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Mercury Morris

Eugene Edward Morris

Position: RB

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: January 5, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA

College: West Texas A&M (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 50 (1609th overall since 1960)

High School: Avonworth (PA)

Draft: Miami Dolphins in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

G

99

AV

56

Rush

804

Yds

4133

Y/A

5.1

TD

31

FantPt

645.6

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
1969	22	MIA		22	14	0	23	110	1	37	4.8	7.9	1.6	6	65	10.8	0	29	0.4	4.6	29	6.0	175	1	4	2
1970	23	MIA		22	12	1	60	409	0	40	6.8	34.1	5.0	12	149	12.4	0	50	1.0	12.4	72	7.8	558	0	6	8
1971*	24	MIA		22	14	3	57	315	1	51	5.5	22.5	4.1	5	16	3.2	0	11	0.4	1.1	62	5.3	331	1	1	5
1972*	25	MIA	RB	22	14	11	190	1000	12	33	5.3	71.4	13.6	15	168	11.2	0	34	1.1	12.0	205	5.7	1168	12	8	14
1973*	26	MIA	RB	22	13	10	149	954	10	70	6.4	73.4	11.5	4	51	12.8	0	36	0.3	3.9	153	6.6	1005	10	3	12
1974	27	MIA		22	5	3	56	214	1	17	3.8	42.8	11.2	2	27	13.5	1	23	0.4	5.4	58	4.2	241	2	4	3
1975	28	MIA	RB	22	14	14	219	875	4	49	4.0	62.5	15.6	2	15	7.5	0	10	0.1	1.1	221	4.0	890	4	5	9
1976	29	SDG		23	13	0	50	256	2	30	5.1	19.7	3.8	8	52	6.5	0	20	0.6	4.0	58	5.3	308	2	1	3
Career					99	42	804	4133	31	70	5.1	41.7	8.1	54	543	10.1	1	50	0.5	5.5	858	5.4	4676	32	32	56
7 yrs		MIA			86	42	754	3877	29	70	5.1	45.1	8.8	46	491	10.7	1	50	0.5	5.7	800	5.5	4368	30	31	53
1 yr		SDG			13	0	50	256	2	30	5.1	19.7	3.8	8	52	6.5	0	20	0.6	4.0	58	5.3	308	2	1	3

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
1970	23	MIA		1	0	8	29	0	12	3.6	29.0	8.0	2	15	7.5	0	9	2.0	15.0	10	4.4	44	0	0
1971*	24	MIA		3	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	1.0	0.3								1	3.0	3	0	0
1972*	25	MIA		3	1	41	182	0	27	4.4	60.7	13.7	1	-6	-6.0	0	0	0.3	-2.0	42	4.2	176	0	0
1973*	26	MIA		3	3	45	226	1	18	5.0	75.3	15.0								45	5.0	226	1	2
Career				10	0	95	440	1	27	4.6	44.0	9.5	3	9	3.0	0	9	0.3	0.9	98	4.6	449	1	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
1969	22	MIA		22	14	0	25	172	0	38	6.9	43	1136	1	105	26.4	1483
1970	23	MIA		22	12	1	2	-1	0	0	-0.5	28	812	1	96	29.0	1369
1971*	24	MIA		22	14	3						15	423	1	94	28.2	754
1972*	25	MIA	RB	22	14	11						14	334	0	33	23.9	1502
1973*	26	MIA	RB	22	13	10						11	242	0	29	22.0	1247
Career					99	42	27	171	0	38	6.3	111	2947	3	105	26.5	7794
7 yrs		MIA			86	42	27	171	0	38	6.3	111	2947	3	105	26.5	7486
1 yr		SDG			13	0											308

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
1970	23	MIA		1	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	65
1971*	24	MIA		3	0						7	173	0	37	24.7	176
1972*	25	MIA		3	1						3	56	0	23	18.7	160
1973*	26	MIA		3	3						2	19	0	19	9.5	211
Career				10	0						13	269	0	37	20.7	718

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
1969	22	MIA		22	14	0							4	0	0	0	0.0
1970	23	MIA		22	12	1							6	1	0	0	0.0
1971*	24	MIA		22	14	3							1	0	0	0	0.0
1972*	25	MIA	RB	22	14	11							8	1	0	0	0.0
1973*	26	MIA	RB	22	13	10							3	0	0	0	0.0
1974	27	MIA		22	5	3							4	1	0	0	0.0
1975	28	MIA	RB	22	14	14							5	1	0	0	0.0
1976	29	SDG		23	13	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					99	42							32	4	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		MIA			86	42							31	4	0	0	0.0
1 yr		SDG			13	0							1	0	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
1973*	26	MIA		3	3						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Career				10	0						0	2	1	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	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1969	22	MIA		22	14	0	1			1				2								12
1970	23	MIA		22	12	1				1				1								6
1971*	24	MIA		22	14	3	1			1				2								12
1972*	25	MIA	RB	22	14	11	12							12								72
1973*	26	MIA	RB	22	13	10	10							10								60
1974	27	MIA		22	5	3	1	1						2								12
1975	28	MIA	RB	22	14	14	4							4								24
1976	29	SDG		23	13	0	2							2								12
Career					99	42	31	1		3				35								210
7 yrs		MIA			86	42	29	1		3				33								198
1 yr		SDG			13	0	2							2								12

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
1973*	26	MIA		3	3	1							1								6
Career				10	0	1							1								6

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PFR HOF Monitor: 32.23 (100th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

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