Preston Carpenter

Verda Preston Carpenter

Position: E-HB

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: January 24, 1934 in Hayti, MO

Died: June 30, 2011 in Tulsa, OK

College: Arkansas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 29 (3841st overall since 1960)

High School: West Memphis (AR)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.

1x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

149

Rec

305

Yds

4457

Y/R

14.6

FantPt

666.2

Rush

223

Yds

884

Y/A

4.0

FantPt

666.2

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

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	Awards
1956	22	CLE	RH	40	12	8	16	124	7.8	0	34	1.3	10.3	188	756	0	30	4.0	63.0	15.7	204	4.3	880	0	5		UPI RoY-2
1957	23	CLE	RE	40	12	12	27	398	14.7	2	33	2.3	33.2	3	86	1	39	28.7	7.2	0.3	30	16.1	484	3	2
1958	24	CLE	RE	40	12	12	29	474	16.3	1	74	2.4	39.5	3	2	0	22	0.7	0.2	0.3	32	14.9	476	1	0
1959	25	CLE	LE	40	12	12	24	372	15.5	2	43	2.0	31.0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	25	15.0	376	2	0
1960	26	PIT	RE	40	12	11	29	495	17.1	2	70	2.4	41.3	17	36	0	20	2.1	3.0	1.4	46	11.5	531	2	2	6
1961	27	PIT	RE	40	13	12	33	460	13.9	4	40	2.5	35.4	7	9	0	13	1.3	0.7	0.5	40	11.7	469	4	1	5
1962*	28	PIT	TE	40	13	12	36	492	13.7	4	43	2.8	37.8	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	37	13.2	489	4	0	6	PB
1963	29	PIT	TE	40	14	14	17	233	13.7	1	28	1.2	16.6	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	18	12.8	230	1	0	2
1964	30	WAS	TE	89	14	11	31	466	15.0	3	39	2.2	33.3	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1	32	14.8	473	3	1	5
1965	31	WAS	TE	89	9	9	23	298	13.0	0	36	2.6	33.1								23	13.0	298	0	0	3
1966	32	2TM			13	13	30	518	17.3	4	52	2.3	39.8	1	-10	0	0	-10.0	-0.8	0.1	31	16.4	508	4	0	5
		MIN	TE	40	12	12	27	487	18.0	4	52	2.3	40.6	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0.1	28	17.0	477	4	0	5
		WAS		89	1	1	3	31	10.3	0	17	3.0	31.0								3	10.3	31	0	0	0
1967	33	MIA		36	13	1	10	127	12.7	0	42	0.8	9.8								10	12.7	127	0	1	1
Career					149	127	305	4457	14.6	23	74	2.0	29.9	223	884	1	39	4.0	5.9	1.5	528	10.1	5341	24	12	33
4 yrs		CLE			48	44	96	1368	14.3	5	74	2.0	28.5	195	848	1	39	4.3	17.7	4.1	291	7.6	2216	6	7
4 yrs		PIT			52	49	115	1680	14.6	11	70	2.2	32.3	26	39	0	20	1.5	0.8	0.5	141	12.2	1719	11	3	19
3 yrs		WAS			24	21	57	795	13.9	3	39	2.4	33.1	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.3	0.0	58	13.8	802	3	1	8
1 yr		MIA			13	1	10	127	12.7	0	42	0.8	9.8								10	12.7	127	0	1	1
1 yr		MIN			12	12	27	487	18.0	4	52	2.3	40.6	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0.1	28	17.0	477	4	0	5

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
1957	23	CLE		1	1	4	43	10.8	0	18	4.0	43.0								4				0
1958	24	CLE		1	1	2	18	9.0	0	12	2.0	18.0								2				0
Career				2	2	6	61	10.2	0	18	3.0	30.5								6				0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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
1956	22	CLE	RH	40	12	8	1	18	0	18	18.0	15	381	0	42	25.4	1279
1960	26	PIT	RE	40	12	11	13	120	0	20	9.2	10	255	0	36	25.5	906
1961	27	PIT	RE	40	13	12	3	18	0	10	6.0						487
1962*	28	PIT	TE	40	13	12	7	109	0	60	15.6	1	29	0	29	29.0	627
1964	30	WAS	TE	89	14	11	2	19	0	10	9.5						492
1967	33	MIA		36	13	1						3	87	0	45	29.0	214
Career					149	127	26	284	0	60	10.9	29	752	0	45	25.9	6390
4 yrs		CLE			48	44	1	18	0	18	18.0	15	381	0	42	25.4	2628
4 yrs		PIT			52	49	23	247	0	60	10.7	11	284	0	36	25.8	2250
3 yrs		WAS			24	21	2	19	0	10	9.5						821
1 yr		MIA			13	1						3	87	0	45	29.0	214
1 yr		MIN			12	12											477

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1960	26	PIT	RE	40	12	11	1	2	50	2	0	0	2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.2	56.2
1964	30	WAS	TE	89	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career					149	127	1	3	33.3	2	0	0	2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.0	42.4	0	0	0	0.67	0.67
4 yrs		CLE			48	44	0	0		0			0				0.0
4 yrs		PIT			52	49	1	2	50	2	0	0	2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	56.2	0	0
3 yrs		WAS			24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1 yr		MIA			13	1	0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		MIN			12	12	0	0		0			0				0.0		0	0

Defense & Fumbles

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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
1956	22	CLE	RH	40	12	8							5	2	0	0
1957	23	CLE	RE	40	12	12							2	1	13	0
1960	26	PIT	RE	40	12	11							2	2	0	0	0.0
1961	27	PIT	RE	40	13	12							1	0	0	0	0.0
1964	30	WAS	TE	89	14	11							1	0	0	0	0.0
1967	33	MIA		36	13	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					149	127							12	5	13	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			48	44							7	3	13	0	0.0
4 yrs		PIT			52	49							3	2	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		WAS			24	21							1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIA			13	1							1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			12	12											0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1957	23	CLE	RE	40	12	12	1	2	3		18	1.5
1958	24	CLE	RE	40	12	12		1	1		6	0.5
1959	25	CLE	LE	40	12	12		2	2		12	1.0
1960	26	PIT	RE	40	12	11		2	2		12	1.0
1961	27	PIT	RE	40	13	12		4	4		24	1.8
1962*	28	PIT	TE	40	13	12		4	4		24	1.8
1963	29	PIT	TE	40	14	14		1	1		6	0.4
1964	30	WAS	TE	89	14	11		3	3		18	1.3
1966	32	2TM			13	13		4	4	0	24	1.8
		MIN	TE	40	12	12		4	4		24	2.0
Career					149	127	1	23	24	0	144	1.0
4 yrs		CLE			48	44	1	5	6	0	36	.8
4 yrs		PIT			52	49		11	11	0	66	1.3
3 yrs		WAS			24	21		3	3	0	18	.8
1 yr		MIA			13	1				0	0	0.0
1 yr		MIN			12	12		4	4	0	24	2.0

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