Don Cockroft

Donald Lee Cockroft

Position: K

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: February 6, 1945 in Cheyenne, WY

College: Adams St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 54 (1407th overall since 1960)

High School: Fort Carson (CO)

Draft: Cleveland Browns in the 3rd round (55th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

188

Pnt

651

Yds

26262

Lng

Kicking

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Kicking Table
							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	AV	Awards
1968	23	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	6	6	7	7	4	2	6	2	1	1	24	18	50	75.0	48	46	95.8	7	AP ORoY-7
1969	24	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	0	0	8	7	8	3	6	2	1	0	23	12	45	52.2	45	45	100.0	4
1970	25	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	4	3	3	2	7	4	7	3	1	0	22	12	47	54.5	35	34	97.1	5
1971	26	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	3	2	6	6	9	6	9	1	1	0	28	15	40	53.6	34	34	100.0	4
1972	27	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	5	5	8	7	8	7	5	2	1	1	27	22	57	81.5	29	28	96.6	9
1973	28	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	4	4	8	7	7	4	11	7	1	0	31	22	45	71.0	24	24	100.0	7
1974	29	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	1	1	7	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	16	14	46	87.5	30	29	96.7	9
1975	30	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	1	1	9	7	6	4	5	5	2	0	23	17	49	73.9	24	21	87.5	7
1976	31	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	2	2	6	3	6	5	11	4	3	1	28	15	50	53.6	30	27	90.0	4
1977	32	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	0	0	6	6	8	6	9	5	0	0	23	17	44	73.9	31	30	96.8	6
1978	33	CLE	NFL	K	16	0	2	1	7	6	5	2	12	10	2	0	28	19	45	67.9	40	37	92.5	4
1979	34	CLE	NFL	K	16	0	0	0	6	5	12	8	8	3	3	1	29	17	51	58.6	43	38	88.4	2
1980	35	CLE	NFL	K	16	0	0	0	7	6	7	5	9	5	3	0	26	16	45	61.5	44	39	88.6	2
13 Yrs					188	0	28	25	88	76	90	59	102	52	20	4	328	216	57	65.9	457	432	94.5	70
17 Game Avg					17	0	3	2	8	7	8	5	9	5	2	0	30	20	57	65.9	41	39	94.5	6

Kicking Table
							Scoring
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Awards
1968	23	CLE	NFL	K	2	0	3	1	38	33.3	4	4	100.0
1969	24	CLE	NFL	K	2	0	3	1	29	33.3	6	6	100.0

1971	26	CLE	NFL	K	1	0	3	1	14	33.3	0	0
1972	27	CLE	NFL	K	1	0	0	0			2	2	100.0

1980	35	CLE	NFL	K	1	0	4	2	30	50.0	1	0	0.0
5 Yrs					7	0	13	5	38	38.5	13	12	92.3
17 Game Avg					17	0	32	12		38.5	32	29	92.3

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Punting

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

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Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck	AV	Awards
1968	23	CLE	K	12	14	0	61	2297	37.7				59					0	7	UPI RoY-5, AP ORoY-7
1969	24	CLE	K	12	14	0	57	2138	37.5				55					1	4
1970	25	CLE	K	12	14	0	71	3023	42.6	83	2800	38.9	71	7	9.9%			1	5
1971	26	CLE	K	12	14	0	62	2508	40.5	227	2221	34.7	59	3	4.8%			2	4
1972	27	CLE	K	12	14	0	81	3498	43.2	357	3061	37.8	65	4	4.9%			0	9
1973	28	CLE	K	12	14	0	82	3321	40.5	270	3031	36.5	71	1	1.2%			1	7
1974	29	CLE	K	12	14	0	90	3643	40.5	705	2738	30.4	64	10	11.1%			0	9
1975	30	CLE	K	12	14	0	82	3317	40.5	469	2708	32.6	67	7	8.5%			1	7
1976	31	CLE	K	12	14	0	64	2487	38.9	503	1904	28.4	51	4	6.3%	9	14.1%	3	4
1977	32	CLE	K	12	14	0	1	30	30.0	0	10	10.0	30	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	6
Career					188		651	26262	40.3	2614	18473	28.0	71	37	5.7%	9	1.4%	9	70

