Rushing & Receiving
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | Awards | |||||||
1965*+ | 22 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 12 | 166 | 867 | 14 | 61 | 5.2 | 61.9 | 11.9 | 29 | 507 | 17.5 | 6 | 80 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 195 | 7.0 | 1374 | 20 | 9 | 18 | AP RoY-1, UPI RoY-1, AP MVP-4, UPI MVP-2, AP1, PB |
1966*+ | 23 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 13 | 229 | 1231 | 8 | 58 | 5.4 | 87.9 | 16.4 | 34 | 447 | 13.1 | 2 | 80 | 2.4 | 31.9 | 263 | 6.4 | 1678 | 10 | 2 | 17 | AP MVP-5, UPI MVP-5, AP1, PB |
1967*+ | 24 | CHI | HB | 40 | 13 | 13 | 186 | 880 | 7 | 70 | 4.7 | 67.7 | 14.3 | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 1 | 32 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 202 | 5.0 | 1006 | 8 | 8 | 12 | AP MVP-3, UPI MVP-5, AP1, PB |
1968+ | 25 | CHI | RB | 40 | 9 | 9 | 138 | 856 | 2 | 63 | 6.2 | 95.1 | 15.3 | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 0 | 21 | 1.7 | 13.0 | 153 | 6.4 | 973 | 2 | 7 | 8 | AP MVP-4, UPI MVP-4, AP1 |
1969*+ | 26 | CHI | RB | 40 | 14 | 14 | 236 | 1032 | 8 | 28 | 4.4 | 73.7 | 16.9 | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 0 | 25 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 253 | 4.5 | 1148 | 8 | 7 | 10 | UPI MVP-5, AP1, PB |
1970 | 27 | CHI | RB | 40 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 52 | 0 | 15 | 2.3 | 26.0 | 11.5 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | -6 | 0.5 | -3.0 | 24 | 1.9 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1971 | 28 | CHI | RB | 40 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 2.9 | 19.0 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | 2.9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Career | 68 | 65 | 991 | 4956 | 39 | 70 | 5.0 | 72.9 | 14.6 | 112 | 1307 | 11.7 | 9 | 80 | 1.6 | 19.2 | 1103 | 5.7 | 6263 | 48 | 34 | 65 |
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Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
1965*+ | 22 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 238 | 1 | 85 | 14.9 | 21 | 660 | 1 | 96 | 31.4 | 2272 |
1966*+ | 23 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 7.3 | 23 | 718 | 2 | 93 | 31.2 | 2440 |
1967*+ | 24 | CHI | HB | 40 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 58 | 26.7 | 16 | 603 | 3 | 103 | 37.7 | 1689 |
1968+ | 25 | CHI | RB | 40 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 14.5 | 17 | 461 | 0 | 48 | 27.1 | 1463 |
1969*+ | 26 | CHI | RB | 40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 339 | 0 | 52 | 24.2 | 1487 | |||
Career | 68 | 65 | 27 | 391 | 2 | 85 | 14.5 | 91 | 2781 | 6 | 103 | 30.6 | 9435 |
Passing
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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1965*+ | 22 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 53 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 27 | 17.7 | 9.3 | 26.5 | 3.8 | 109.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17.67 | 9.33 | |||
1966*+ | 23 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 39 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 29.0 | 4.1 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.67 | 2.17 | |||
1967*+ | 24 | CHI | HB | 40 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
1968+ | 25 | CHI | RB | 40 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
1969*+ | 26 | CHI | RB | 40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | -1.00 | -1.00 | ||||
Career | 68 | 65 | 4 | 18 | 22.2 | 111 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 39 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 27.8 | 1.6 | 31.7 | 1 | 3 | 5.3 | 5.68 | 2.00 |
Defense & Fumbles
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Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty |
1965*+ | 22 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1966*+ | 23 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1967*+ | 24 | CHI | HB | 40 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1968+ | 25 | CHI | RB | 40 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1969*+ | 26 | CHI | RB | 40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
1970 | 27 | CHI | RB | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
Career | 68 | 65 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Scoring Summary
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965*+ | 22 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 132 | 9.4 | |||||||||||
1966*+ | 23 | CHI | HB | 40 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 5.1 | ||||||||||||
1967*+ | 24 | CHI | HB | 40 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 5.5 | |||||||||||
1968+ | 25 | CHI | RB | 40 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||||
1969*+ | 26 | CHI | RB | 40 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||||
Career | 68 | 65 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 336 | 4.9 |
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