Johnny Roland

John Earl Roland

Position: RB

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: May 21, 1943 in Corpus Christi, TX

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 40 (2549th overall since 1960)

High School: Roy Miller (TX)

Draft: New York Jets in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 AFL Redshirt Draft., St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round (54th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

103

Rush

1015

Yds

3750

Y/A

3.7

FantPt

705.2

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	Awards
1966*	23	STL	HB	23	14	13	192	695	5	50	3.6	49.6	13.7	21	213	10.1	0	37	1.5	15.2	213	4.3	908	5	4	8	AP RoY-1, UPI RoY-1, PB
1967*	24	STL	HB	23	13	13	234	876	10	70	3.7	67.4	18.0	20	269	13.5	1	41	1.5	20.7	254	4.5	1145	11	5	9	AP2, PB
1968	25	STL	RB	23	14	13	121	455	2	45	3.8	32.5	8.6	8	97	12.1	0	40	0.6	6.9	129	4.3	552	2	6	6
1969	26	STL	RB	23	14	14	138	498	5	21	3.6	35.6	9.9	12	136	11.3	1	23	0.9	9.7	150	4.2	634	6	4	5
1970	27	STL	RB	23	14	6	94	392	3	20	4.2	28.0	6.7	17	96	5.6	1	20	1.2	6.9	111	4.4	488	4	2	6
1971	28	STL	RB	23	13	5	78	278	0	16	3.6	21.4	6.0	15	108	7.2	0	15	1.2	8.3	93	4.2	386	0	4	3
1972	29	STL	FB	23	14	9	105	414	2	18	3.9	29.6	7.5	38	321	8.4	2	27	2.7	22.9	143	5.1	735	4	7	6
1973	30	NYG	FB	23	7	6	53	142	1	10	2.7	20.3	7.6	22	190	8.6	1	30	3.1	27.1	75	4.4	332	2	2	3
Career					103	79	1015	3750	28	70	3.7	36.4	9.9	153	1430	9.3	6	41	1.5	13.9	1168	4.4	5180	34	34	46
7 yrs		STL			96	73	962	3608	27	70	3.8	37.6	10.0	131	1240	9.5	5	41	1.4	12.9	1093	4.4	4848	32	32	43
1 yr		NYG			7	6	53	142	1	10	2.7	20.3	7.6	22	190	8.6	1	30	3.1	27.1	75	4.4	332	2	2	3

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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
1966*	23	STL	HB	23	14	13	20	221	1	86	11.1	15	347	0	33	23.1	1476
1967*	24	STL	HB	23	13	13	3	17	0	11	5.7	2	33	0	24	16.5	1195
1968	25	STL	RB	23	14	13	3	11	0	8	3.7			0			563
1969	26	STL	RB	23	14	14	10	53	0	8	5.3			0			687
1970	27	STL	RB	23	14	6	10	140	1	74	14.0	3	40	0	20	13.3	668
1971	28	STL	RB	23	13	5	3	10	0	8	3.3	2	24	0	17	12.0	420
Career					103	79	49	452	2	86	9.2	22	444	0	33	20.2	6076
7 yrs		STL			96	73	49	452	2	86	9.2	22	444	0	33	20.2	5744
1 yr		NYG			7	6			0					0			332

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	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
1966*	23	STL	HB	23	14	13	5	8	62.5	130	1	12.5	0	0.0	45	16.3	18.8	26.0	9.3	145.8	1	8	11.1	13.56	15.78
1967*	24	STL	HB	23	13	13	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0	0	0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-11.25
1968	25	STL	RB	23	14	13	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	1	9	50.0	-4.50	-27.00
Career					103	79	5	13	38.5	130	1	7.7	2	15.4	45	10.0	4.6	26.0	1.3	61.9	2	17	13.3	7.53	2.87
7 yrs		STL			96	73	5	13	38.5	130	1	7.7	2	15.4	45	10.0	4.6	26.0	1.4	61.9	2	17	13.3	7.53	2.87
1 yr		NYG			7	6					0

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
1966*	23	STL	HB	23	14	13			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1967*	24	STL	HB	23	13	13			0				5	0	0	0	0.0
1968	25	STL	RB	23	14	13			0				6	2	0	0	0.0
1969	26	STL	RB	23	14	14			0				4	4	0	0	0.0
1970	27	STL	RB	23	14	6			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1971	28	STL	RB	23	13	5			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1972	29	STL	FB	23	14	9			0				7	2	0	0	0.0
1973	30	NYG	FB	23	7	6			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					103	79			0				34	10	0	0	0.0
7 yrs		STL			96	73			0				32	9	0	0	0.0
1 yr		NYG			7	6			0				2	1	0	0	0.0

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	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1966*	23	STL	HB	23	14	13	5		1	6		36	2.6
1967*	24	STL	HB	23	13	13	10	1		11		66	5.1
1968	25	STL	RB	23	14	13	2			2		12	0.9
1969	26	STL	RB	23	14	14	5	1		6		36	2.6
1970	27	STL	RB	23	14	6	3	1	1	5		30	2.1
1972	29	STL	FB	23	14	9	2	2		4		24	1.7
1973	30	NYG	FB	23	7	6	1	1		2		12	1.7
Career					103	79	28	6	2	36	0	216	2.1
7 yrs		STL			96	73	27	5	2	34	0	204	2.1
1 yr		NYG			7	6	1	1		2	0	12	1.7

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