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Ronnie Lott

Ronald Mandel Lott

Position: DB

6-0, 203lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: May 8, 1959 in Albuquerque, NM

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 123 (36th overall since 1960)

High School: Eisenhower (CA)

Draft: San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2000 (Full List)

Relatives: Son Ryan Nece

SUMMARY

Career

192

168

Int

Yds

730

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	AV	Awards
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	42	16	16	7	117	3	41			1	2	0	0	0.0	89				17	AP DRoY-2, AP MVP-6, AP DPoY-6, AP1, PB
1982*	23	SFO	LCB	42	9	9	2	95	1	83		1	0	0	0	0	0.0	68				11	PB
1983*	24	SFO	LCB	42	15	14	4	22	0	22			0	1	0	0	1.0	108				11	AP DPoY-13, PB
1984*	25	SFO	LCB	42	12	11	4	26	0	15			0	0	0	0	1.0	51				12	PB
1985	26	SFO	LCB/FS	42	16	16	6	68	0	25		1	0	2	0	0	1.5	104				10
1986*+	27	SFO	FS	42	14	14	10	134	1	57		3	0	0	0	0	2.0	77				17	AP1, PB
1987*+	28	SFO	FS	42	12	12	5	62	0	34			0	2	33	0	0.0	55				16	AP1, PB
1988*	29	SFO	FS	42	13	12	5	59	0	44		3	0	4	3	0	0.0	74				11	AP2, PB
1989*+	30	SFO	FS	42	11	11	5	34	0	28			0	0	0	0	0.0	42				15	AP1, PB
1990*+	31	SFO	FS	42	11	11	3	26	0	15			0	1	3	0	0.0	53				14	AP DPoY-3, AP1, PB
1991*+	32	RAI	SS	42	16	16	8	52	0	27		1	0	1	4	0	1.0	93				13	AP DPoY-4, AP1, PB
1992	33	RAI	SS	42	16	16	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	0.0	103				7
1993	34	NYJ	FS	42	16	16	3	35	0	29		4	0	2	0	0	1.0	123				8
1994	35	NYJ	FS	42	15	15			0			2	0	1	0	0	1.0	106	73	33		6
Career					192	189	63	730	5	83		16	1	17	43	0	8.5	1146	73	33		168
10 yrs		SFO			129	126	51	643	5	83		8	1	12	39	0	5.5	721		0		134
2 yrs		NYJ			31	31	3	35	0	29		6	0	3	0	0	2.0	229	73	33		14
2 yrs		RAI			32	32	9	52	0	27		2	0	2	4	0	1.0	196		0		20

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	3	3	2	32	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
1983*	24	SFO	LCB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1984*	25	SFO	LCB	3	3	1	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
1985	26	SFO	FS	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1986*+	27	SFO	FS	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1987*+	28	SFO	FS	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1988*	29	SFO	FS	3	3	2	10	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	4
1989*+	30	SFO	FS	3	3	2	72	1	58	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
1990*+	31	SFO	FS	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1991*+	32	RAI	SS	1	1	1	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career				20	20	9	187	2	58	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	9	9	0
9 yrs		SFO		19	19	8	152	2	58	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	9	9	0
1 yr		RAI		1	1	1	35	0	35	0					0	0.0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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Playoffs

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
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	42	16	16			0			7	111	0	20	15.9	228
1985	26	SFO	LCB/FS	42	16	16			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	70
Career					192	189			0			8	113	0	20	14.1	886
10 yrs		SFO			129	126			0			8	113	0	20	14.1	795
2 yrs		NYJ			31	31			0					0			35
2 yrs		RAI			32	32			0					0			56

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
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	3	3			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	32
Career				20	20			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	187
9 yrs		SFO		19	19			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	152
1 yr		RAI		1	1			0					0			35

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	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	42	16	16	3	3		18	1.1
1982*	23	SFO	LCB	42	9	9	1	1		6	0.7
1986*+	27	SFO	FS	42	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
Career					192	189	5	5	0	30	.2
10 yrs		SFO			129	126	5	5	0	30	.2
2 yrs		NYJ			31	31			0	0	0.0
2 yrs		RAI			32	32			0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	IntTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1981*+	22	SFO	LCB	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
1989*+	30	SFO	FS	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				20	20	2	2	12	.6
9 yrs		SFO		19	19	2	2	12	.6
1 yr		RAI		1	1			0	0.0

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