John Hadl

John Willard Hadl

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-1, 214lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: February 15, 1940 in Lawrence, KS

Died: November 30, 2022

College: Kansas (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 106 (96th overall since 1960)

High School: Lawrence (KS)

Draft: Detroit Lions in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft., San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (24th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.

As Coach: 2 Yrs (Full Record)

SUMMARY

Career

224

146

QBrec

82-75-9

Cmp%

50.4

Yds

33503

Y/A

7.1

244

Int

268

FantPt

1913.4

Passing

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

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	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	AV	Awards
1962	22	SDG	QB	21	14	10	1-9-0	107	260	41.2	1632	15	5.8	24	9.2	72	6.3	3.3	15.3	116.6	43.3								4	AP AFL RoY-8
1963	23	SDG	QB	21	14	0		28	64	43.8	502	6	9.4	6	9.4	69	7.8	5.5	17.9	35.9	63.4						1	1	2
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8	6-2-0	147	274	53.6	2157	18	6.6	15	5.5	76	7.9	6.7	14.7	154.1	78.7								11	PB
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14	9-2-3	174	348	50.0	2798	20	5.7	21	6.0	85	8.0	6.5	16.1	199.9	71.3						2	2	11	AP2, PB
1966	26	SDG	QB	21	14	12	7-4-1	200	375	53.3	2846	23	6.1	14	3.7	78	7.6	7.1	14.2	203.3	83.0						1	1	13
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14	8-5-1	217	427	50.8	3365	24	5.6	22	5.2	72	7.9	6.7	15.5	240.4	74.5						3	3	14	UPI AFL PoY-3
1968*	28	SDG	QB	21	14	14	9-5-0	208	440	47.3	3473	27	6.1	32	7.3	84	7.9	5.8	16.7	248.1	64.5						1	1	14	UPI AFL PoY-6, AP AFL PoY-4, PB
1969*	29	SDG	QB	21	14	10	5-5-0	158	324	48.8	2253	10	3.1	11	3.4	76	7.0	6.0	14.3	160.9	67.8	18	190	5.3	6.03	5.17	1	2	10	PB
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12	4-5-3	162	327	49.5	2388	22	6.7	15	4.6	67	7.3	6.6	14.7	170.6	77.1	42	327	11.4	5.59	4.95	1	0	13
1971	31	SDG	QB	21	14	14	6-8-0	233	431	54.1	3075	21	4.9	25	5.8	77	7.1	5.5	13.2	219.6	68.9	16	145	3.6	6.55	4.98	2	3	13	AP MVP-9
1972*	32	SDG	QB	21	14	14	4-9-1	190	370	51.4	2449	15	4.1	26	7.0	61	6.6	4.3	12.9	174.9	56.7	19	187	4.9	5.81	3.58	2	1	10	PB
1973*+	33	RAM	QB	21	14	14	12-2-0	135	258	52.3	2008	22	8.5	11	4.3	69	7.8	7.6	14.9	143.4	88.8	17	126	6.2	6.84	6.64			15	AP MVP-2, AP1, PB
1974	34	2TM	QB		14	11	6-5-0	142	299	47.5	1752	8	2.7	14	4.7	68	5.9	4.3	12.3	125.1	55.5	15	106	4.8	5.24	3.75			8
		GNB	QB	12	8	6	3-3-0	89	184	48.4	1072	3	1.6	8	4.3	68	5.8	4.2	12.0	134.0	54.0	9	70	4.7	5.19	3.64			4
		RAM	QB	21	6	5	3-2-0	53	115	46.1	680	5	4.3	6	5.2	38	5.9	4.4	12.8	113.3	57.9	6	36	5.0	5.32	3.92			4
1975	35	GNB	QB	21	14	13	4-9-0	191	353	54.1	2095	6	1.7	21	5.9	54	5.9	3.6	11.0	149.6	52.8	35	284	9.0	4.67	2.54	1	1	6
1976	36	HOU	QB	21	14	4	1-3-0	60	113	53.1	634	7	6.2	8	7.1	69	5.6	3.7	10.6	45.3	60.9	15	123	11.7	3.99	2.27			2
1977	37	HOU	QB	21	14	2	0-2-0	11	24	45.8	76	0	0.0	3	12.5	18	3.2	-2.5	6.9	5.4	13.9	2	26	7.7	1.92	-3.27			0
Career					224	166	82-75-9	2363	4687	50.4	33503	244	5.2	268	5.7	85	7.1	5.6	14.2	149.6	67.4	179	1514	3.7	6.57	5.10	15	15	146
11 yrs		SDG			154	122	59-54-9	1824	3640	50.1	26938	201	5.5	211	5.8	85	7.4	5.9	14.8	174.9	68.9	95	849				14	14	115
2 yrs		GNB			22	19	7-12-0	280	537	52.1	3167	9	1.7	29	5.4	68	5.9	3.8	11.3	144.0	53.2	44	354	7.6	4.84	2.91	1	1	10
2 yrs		HOU			28	6	1-5-0	71	137	51.8	710	7	5.1	11	8.0	69	5.2	2.6	10.0	25.4	50.4	17	149	11.0	3.64	1.34			2
2 yrs		RAM			20	19	15-4-0	188	373	50.4	2688	27	7.2	17	4.6	69	7.2	6.6	14.3	134.4	79.3	23	162	5.8	6.38	5.81			19

