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 | AV | Awards |
| 1970 | 23 | GNB | LCB | 48 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||||
| 1971 | 24 | GNB | LCB | 48 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1972+ | 25 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | AP DPoY-9, AP1 | |||
| 1973* | 26 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | PB | |||
| 1974* | 27 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | PB | |||
| 1975 | 28 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||||
| 1976 | 29 | 2TM | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||||
| MIA | 48 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | |||||||
| HOU | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | 30 | CLE | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 32 | 2TM | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| DET | 48 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| RAM | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 115 | 88 | 22 | 334 | 3 | 60 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | ||||||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 83 | 82 | 20 | 294 | 3 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | |||||||
| 1 yr | CLE | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | |||||||
| 1 yr | RAM | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
| 1970 | 23 | GNB | LCB | 48 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3.9 | 22 | 451 | 0 | 48 | 20.5 | 552 |
| 1971 | 24 | GNB | LCB | 48 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 107 | 0 | 30 | 4.9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 139 |
| 1972+ | 25 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 215 | 1 | 80 | 15.4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 331 |
| 1973* | 26 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | 12 | 319 | 0 | 84 | 26.6 | 419 |
| 1974* | 27 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 59 | |||||
| 1975 | 28 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 4.5 | 33 | |||||
| 1977 | 30 | CLE | 48 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 16.0 | 80 | ||||||
| 1979 | 32 | 2TM | 10 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | |||||||
| DET | 48 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | ||||||||
| Career | 115 | 88 | 71 | 469 | 1 | 80 | 6.6 | 41 | 882 | 0 | 84 | 21.5 | 1696 | ||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 83 | 82 | 63 | 426 | 1 | 80 | 6.8 | 36 | 802 | 0 | 84 | 22.3 | 1533 | |||
| 1 yr | CLE | 9 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 16.0 | 80 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 7 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 12 | 5 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | RAM | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 24 | GNB | LCB | 48 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1972+ | 25 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.9 | |||||||||||||
| 1973* | 26 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1974* | 27 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Career | 115 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .3 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 83 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | .4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | CLE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 yr | RAM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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