Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb AV Awards
1984 22 CLE NFL RB 16 3 72 426 2 54 5.9 26.6 4.5 11 118 10.7 0 26 0.7 7.4 83 6.6 544 2 3 4
1985 23 CLE NFL RB 16 13 244 1002 8 36 4.1 62.6 15.3 45 460 10.2 2 31 2.8 28.8 289 5.1 1462 10 5 12
1986 24 CLE NFL RB 7 7 94 277 2 37 2.9 39.6 13.4 37 328 8.9 2 40 5.3 46.9 131 4.6 605 4 1 5
1987 25 CLE NFL RB 12 12 105 432 8 21 4.1 36.0 8.8 52 552 10.6 2 37 4.3 46.0 157 6.3 984 10 5 10
1988 26 CLE NFL RB 16 16 157 576 3 27 3.7 36.0 9.8 59 576 9.8 2 39 3.7 36.0 216 5.3 1152 5 5 9
1989 27 WAS NFL RB/FB 16 13 134 580 7 24 4.3 36.3 8.4 54 458 8.5 2 27 3.4 28.6 188 5.5 1038 9 2 7
1990 28 WAS NFL RB 16 16 297 1219 6 22 4.1 76.2 18.6 31 279 9.0 1 19 1.9 17.4 328 4.6 1498 7 2 12 PB
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 16 16 274 1048 5 32 3.8 65.5 17.1 34 308 9.1 0 31 2.1 19.3 308 4.4 1356 5 3 13 PB,AP-2
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 16 16 262 998 6 23 3.8 62.4 16.4 49 39 338 8.7 1 29 2.4 21.1 79.6 6.9 301 4.4 1336 7 1 10
1993 31 WAS NFL RB 16 3 23 105 1 16 4.6 6.6 1.4 52 27 194 7.2 0 20 1.7 12.1 51.9 3.7 50 6.0 299 1 0 2
1994 32 CLE NFL RB 16 1 75 219 2 11 42.7 15 2.9 13.7 4.7 15 11 102 9.3 0 5 26.7 30 0.7 6.4 73.3 6.8 86 3.7 321 2 0 3
1995 33 CLE NFL RB 16 2 115 432 2 22 38.3 23 3.8 27.0 7.2 84 61 494 8.1 2 30 44.0 29 3.8 30.9 72.6 5.9 176 5.3 926 4 1 7
1996 34 BAL NFL RB 16 8 159 634 4 35 50.9 42 4.0 39.6 9.9 44 30 270 9.0 1 8 34.1 40 1.9 16.9 68.2 6.1 189 4.8 904 5 1 7
1997 35 BAL NFL RB 16 5 84 313 0 18 51.2 19 3.7 19.6 5.3 31 21 128 6.1 0 7 29.0 17 1.3 8.0 67.7 4.1 105 4.2 441 0 2 3
14 Yrs 211 131 2095 8261 56 86 46.2 54 3.9 39.2 9.9 275 512 4605 9.0 15 50 37.4 40 2.4 21.8 68.7 16.7 2607 4.9 12866 71 31 104
17 Game Avg 17 11 169 666 5 54 3.9 39.2 9.9 41 371 9.0 1 40 2.4 21.8 210 0.4 1037 6 2 8
CLE (7 Yrs) 99 54 862 3364 27 33 40.0 54 3.9 34.0 8.7 99 276 2630 9.5 10 35 41.4 40 2.8 26.6 72.7 26.6 1138 5.3 5994 37 20 50
WAS (5 Yrs) 80 64 990 3950 25 32 4.0 49.4 12.4 101 185 1577 8.5 4 31 2.3 19.7 65.3 15.6 1175 4.7 5527 29 8 44
BAL (2 Yrs) 32 13 243 947 4 53 51.0 42 3.9 29.6 7.6 75 51 398 7.8 1 15 32.0 40 1.6 12.4 68.0 5.3 294 4.6 1345 5 3 10
Rushing & Receiving Table
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Att Yds TD 1D Succ% Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD 1D Succ% Lng R/G Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt Touch Y/Tch YScm RRTD Fmb Awards
1985 23 CLE NFL RB 1 1 16 161 2 66 10.1 161.0 16.0 4 25 6.3 0 8 4.0 25.0 20 9.3 186 2 0
1986 24 CLE NFL RB 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 4.0 1 4.0 4 0 0
1987 25 CLE NFL RB 2 1 38 189 2 25 5.0 94.5 19.0 11 156 14.2 2 53 5.5 78.0 49 7.0 345 4 2
1988 26 CLE NFL RB 1 1 9 57 0 16 6.3 57.0 9.0 3 10 3.3 0 8 3.0 10.0 12 5.6 67 0 0
1990 28 WAS NFL RB 2 2 30 100 0 16 3.3 50.0 15.0 8 77 9.6 0 23 4.0 38.5 38 4.7 177 0 0
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 3 3 45 168 0 19 3.7 56.0 15.0 4 35 8.8 1 11 1.3 11.7 49 4.1 203 1 0
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 2 2 29 91 1 11 3.1 45.5 14.5 9 5 51 10.2 0 21 2.5 25.5 55.6 5.7 34 4.2 142 1 0
1994 32 CLE NFL RB 2 2 19 73 0 4 57.9 9 3.8 36.5 9.5 5 3 30 10.0 0 2 60.0 14 1.5 15.0 60.0 6.0 22 4.7 103 0 0
8 Yrs 14 13 186 839 5 4 57.9 66 4.5 59.9 13.3 14 39 388 9.9 3 2 60.0 53 2.8 27.7 57.1 27.7 225 5.5 1227 8 2
17 Game Avg 17 16 226 1019 6 66 4.5 59.9 13.3 47 471 9.9 4 53 2.8 27.7 273 6.6 1490 10 2
CLE (5 Yrs) 7 6 82 480 4 4 57.9 66 5.9 68.6 11.7 5 22 225 10.2 2 2 60.0 53 3.1 32.1 60.0 45.0 104 6.8 705 6 2
WAS (3 Yrs) 7 7 104 359 1 19 3.5 51.3 14.9 9 17 163 9.6 1 23 2.4 23.3 55.6 18.1 121 4.3 522 2 0
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Kick & Punt Returns

