2						15				41	41	15	28		176
1961+	26	GNB	HB	5	12	11	8	2						10				41	41	15	22		146
1962	27	GNB	HB	5	9	8	5	2						7				14	14	6	10		74
1964	29	GNB	HB	5	14	14	5							5				41	43	12	38		107
1965	30	GNB	HB	5	12	8	5	3						8									48
1966	31	GNB	hb	5	9	6	2	3						5									30
Career					104	88	50	12						62			0	190	194	66	140		760

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1960*+	25	GNB		1	1											0	1	1	2	3		7
1961+	26	GNB		1	1	1							1			0	4	4	3	3		19
1965	30	GNB		2	2	2							2			0						12
Career				5		3							3			0	5	5	5	6		38

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