Elijah Pitts

Elijah Eugene Pitts (Gravel, Za Su or Olive)

Position: HB

6-1, 204lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: February 3, 1938 in Mayflower, AR

Died: July 10, 1998 in Buffalo, NY

College: Philander Smith

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 28 (3927th overall since 1960)

High School: Pine Street (AR)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 13th round (180th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Son Ron Pitts

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SUMMARY

Career

G

134

AV

33

Rush

514

Yds

1788

Y/A

3.5

TD

28

FantPt

504.7

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
1961	23	GNB		22	14	1	23	75	1	17	3.3	5.4	1.6	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.4	24	3.3	80	1	0	1
1962	24	GNB		22	14	0	22	110	2	26	5.0	7.9	1.6	3	44	14.7	0	29	0.2	3.1	25	6.2	154	2	2	2
1963	25	GNB		22	14	2	54	212	5	34	3.9	15.1	3.9	9	54	6.0	1	21	0.6	3.9	63	4.2	266	6	2	3
1964	26	GNB		22	14	0	27	127	1	27	4.7	9.1	1.9	6	38	6.3	0	22	0.4	2.7	33	5.0	165	1	1	3
1965	27	GNB		22	14	2	54	122	4	12	2.3	8.7	3.9	11	182	16.5	1	80	0.8	13.0	65	4.7	304	5	2	4
1966	28	GNB	HB	22	14	8	115	393	7	20	3.4	28.1	8.2	26	460	17.7	3	80	1.9	32.9	141	6.0	853	10	4	9
1967	29	GNB	HB	22	8	8	77	247	6	30	3.2	30.9	9.6	15	210	14.0	0	84	1.9	26.3	92	5.0	457	6	1	4
1968	30	GNB		22	14	3	72	264	2	14	3.7	18.9	5.1	17	142	8.4	0	19	1.2	10.1	89	4.6	406	2	0	4
1969	31	GNB		22	14	1	35	134	0	13	3.8	9.6	2.5	9	47	5.2	1	21	0.6	3.4	44	4.1	181	1	2	2
1970	32	2TM			8	3	35	104	0	11	3.0	13.0	4.4	7	63	9.0	0	12	0.9	7.9	42	4.0	167	0	3	1
		NOR		22	6	3	32	96	0	11	3.0	16.0	5.3	7	63	9.0	0	12	1.2	10.5	39	4.1	159	0	3	1
		RAM		22	2	0	3	8	0	3	2.7	4.0	1.5								3	2.7	8	0	0	0
1971	33	GNB		22	6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0	0
Career					134	28	514	1788	28	34	3.5	13.3	3.8	104	1245	12.0	6	84	0.8	9.3	618	4.9	3033	34	17	33
10 yrs		GNB			126	25	479	1684	28	34	3.5	13.4	3.8	97	1182	12.2	6	84	0.8	9.4	576	5.0	2866	34	14	32
1 yr		NOR			6	3	32	96	0	11	3.0	16.0	5.3	7	63	9.0	0	12	1.2	10.5	39	4.1	159	0	3	1
1 yr		RAM			2	0	3	8	0	3	2.7	4.0	1.5								3	2.7	8	0	0	0

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
1961	23	GNB		1	0	3	-2	0	2	-0.7	-2.0	3.0								3	-0.7	-2	0	0
1962	24	GNB		1	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1965	27	GNB		2	0	3	14	0	6	4.7	7.0	1.5								3	4.7	14	0	0
1966	28	GNB		2	2	23	111	2	32	4.8	55.5	11.5	3	49	16.3	1	22	1.5	24.5	26	6.2	160	3	1
Career				6		29	123	2	32	4.2	20.5	4.8	3	49	16.3	1	22	0.5	8.2	32	5.4	172	3	1

