Ron Springs

Ronald Edward Springs

Position: RB

6-0, 213lb (183cm, 96kg)

Born: November 4, 1956 in Williamsburg, VA

Died: May 12, 2011 in Dallas, TX

College: Ohio St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 35 (3021st overall since 1960)

High School: Lafayette (VA)

Draft: Dallas Cowboys in the 5th round (136th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Son Shawn Springs

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SUMMARY

Career

G

112

AV

40

Rush

694

Yds

2519

Y/A

3.6

TD

28

FantPt

698.6

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
1979	23	DAL		20	16	2	67	248	2	15	3.7	15.5	4.2	25	251	10.0	1	27	1.6	15.7	92	5.4	499	3	2	4
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6	89	326	6	20	3.7	21.7	5.9	15	212	14.1	1	58	1.0	14.1	104	5.2	538	7	1	5
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13	172	625	10	16	3.6	39.1	10.8	46	359	7.8	2	32	2.9	22.4	218	4.5	984	12	3	7
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9	59	243	2	46	4.1	27.0	6.6	17	163	9.6	2	34	1.9	18.1	76	5.3	406	4	3	6
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14	149	541	7	19	3.6	33.8	9.3	73	589	8.1	1	80	4.6	36.8	222	5.1	1130	8	3	10
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12	68	197	1	16	2.9	12.3	4.3	46	454	9.9	3	57	2.9	28.4	114	5.7	651	4	1	4
1985	29	TAM		20	12	0	16	54	0	11	3.4	4.5	1.3	3	44	14.7	0	22	0.3	3.7	19	5.2	98	0	0	1
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8	74	285	0	40	3.9	23.8	6.2	24	187	7.8	0	46	2.0	15.6	98	4.8	472	0	2	3
Career					112	64	694	2519	28	46	3.6	22.5	6.2	249	2259	9.1	10	80	2.2	20.2	943	5.1	4778	38	15	40
6 yrs		DAL			88	56	604	2180	28	46	3.6	24.8	6.9	222	2028	9.1	10	80	2.5	23.0	826	5.1	4208	38	13	36
2 yrs		TAM			24	8	90	339	0	40	3.8	14.1	3.8	27	231	8.6	0	46	1.1	9.6	117	4.9	570	0	2	4

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
1979	23	DAL		1	0	5	20	1	15	4.0	20.0	5.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	6	3.7	22	1	0
1980	24	DAL		3	0	4	58	0	32	14.5	19.3	1.3	5	37	7.4	0	26	1.7	12.3	9	10.6	95	0	0
1981	25	DAL	FB	2	2	20	80	1	10	4.0	40.0	10.0	3	13	4.3	0	12	1.5	6.5	23	4.0	93	1	0
1982	26	DAL	FB	2	2	11	39	0	12	3.5	19.5	5.5	3	16	5.3	1	7	1.5	8.0	14	3.9	55	1	0
1983	27	DAL	FB	1	1	2	4	0	3	2.0	4.0	2.0	6	38	6.3	0	12	6.0	38.0	8	5.3	42	0	0
Career				9	5	42	201	2	32	4.8	22.3	4.7	18	106	5.9	1	26	2.0	11.8	60	5.1	307	3	0

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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
1979	23	DAL		20	16	2						38	780	0	70	20.5	1279
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14						1	13	0	13	13.0	1143
1985	29	TAM		20	12	0						5	112	0	34	22.4	210
Career					112	64						44	905	0	70	20.6	5694
6 yrs		DAL			88	56						39	793	0	70	20.3	5012
2 yrs		TAM			24	8						5	112	0	34	22.4	682

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
1979	23	DAL		1	0						3	61	0	30	20.3	83
1983	27	DAL	FB	1	1						1	12	0	12	12.0	54
Career				9	5						4	73	0	30	18.3	380

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
1979	23	DAL		20	16	2		1	3	33.3	30	1	33.3	0	0.0	30	10.0	16.7	30.0	1.9	111.1	1	4	6.50	11.50	25.0
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	-45.00	0.0
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14		1	2	50.0	15	1	50.0	0	0.0	15	7.5	17.5	15.0	0.9	114.6	0	0	7.50	17.50	0.0
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Career					112	64		2	7	28.6	45	2	28.6	1	14.3	30	6.4	5.7	22.5	0.4	53.9	1	4	5.13	4.50	12.5
6 yrs		DAL			88	56		2	7	28.6	45	2	28.6	1	14.3	30	6.4	5.7	22.5	0.5	53.9	1	4	5.13	4.50	12.5
2 yrs		TAM			24	8		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1979	23	DAL		1	0	0-0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1980	24	DAL		3	0	0-0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Career				9		0-0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	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
1979	23	DAL		20	16	2							2	2	0	0	0.0
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6							1	0	0	0	0.0
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13							3	4	11	0	0.0
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9							3	1	0	0	0.0
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14							3	3	0	0	0.0
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12							1	0	0	0	0.0
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8							2	0	0	0	0.0
Career					112	64							15	10	11	0	0.0
6 yrs		DAL			88	56							13	10	11	0	0.0
2 yrs		TAM			24	8							2	0	0	0	0.0

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1986	30	TAM	FB	20	12	8																							1	43	43	0	43.0
Career					112	64																							1	43	43	0	43.0
6 yrs		DAL			88	56
2 yrs		TAM			24	8																							1	43	43	0	43.0

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
1979	23	DAL		20	16	2	2	1						3								18
1980	24	DAL	fb	20	15	6	6	1						7								42
1981	25	DAL	FB	20	16	13	10	2						12								72
1982	26	DAL	FB	20	9	9	2	2						4								24
1983	27	DAL	FB	20	16	14	7	1						8								48
1984	28	DAL	FB	20	16	12	1	3						4								24
Career					112	64	28	10						38								228
6 yrs		DAL			88	56	28	10						38								228
2 yrs		TAM			24	8																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
1979	23	DAL		1	0	1							1								6
1981	25	DAL	FB	2	2	1							1								6
1982	26	DAL	FB	2	2		1						1								6
Career				9	5	2	1						3								18

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