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 | AV | Awards | |||||||
| 1965 | 22 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 46 | 108 | 0 | 12 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 1 | 43 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 55 | 4.1 | 225 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1966 | 23 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 46 | 114 | 2 | 19 | 2.5 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 1 | 66 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 50 | 4.1 | 207 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1967 | 24 | PIT | HB | 23 | 11 | 6 | 90 | 293 | 0 | 24 | 3.3 | 26.6 | 8.2 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 94 | 3.4 | 316 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1968 | 25 | ATL | RB | 33 | 12 | 7 | 94 | 365 | 2 | 60 | 3.9 | 30.4 | 7.8 | 15 | 127 | 8.5 | 0 | 31 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 109 | 4.5 | 492 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1969* | 26 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 14 | 163 | 655 | 3 | 39 | 4.0 | 46.8 | 11.6 | 17 | 297 | 17.5 | 2 | 65 | 1.2 | 21.2 | 180 | 5.3 | 952 | 5 | 3 | 10 | PB |
| 1970 | 27 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 12 | 166 | 636 | 0 | 33 | 3.8 | 45.4 | 11.9 | 24 | 151 | 6.3 | 1 | 25 | 1.7 | 10.8 | 190 | 4.1 | 787 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1971 | 28 | ATL | RB | 33 | 13 | 13 | 186 | 594 | 2 | 19 | 3.2 | 45.7 | 14.3 | 15 | 143 | 9.5 | 2 | 27 | 1.2 | 11.0 | 201 | 3.7 | 737 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1972 | 29 | STL | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career | 97 | 58 | 797 | 2768 | 9 | 60 | 3.5 | 28.5 | 8.2 | 89 | 959 | 10.8 | 7 | 66 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 886 | 4.2 | 3727 | 16 | 34 | 35 | |||||
| 4 yrs | ATL | 53 | 46 | 609 | 2250 | 7 | 60 | 3.7 | 42.5 | 11.5 | 71 | 718 | 10.1 | 5 | 65 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 680 | 4.4 | 2968 | 12 | 21 | 27 | ||||
| 3 yrs | PIT | 39 | 12 | 182 | 515 | 2 | 24 | 2.8 | 13.2 | 4.7 | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 2 | 66 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 199 | 3.8 | 748 | 4 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| 1 yr | STL | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
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Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1965 | 22 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 509 | 0 | 36 | 20.4 | 734 | ||||||
| 1966 | 23 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 454 | 1 | 93 | 26.7 | 661 | ||||||
| 1967 | 24 | PIT | HB | 23 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 223 | 0 | 32 | 22.3 | 539 | |||||
| 1968 | 25 | ATL | RB | 33 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 799 | 0 | 42 | 21.6 | 1291 | |||||
| 1969* | 26 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 405 | 0 | 61 | 31.2 | 1357 | |||||
| 1970 | 27 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 284 | 0 | 29 | 20.3 | 1071 | |||||
| 1971 | 28 | ATL | RB | 33 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 372 | 0 | 82 | 28.6 | 1109 | |||||
| 1972 | 29 | STL | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 27 | 21.3 | 96 | ||||||
| Career | 97 | 58 | 133 | 3131 | 1 | 93 | 23.5 | 6858 | |||||||||
| 4 yrs | ATL | 53 | 46 | 77 | 1860 | 0 | 82 | 24.2 | 4828 | ||||||||
| 3 yrs | PIT | 39 | 12 | 52 | 1186 | 1 | 93 | 22.8 | 1934 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | STL | 5 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 27 | 21.3 | 96 | ||||||||
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 |
| 1965 | 22 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 23 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 24 | PIT | HB | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1968 | 25 | ATL | RB | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1969* | 26 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1970 | 27 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1971 | 28 | ATL | RB | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1972 | 29 | STL | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Career | 97 | 58 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 4 yrs | ATL | 53 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 3 yrs | PIT | 39 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| 1 yr | STL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 22 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1966 | 23 | PIT | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1.7 | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | 25 | ATL | RB | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1969* | 26 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 2.1 | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | 27 | ATL | RB | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1971 | 28 | ATL | RB | 33 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 97 | 58 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 102 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | ATL | 53 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 72 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | PIT | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .8 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | STL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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