Rushing & Receiving
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| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | 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 | 18 |
| 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 | 66 | ||||
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