Gale Sayers

Gale Eugene Sayers (The Kansas Comet)

Position: RB

6-0, 198lb (183cm, 89kg)

Born: May 30, 1943 in Wichita, KS

Died: September 23, 2020 in Wakarusa, IN

College: Kansas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 60 (1040th overall since 1960)

High School: Central (NE)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft., Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977 (Full List)

Twitter: @RealGaleSayers

Relatives: Brother Ron Sayers

SUMMARY

Career

Rush

991

Yds

4956

Y/A

5.0

FantPt

932.7

Rushing & Receiving

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
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
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
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
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
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
1970	27	CHI		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		40	2	2	13	38	0	9	2.9	19.0	6.5								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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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
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
1966*+	23	CHI	HB	40	14	13	2	6	33.3	58	0	0	1	16.7	39	9.7	2.2	29.0	4.1	30.6
1967*+	24	CHI	HB	40	13	13	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1968+	25	CHI	RB	40	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
1969*+	26	CHI	RB	40	14	14	0	2	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