Jim Bertelsen

James Allen Bertelsen

Position: RB

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: February 26, 1950 in St. Paul, MN

Died: May 7, 2021

College: Texas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 37 (2789th overall since 1960)

High School: Hudson (WI)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

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SUMMARY

Career

G

68

AV

39

Rush

614

Yds

2466

Y/A

4.0

TD

16

FantPt

439.0

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
1972	22	RAM	RB	45	14	7	123	581	5	42	4.7	41.5	8.8	29	331	11.4	1	22	2.1	23.6	152	6.0	912	6	4	9
1973*	23	RAM	FB	45	14	14	206	854	4	49	4.1	61.0	14.7	19	267	14.1	1	44	1.4	19.1	225	5.0	1121	5	4	15
1974	24	RAM	FB	45	13	13	127	419	2	20	3.3	32.2	9.8	20	175	8.8	0	19	1.5	13.5	147	4.0	594	2	4	6
1975	25	RAM	RB	45	13	11	116	457	3	19	3.9	35.2	8.9	14	208	14.9	0	22	1.1	16.0	130	5.1	665	3	2	7
1976	26	RAM		45	14	0	42	155	2	18	3.7	11.1	3.0	6	33	5.5	0	10	0.4	2.4	48	3.9	188	2	3	2
Career					68	45	614	2466	16	49	4.0	36.3	9.0	88	1014	11.5	2	44	1.3	14.9	702	5.0	3480	18	17	39

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
1973*	23	RAM		1	1	12	37	0	13	3.1	37.0	12.0								12	3.1	37	0	0
1974	24	RAM		2	2	20	99	0	11	5.0	49.5	10.0	6	58	9.7	0	13	3.0	29.0	26	6.0	157	0	1
1976	26	RAM		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
Career				5	0	32	136	0	13	4.3	27.2	6.4	6	58	9.7	0	13	1.2	11.6	38	5.1	194	0	1

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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
1972	22	RAM	RB	45	14	7	16	232	0	60	14.5	4	88	0	25	22.0	1232
1973*	23	RAM	FB	45	14	14	26	259	0	34	10.0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1395
1974	24	RAM	FB	45	13	13	11	132	0	19	12.0						726
1975	25	RAM	RB	45	13	11	11	143	0	38	13.0	1	17	0	17	17.0	825
1976	26	RAM		45	14	0	10	55	0	19	5.5						243
Career					68	45	74	821	0	60	11.1	6	120	0	25	20.0	4421

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
1973*	23	RAM		1	1	4	52	0	30	13.0						89
1974	24	RAM		2	2	2	10	0	10	5.0						167
1976	26	RAM		2	0	3	19	0	14	6.3						19
Career				5	0	9	81	0	30	9.0						275

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
1972	22	RAM	RB	45	14	7							4	2	0	0	0.0
1973*	23	RAM	FB	45	14	14							4	0	0	0	0.0
1974	24	RAM	FB	45	13	13							4	1	0	0	0.0
1975	25	RAM	RB	45	13	11							2	2	0	0	0.0
1976	26	RAM		45	14	0							3	0	0	0	0.0
Career					68	45							17	5	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	24	RAM		2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				5	0						0	1	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
1972	22	RAM	RB	45	14	7	5	1						6								36
1973*	23	RAM	FB	45	14	14	4	1						5								30
1974	24	RAM	FB	45	13	13	2							2								12
1975	25	RAM	RB	45	13	11	3							3								18
1976	26	RAM		45	14	0	2							2								12
Career					68	45	16	2						18								108

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PFR HOF Monitor: 17.28 (260th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

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