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Jerry Nuzum

Jerry Hanson Nuzum

Position: HB-FB

6-1, 199lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: September 8, 1923 in Clovis, NM

Died: April 23, 1997 in Monroeville, PA

College: New Mexico St.

High School: Clovis (NM)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (20th overall) of the 1948 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

249

Yds

930

Y/A

3.7

FantPt

166.1

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

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
1948	25	PIT		22	10	1	26	109	0	20	4.2	10.9	2.6	2	37	18.5	0	32	0.2	3.7	28	5.2	146	0	4
1949	26	PIT	HB	22	12	3	139	611	5	64	4.4	50.9	11.6	4	81	20.3	2	63	0.3	6.8	143	4.8	692	7	5
1950	27	PIT	WB	22	12	8	57	154	1	32	2.7	12.8	4.8	6	142	23.7	1	68	0.5	11.8	63	4.7	296	2	7
1951	28	PIT	FB	22	11	7	27	56	1	9	2.1	5.1	2.5	2	43	21.5	0	39	0.2	3.9	29	3.4	99	1	2
Career					45	19	249	930	7	64	3.7	20.7	5.5	14	303	21.6	3	68	0.3	6.7	263	4.7	1233	10	18

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1948	25	PIT		22	10	1	1	7	0	7	7.0	6	122	0	32	20.3	278
1949	26	PIT	HB	22	12	3			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	709
1950	27	PIT	WB	22	12	8			0			3	45	0	27	15.0	341
Career					45	19	1	7	0	7	7.0	10	184	0	32	18.4	1427

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1948	25	PIT		22	10	1	1	3	0	3			4	4	0	0
1949	26	PIT	HB	22	12	3			0				5	3	0	0
1950	27	PIT	WB	22	12	8			0				7	0	0	0
1951	28	PIT	FB	22	11	7			0				2	0	0	0
Career					45	19	1	3	0	3			18	7	0	0

Passing

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

Regular Season

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
1949	26	PIT	HB	22	12	3		1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.8	118.7
Career					45	19		1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	0.5	118.7

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1949	26	PIT	HB	22	12	3	5	2	7		42	3.5
1950	27	PIT	WB	22	12	8	1	1	2		12	1.0
1951	28	PIT	FB	22	11	7	1		1		6	0.5
Career					45	19	7	3	10	0	60	1.3

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