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1968	23	CLE	K	2	0	12	420	35.0				42					0
1969	24	CLE	K	2	0	4	133	33.3				38					0
1971	26	CLE	K	1	0	5	204	40.8				44	0	0.0%			0
1972	27	CLE	K	1	0	6	208	34.7				56	0	0.0%			1
Career				7		27	965	35.7	0	0	0.0	56	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1

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Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1974	29	CLE	NFL	K	14	1	1	100.0	27	27	27.0	27.00	27.0	1.9	118.7	27.00	27.00
1975	30	CLE	NFL	K	14	2	2	100.0	0		0.0	0.00	0.0	0.0	79.2	0.00	0.00
1976	31	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
13 Yrs					188	3	4	75.0	27	27	6.8	6.75	9.0	0.1	92.7	6.75	6.75
17 Game Avg					17	0	0	75.0	2		6.8	6.75	9.0	0.1	92.7	6.75	6.75

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1971	26	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	12.0	12	0	0

1973	28	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	-3.0	-3	0	0
13 Yrs					188	0	2	9	0	12	4.5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	4.5	9	0	1
17 Game Avg					17	0	0	1	0	12	4.5	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.4	1	0	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing						Receiving					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1969	24	CLE	NFL	K	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
5 Yrs					7	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	0	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1976	31	CLE	NFL	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13 Yrs					188	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-21	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1972	27	CLE	NFL	K	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5 Yrs					7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0

Scoring Summary

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

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	CLE	K	12	14	0		46	48	18	24	100	7.1
1969	24	CLE	K	12	14	0		45	45	12	23	81	5.8
1970	25	CLE	K	12	14	0		34	35	12	22	70	5.0
1971	26	CLE	K	12	14	0		34	34	15	28	79	5.6
1972	27	CLE	K	12	14	0		28	29	22	27	94	6.7
1973	28	CLE	K	12	14	0		24	24	22	31	90	6.4
1974	29	CLE	K	12	14	0		29	30	14	16	71	5.1
1975	30	CLE	K	12	14	0		21	24	17	23	72	5.1
1976	31	CLE	K	12	14	0		27	30	15	28	72	5.1
1977	32	CLE	K	12	14	0		30	31	17	23	81	5.8
1978	33	CLE	K	12	16	0		37	40	19	28	94	5.9
1979	34	CLE	K	12	16	0		38	43	17	29	89	5.6
1980	35	CLE	K	12	16	0		39	44	16	26	87	5.4
Career					188		0	432	457	216	328	1080	5.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	CLE	K	2	0	4	4	1	3	7	3.5
1969	24	CLE	K	2	0	6	6	1	3	9	4.5
1971	26	CLE	K	1	0			1	3	3	3.0
1972	27	CLE	K	1	0	2	2			2	2.0
1980	35	CLE	K	1	0		1	2	4	6	6.0
Career				7		12	13	5	13	27	3.9

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PFR HOF Monitor: 27.15 (17th among K, average HOF K is 76.99)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Don Cockroft?

Don Cockroft is 79 years old.

When was Don Cockroft born?

Don Cockroft was born on February 6, 1945.

Where was Don Cockroft born?

Don Cockroft was born in Cheyenne, WY.

How tall is Don Cockroft?

Don Cockroft is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Don Cockroft weigh when playing?

Don Cockroft weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Is Don Cockroft in the Hall of Fame?

Don Cockroft has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Don Cockroft play?

Don Cockroft played 188 games over his career.

When did Don Cockroft retire?

Don Cockroft last played in 1980.

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