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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
1961	23	GNB		22	14	1						1	14	0	14	14.0	94
1962	24	GNB		22	14	0	7	17	0	7	2.4						171
1963	25	GNB		22	14	2	7	60	0	20	8.6						326
1964	26	GNB		22	14	0	15	191	1	65	12.7						356
1965	27	GNB		22	14	2	8	27	0	12	3.4	20	396	0	29	19.8	727
1966	28	GNB	HB	22	14	8	7	9	0	6	1.3	1	0	0	0	0.0	862
1967	29	GNB	HB	22	8	8	9	16	0	10	1.8						473
1968	30	GNB		22	14	3	1	1	0	1	1.0	2	40	0	27	20.0	447
1969	31	GNB		22	14	1	16	60	0	10	3.8	1	22	0	22	22.0	263
1970	32	2TM			8	3						1	22	0	22	22.0	189
		NOR		22	6	3						1	22	0	22	22.0	181
1971	33	GNB		22	6	0	5	13	0	5	2.6	2	41	0	22	20.5	54
Career					134	28	75	394	1	65	5.3	28	535	0	29	19.1	3962
10 yrs		GNB			126	25	75	394	1	65	5.3	27	513	0	29	19.0	3773
1 yr		NOR			6	3						1	22	0	22	22.0	181
1 yr		RAM			2	0											8

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
1962	24	GNB		1	0	2	36	0	36	18.0						36
1965	27	GNB		2	0	4	7	0	10	1.8						21
Career				6		6	43	0	36	7.2						215

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	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1962	24	GNB		22	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1963	25	GNB		22	14	2		2	2	100.0	41	1	50.0	0	0.0	21	20.5	30.5	20.5	2.9	158.3
1965	27	GNB		22	14	2		1	2	50.0	51	0	0.0	0	0.0	51	25.5	25.5	51.0	3.6	95.8
1966	28	GNB	HB	22	14	8		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1967	29	GNB	HB	22	8	8		1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	2.6	118.7
Career					134	28		4	9	44.4	113	1	11.1	0	0.0	51	12.6	14.8	28.3	0.8	128.2	0	0	12.56	14.78	0.0
10 yrs		GNB			126	25		4	9	44.4	113	1	11.1	0	0.0	51	12.6	14.8	28.3	0.9	128.2	0	0
1 yr		NOR			6	3		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		RAM			2	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

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
1962	24	GNB		22	14	0							2	0	0	0	0.0
1963	25	GNB		22	14	2							2	0	0	0	0.0
1964	26	GNB		22	14	0							1	1	0	0	0.0
1965	27	GNB		22	14	2							2	1	0	0	0.0
1966	28	GNB	HB	22	14	8							4	0	0	0	0.0
1967	29	GNB	HB	22	8	8							1	0	0	0	0.0
1968	30	GNB		22	14	3							0	1	0	0	0.0
1969	31	GNB		22	14	1							2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	32	2TM			8	3							3	2	0	0	0.0
		NOR		22	6	3							3	2	0	0	0.0
Career					134	28							17	6	0	0	0.0
10 yrs		GNB			126	25							14	4	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NOR			6	3							3	2	0	0	0.0
1 yr		RAM			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
1966	28	GNB		2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				6							0	1	0	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
1961	23	GNB		22	14	1	1							1								6
1962	24	GNB		22	14	0	2							2								12
1963	25	GNB		22	14	2	5	1						6								36
1964	26	GNB		22	14	0	1		1					2								12
1965	27	GNB		22	14	2	4	1						5								30
1966	28	GNB	HB	22	14	8	7	3						10								60
1967	29	GNB	HB	22	8	8	6							6								36
1968	30	GNB		22	14	3	2							2								12
1969	31	GNB		22	14	1		1						1								6
Career					134	28	28	6	1					35								210
10 yrs		GNB			126	25	28	6	1					35								210
1 yr		NOR			6	3																0
1 yr		RAM			2	0																0

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
1966	28	GNB		2	2	2	1						3								18
Career				6		2	1						3								18

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