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Regular Season
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 AV Awards
198422CLERB4416302241502818.910144
198725CLERB441212012022.098610
199533CLERB21162059802719.610247
199634BALRB21168046101915.39657
199735BALRB21165010000.04413
Career21113103357602817.513497104
7 yrsCLE995402851502818.4656450
5 yrsWAS806400552744
2 yrsBAL3213056101912.2140610
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Passing

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Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1989 27 WAS NFL RB/FB 16 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
1990 28 WAS NFL RB 16 16 1 2 50.0 31 1 50.0 0 0.0 31 15.5 25.50 31.0 1.9 135.4 0 0 0.00 15.50 25.50 0 0 PB
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 16 16 1 4 25.0 18 1 25.0 0 0.0 18 4.5 9.50 18.0 1.1 85.4 0 0 0.00 4.50 9.50 0 0 PB,AP-2
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 16 16 1 3 33.3 41 1 33.3 0 0.0 41 13.7 20.33 41.0 2.6 121.5 0 0 0.00 13.67 20.33 0 0
14 Yrs 211 131 3 10 30.0 90 3 30.0 0 0.0 41 9.0 15.00 30.0 0.4 104.2 0 0 0.00 9.00 15.00 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 11 0 1 30.0 7 0 30.0 0 0.0 9.0 15.00 30.0 0.4 104.2 0 0 0.00 9.00 15.00 0 0
CLE (7 Yrs) 99 54 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
WAS (5 Yrs) 80 64 3 10 30.0 90 3 30.0 0 0.0 41 9.0 15.00 30.0 1.1 104.2 0 0 0.00 9.00 15.00 0 0
BAL (2 Yrs) 32 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Passing Table
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Y/A AY/A Y/G Rate Sk Yds Sk% NY/A ANY/A 4QC GWD Awards
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 2 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
8 Yrs 14 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0
CLE (5 Yrs) 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
WAS (3 Yrs) 7 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Int Yds IntTD Lng FF Fmb FR Yds FRTD Sk Comb Solo Ast Sfty Awards
1984 22 CLE NFL RB 16 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 55 1 0.0 0
1985 23 CLE NFL RB 16 13 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0.0 0
1987 25 CLE NFL RB 12 12 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.0 0
1988 26 CLE NFL RB 16 16 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.0 0
1989 27 WAS NFL RB/FB 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.0 0
1990 28 WAS NFL RB 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.0 0 PB
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.0 0 PB,AP-2
1993 31 WAS NFL RB 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0
1995 33 CLE NFL RB 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
1997 35 BAL NFL RB 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 211 131 0 0 0 0 0 31 18 55 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
17 Game Avg 17 11 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.0 0
CLE (7 Yrs) 99 54 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 55 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
WAS (5 Yrs) 80 64 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0.0 0
BAL (2 Yrs) 32 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Scoring Summary

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PAT FG
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PRTD KRTD FRTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G Awards
1984 22 CLE NFL RB 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.1
1985 23 CLE NFL RB 16 13 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 3.8
1986 24 CLE NFL RB 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 3.4
1987 25 CLE NFL RB 12 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 5.0
1988 26 CLE NFL RB 16 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1.9
1989 27 WAS NFL RB/FB 16 13 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3.4
1990 28 WAS NFL RB 16 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2.6 PB
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 16 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1.9 PB,AP-2
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 16 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2.6
1993 31 WAS NFL RB 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.4
1994 32 CLE NFL RB 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.8
1995 33 CLE NFL RB 16 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1.5
1996 34 BAL NFL RB 16 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1.9
1997 35 BAL NFL RB 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.1
14 Yrs 211 131 56 15 0 0 1 0 0 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 434 2.1
17 Game Avg 17 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 2.1
CLE (7 Yrs) 99 54 27 10 0 0 1 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 2.3
WAS (5 Yrs) 80 64 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 2.2
BAL (2 Yrs) 32 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 1.0
Scoring Summary Table
PAT FG
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PRTD KRTD FRTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM XPA FGM FGA Sfty Pts Pts/G Awards
1985 23 CLE NFL RB 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12.0
1987 25 CLE NFL RB 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12.0
1991 29 WAS NFL RB 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.0
1992 30 WAS NFL RB 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.0
8 Yrs 14 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 3.4
17 Game Avg 17 16 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 3.4
CLE (5 Yrs) 7 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 5.1
WAS (3 Yrs) 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.7

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