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Lynn Swann

Lynn Curtis Swann

Position: WR

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 7, 1952 in Alcoa, TN

College: USC (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 62 (924th overall since 1960)

High School: Junipero Serra (CA)

Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2001 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

G

116

AV

73

Rec

336

Yds

5462

Y/R

16.3

TD

51

FantPt

860.4

Receiving & Rushing

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

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1974	22	PIT		88	12	2	11	208	18.9	2	54	0.9	17.3	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.2	0.1	12	18.5	222	2	5	4
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12	49	781	15.9	11	43	3.5	55.8	3	13	0	11	4.3	0.9	0.2	52	15.3	794	11	4	12
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10	28	516	18.4	3	47	2.3	43.0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	29	17.9	518	3	0	9
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14	50	789	15.8	7	46	3.6	56.4	2	6	0	14	3.0	0.4	0.1	52	15.3	795	7	1	11
1978*+	26	PIT	WR	88	16	16	61	880	14.4	11	62	3.8	55.0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1	62	14.3	887	11	0	12
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	41	808	19.7	5	65	3.2	62.2	1	9	1	9	9.0	0.7	0.1	42	19.5	817	6	0	8
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11	44	710	16.1	7	68	3.4	54.6	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	45	15.7	706	7	0	7
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12	34	505	14.9	5	44	2.6	38.8								34	14.9	505	5	1	5
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8	18	265	14.7	0	60	2.0	29.4	1	25	0	25	25.0	2.8	0.1	19	15.3	290	0	0	5
Career					116	96	336	5462	16.3	51	68	2.9	47.1	11	72	1	25	6.5	0.6	0.1	347	15.9	5534	52	11	73

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1974	22	PIT		3	0	5	77	15.4	1	35	1.7	25.7	3	17	0	25	5.7	5.7	1.0	8	11.8	94	1	2
1975*	23	PIT		3	3	8	221	27.6	1	64	2.7	73.7								8	27.6	221	1	1
1976	24	PIT		2	2	8	135	16.9	2	30	4.0	67.5								8	16.9	135	2	0
1977*	25	PIT		1	1	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0								1	6.0	6	0	0
1978*+	26	PIT		3	3	13	274	21.1	3	38	4.3	91.3								13	21.1	274	3	0
1979	27	PIT		3	3	12	180	15.0	2	47	4.0	60.0								12	15.0	180	2	0
1982	30	PIT	WR	1	1	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0								1	14.0	14	0	0
Career				16	1	48	907	18.9	9	64	3.0	56.7	3	17	0	25	5.7	1.1	0.2	51	18.1	924	9	3

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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
1974	22	PIT		88	12	2	41	577	1	69	14.1	2	11	0	11	5.5	810
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12	7	64	0	21	9.1						858
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10	3	11	0	7	3.7						529
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14	9	88	0	31	9.8						883
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0						816
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	290
Career					116	96	61	739	1	69	12.1	3	11	0	11	3.7	6284

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
1974	22	PIT		3	0	8	76	0	17	9.5						170
1976	24	PIT		2	2	4	16	0	8	4.0						151
Career				16	1	12	92	0	17	7.7						1016

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
1974	22	PIT		88	12	2							5	2	0	0	0.0
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12							4	1	0	0	0.0
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11							0	1	0	0	0.0
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12							1	1	0	0	0.0
1982	30	PIT	WR	88	9	8							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					116	96							11	6	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1974	22	PIT		3	0						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
1975*	23	PIT		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				16	1						0	3	0	0	0	0.0

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
1974	22	PIT		88	12	2		2	1					3								18
1975*	23	PIT	WR	88	14	12		11						11								66
1976	24	PIT	WR	88	12	10		3						3								18
1977*	25	PIT	WR	88	14	14		7						7								42
1978*+	26	PIT	WR	88	16	16		11						11								66
1979	27	PIT	WR	88	13	11	1	5						6								36
1980	28	PIT	WR	88	13	11		7						7								42
1981	29	PIT	WR	88	13	12		5						5								30
Career					116	96	1	51	1					53								318

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
1974	22	PIT		3	0		1						1								6
1975*	23	PIT		3	3		1						1								6
1976	24	PIT		2	2		2						2								12
1978*+	26	PIT		3	3		3						3								18
1979	27	PIT		3	3		2						2								12
Career				16	1		9						9								54

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