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Don Maynard

Donald Rogers Maynard

Position: E-FL-HB

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: January 25, 1935 in Crosbyton, TX

Died: January 10, 2022

College: Texas-El Paso

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 101 (138th overall since 1960)

High School: Colorado (TX)

Draft: New York Giants in the 9th round (109th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1987 (Full List)

Note: attended Rice but did not play football

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SUMMARY

Career

G

186

AV

132

Rec

633

Yds

11834

Y/R

18.7

TD

88

FantPt

1714.4

Receiving & Rushing

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

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1958	23	NYG		13	12	0	5	84	16.8	0	31	0.4	7.0	12	45	0	14	3.8	3.8	1.0	17	7.6	129	0	3
1959		Missed season - Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Canadian Football League)
1960	25	NYT	RHB	13	14	12	72	1265	17.6	6	65	5.1	90.4								72	17.6	1265	6	0	14
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14	7	43	629	14.6	8	45	3.1	44.9								43	14.6	629	8	1	6
1962	27	NYT	FL	13	14	13	56	1041	18.6	8	86	4.0	74.4								56	18.6	1041	8	0	8
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12	12	38	780	20.5	9	73	3.2	65.0	2	6	0	8	3.0	0.5	0.2	40	19.7	786	9	0	8
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14	13	46	847	18.4	8	68	3.3	60.5	3	3	0	14	1.0	0.2	0.2	49	17.3	850	8	1	8
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14	14	68	1218	17.9	14	56	4.9	87.0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	69	17.7	1220	14	1	14
1966	31	NYJ	FL	13	14	14	48	840	17.5	5	55	3.4	60.0								48	17.5	840	5	0	9
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14	14	71	1434	20.2	10	75	5.1	102.4	4	18	0	7	4.5	1.3	0.3	75	19.4	1452	10	1	16
1968*	33	NYJ	FL	13	13	13	57	1297	22.8	10	87	4.4	99.8								57	22.8	1297	10	0	17
1969*+	34	NYJ	WR	13	11	11	47	938	20.0	6	60	4.3	85.3	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0.1	48	19.4	932	6	0	13
1970	35	NYJ	WR	13	10	8	31	525	16.9	0	47	3.1	52.5								31	16.9	525	0	1	6
1971	36	NYJ	WR	13	14	14	21	408	19.4	2	74	1.5	29.1	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	22	18.6	410	2	0	6
1972	37	NYJ	WR	13	14	14	29	510	17.6	2	41	2.1	36.4								29	17.6	510	2	0	7
1973	38	STL		13	2	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.5	9.0								1	18.0	18	0	0	0
Career					186	159	633	11834	18.7	88	87	3.4	63.6	24	70	0	14	2.9	0.4	0.1	657	18.1	11904	88	8	132
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	159	627	11732	18.7	88	87	3.6	68.2	12	25	0	14	2.1	0.1	0.1	639	18.4	11757	88	5	132
1 yr		NYG			12	0	5	84	16.8	0	31	0.4	7.0	12	45	0	14	3.8	3.8	1.0	17	7.6	129	0	3
1 yr		STL			2	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.5	9.0								1	18.0	18	0	0	0

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1958	23	NYG		2	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0	2
1968*	33	NYJ	FL	2	2	6	118	19.7	2	52	3.0	59.0								6	19.7	118	2	0
1969*+	34	NYJ		1	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	1.0	18.0								1	18.0	18	0	0
Career				5	1	7	136	19.4	2	52	1.4	27.2								7	19.4	136	2	2

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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	NYG		13	12	0	24	117	0	22	4.9	11	284	0	44	25.8	530
1960	25	NYT	RHB	13	14	12						3	59	0	0	19.7	1324
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14	7	1	9	0	9	9.0						638
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12	12	1	6	0	6	6.0						792
Career					186	159	26	132	0	22	5.1	14	343	0	44	24.5	12379
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	159	2	15	0	9	7.5	3	59	0	0	19.7	11831
1 yr		NYG			12	0	24	117	0	22	4.9	11	284	0	44	25.8	530
1 yr		STL			2	0											18

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
1958	23	NYG		2	0	5	19	0	9	3.8
Career				5		5	19	0	9	3.8						136

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
1958	23	NYG		13	12	0							3	2	0	0
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14	7							1	0	0	0	0.0
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14	13							1	0	0	0	0.0
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1970	35	NYJ	WR	13	10	8							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					186	159							8	2	0	0	0.0
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	159							5	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			12	0							3	2	0	0	0.0
1 yr		STL			2	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
1958	23	NYG		2	0						0	2	1	0	0
Career				5							0	2	1	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
1960	25	NYT	RHB	13	14	12		6						6									36
1961	26	NYT	FL	13	14	7		8						8									48
1962	27	NYT	FL	13	14	13		8						8									48
1963	28	NYJ	FL	13	12	12		9						9									54
1964	29	NYJ	FL	13	14	13		8						8									48
1965*	30	NYJ	FL	13	14	14		14						14									84
1966	31	NYJ	FL	13	14	14		5						5									30
1967*	32	NYJ	FL	13	14	14		10						10	1								62
1968*	33	NYJ	FL	13	13	13		10						10									60
1969*+	34	NYJ	WR	13	11	11		6						6	1								38
1971	36	NYJ	WR	13	14	14		2						2									12
1972	37	NYJ	WR	13	14	14		2						2									12
Career					186	159		88						88	2		0						532
13 yrs		NYJ-NYT			172	159		88						88	2		0						532
1 yr		NYG			12	0											0						0
1 yr		STL			2	0											0						0

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
1968*	33	NYJ		2	2		2						2			0						12
Career				5	1		2						2			0						12

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PFR HOF Monitor: 91.31 (21st among WR, average HOF WR is 104.62)

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