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 (1367th overall since 1960)

High School: Fort Carson (CO)

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

SUMMARY

Career

188

FGM

216

FGA

328

XPM

432

XPA

457

Kicking & Punting

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV	Awards
1968	23	CLE		12	14	0	6	6	7	7	4	2	6	2	1	1	24	18	50	75.0%	48	46	95.8%						61	2297	59	0	37.7	7	UPI RoY-5, AP ORoY-7
1969	24	CLE		12	14	0			8	7	8	3	6	2	1		23	12	45	52.2%	45	45	100.0%						57	2138	55	1	37.5	4
1970	25	CLE		12	14	0	4	3	3	2	7	4	7	3	1		22	12	47	54.5%	35	34	97.1%						71	3023	71	1	42.6	5
1971	26	CLE		12	14	0	3	2	6	6	9	6	9	1	1		28	15	40	53.6%	34	34	100.0%						62	2508	59	2	40.5	4
1972	27	CLE		12	14	0	5	5	8	7	8	7	5	2	1	1	27	22	57	81.5%	29	28	96.6%						81	3498	65	0	43.2	9
1973	28	CLE		12	14	0	4	4	8	7	7	4	11	7	1		31	22	45	71.0%	24	24	100.0%						82	3321	71	1	40.5	7
1974	29	CLE		12	14	0	1	1	7	7	3	3	4	3	1		16	14	46	87.5%	30	29	96.7%						90	3643	64	0	40.5	9
1975	30	CLE		12	14	0	1	1	9	7	6	4	5	5	2		23	17	49	73.9%	24	21	87.5%						82	3317	67	1	40.5	7
1976	31	CLE		12	14	0	2	2	6	3	6	5	11	4	3	1	28	15	50	53.6%	30	27	90.0%						64	2487	51	3	38.9	4
1977	32	CLE		12	14	0			6	6	8	6	9	5			23	17	44	73.9%	31	30	96.8%						1	30	30	0	30.0	6
1978	33	CLE		12	16	0	2	1	7	6	5	2	12	10	2		28	19	45	67.9%	40	37	92.5%											4
1979	34	CLE		12	16	0			6	5	12	8	8	3	3	1	29	17	51	58.6%	43	38	88.4%											2
1980	35	CLE		12	16	0			7	6	7	5	9	5	3		26	16	45	61.5%	44	39	88.6%											2
Career					188		28	25	88	76	90	59	102	52	20	4	328	216	57	65.9%	457	432	94.5%						651	26262	71	9	40.3	70

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1968	23	CLE		2	0											3	1	33.3%	4	4	100.0%						12	420	42	0	35.0
1969	24	CLE		2	0											3	1	33.3%	6	6	100.0%						4	133	38	0	33.3
1971	26	CLE		1	0											3	1	33.3%									5	204	44	0	40.8
1972	27	CLE		1	0														2	2	100.0%						6	208	56	1	34.7
1980	35	CLE		1	0											4	2	50.0%	1		0.0%
Career				7												13	5	38.5%	13	12	92.3%						27	965	56	1	35.7

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Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1974	29	CLE	12	14	0	1	1	100	27	27	27.0	27.0	27.0	1.9	118.7	27.00	27.00
1975	30	CLE	12	14	0	2	2	100	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79.2	0.00	0.00
1976	31	CLE	12	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
Career				188		3	4	75	27	27	6.8	6.8	9.0	0.1	92.7	6.75	6.75

Rushing & Receiving

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1971	26	CLE		12	14	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.9	0.1								1	12.0	12	0	0
1973	28	CLE		12	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1								1	-3.0	-3	0	0
1974	29	CLE		12	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	1
Career					188		2	9	0	12	4.5	0.0	0.0								2	4.5	9	0	1

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
1969	24	CLE		2	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								1	0.0	0	0	0
Career				7		1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								1	0.0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

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
1974	29	CLE		12	14	0							1	0	-21	0	0.0
1976	31	CLE		12	14	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					188								1	1	-21	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
1972	27	CLE		1	0						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career				7							0	0	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	No.	G	GS	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	CLE	12	14	0		46	48	18	24	100	7.1
1969	24	CLE	12	14	0		45	45	12	23	81	5.8
1970	25	CLE	12	14	0		34	35	12	22	70	5.0
1971	26	CLE	12	14	0		34	34	15	28	79	5.6
1972	27	CLE	12	14	0		28	29	22	27	94	6.7
1973	28	CLE	12	14	0		24	24	22	31	90	6.4
1974	29	CLE	12	14	0		29	30	14	16	71	5.1
1975	30	CLE	12	14	0		21	24	17	23	72	5.1
1976	31	CLE	12	14	0		27	30	15	28	72	5.1
1977	32	CLE	12	14	0		30	31	17	23	81	5.8
1978	33	CLE	12	16	0		37	40	19	28	94	5.9
1979	34	CLE	12	16	0		38	43	17	29	89	5.6
1980	35	CLE	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	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	CLE	2	0	4	4	1	3	7	3.5
1969	24	CLE	2	0	6	6	1	3	9	4.5
1971	26	CLE	1	0			1	3	3	3.0
1972	27	CLE	1	0	2	2			2	2.0
1980	35	CLE	1	0		1	2	4	6	6.0
Career			7		12	13	5	13	27	3.9

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