Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 1958 | 22 | DET | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1959 | 23 | DET | 23 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 24 | DET | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | 25 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 123 | 0 | 52 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 26 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 27 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | ||||
| 1964 | 28 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||
| 1965 | 29 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||
| 1966 | 30 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1967* | 31 | NOR | RCB | 23 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 178 | 2 | 41 | 0.0 | 11 | AP2, PB | |||||||
| 1968 | 32 | NOR | RS | 23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||
| 1969 | 33 | NOR | RS | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Career | 161 | 124 | 46 | 662 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | ||||||||
| 6 yrs | CHI | 84 | 83 | 26 | 397 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | |||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 35 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 yrs | NOR | 42 | 38 | 19 | 236 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | |||||||
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Rushing & Receiving
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 1958 | 22 | DET | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 27 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 1 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1964 | 28 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1968 | 32 | NOR | RS | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 161 | 124 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 6 yrs | CHI | 84 | 83 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | NOR | 42 | 38 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 27 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | 29 | CHI | RCB | 23 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1967* | 31 | NOR | RCB | 23 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 32 | NOR | RS | 23 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 161 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | CHI | 84 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | NOR | 42 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | .4 | |||||||||||||||
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