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	QBrec	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
1963	23	SDG	1	0	0-0	7	11	63.6	132	1	9.1	0	0.0	38	12.0	13.8	18.9	132.0	135.4
1964*	24	SDG	1	0	0-0	3	10	30.0	31	0	0.0	1	10.0	26	3.1	-1.4	10.3	31.0	0.4
1965*	25	SDG	1	1	0-1	11	23	47.8	140	0	0.0	2	8.7	35	6.1	2.2	12.7	140.0	31.1	3	30	11.5	4.23	0.77
1973*+	33	RAM	1	1	0-1	7	23	30.4	133	0	0.0	1	4.3	50	5.8	3.8	19.0	133.0	33.4	5	34	17.9	3.54	1.93
Career			4	2	0-2	28	67	41.8	436	1	1.5	4	6.0	50	6.5	4.1	15.6	109.0	44.1	8	64	14.8	3.87	1.37
3 yrs		SDG	3	1	0-1	21	44	47.7	303	1	2.3	3	6.8	38	6.9	4.3	14.4	101.0	49.7	3	30	11.5	4.23	0.77
1 yr		RAM	1	1	0-1	7	23	30.4	133	0	0.0	1	4.3	50	5.8	3.8	19.0	133.0	33.4	5	34	17.9	3.54	1.93

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Adjusted Passing

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

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
1962	22	SDG	QB	21	14	10	1-9-0	260	92		85		79	105	75		84
1963	23	SDG	QB	21	14	0		64	115		104		85	137	71		101
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8	6-2-0	274	117		119		119	115	106		120
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14	9-2-3	348	118		112		110	107	97		109
1966	26	SDG	QB	21	14	12	7-4-1	375	113		119		119	112	126		121
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14	8-5-1	427	113		111		110	106	105		110
1968*	28	SDG	QB	21	14	14	9-5-0	440	114		106		96	113	79		102
1969*	29	SDG	QB	21	14	10	5-5-0	324	100	105	106	111	100	86	129	112	104
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12	4-5-3	327	109	100	113	108	94	123	106	81	112
1971	31	SDG	QB	21	14	14	6-8-0	431	107	116	104	109	108	106	97	121	105
1972*	32	SDG	QB	21	14	14	4-9-1	370	99	105	91	95	99	98	85	116	92
1973*+	33	RAM	QB	21	14	14	12-2-0	258	122	124	129	129	100	139	110	110	127
1974	34	2TM	QB		14	11	6-5-0	299
		GNB	QB	12	8	6	3-3-0	184	87	97	91	97	87	78	109	121	88
		RAM	QB	21	6	5	3-2-0	115	89	99	94	100	79	102	100	119	93
1975	35	GNB	QB	21	14	13	4-9-0	353	90	90	85	86	105	78	91	97	87
1976	36	HOU	QB	21	14	4	1-3-0	113	84	80	86	83	103	119	82	84	96
Career					224	166	82-75-9	4687

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
1962	22	SDG	QB	21	14	10	40	139	1	18	3.5	9.9	2.9				0				40	3.5	139	1	8
1963	23	SDG	QB	21	14	0	8	26	0	33	3.3	1.9	0.6				0				8	3.3	26	0	0
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8	20	70	1	20	3.5	5.0	1.4				0				20	3.5	70	1	6
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14	28	91	1	23	3.3	6.5	2.0				0				28	3.3	91	1	9
1966	26	SDG	QB	21	14	12	38	95	2	21	2.5	6.8	2.7	2	-13	-6.5	0	4	0.1	-0.9	40	2.1	82	2	4
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14	37	107	3	26	2.9	7.6	2.6				0				37	2.9	107	3	6
1968*	28	SDG	QB	21	14	14	23	14	2	9	0.6	1.0	1.6				0				23	0.6	14	2	6
1969*	29	SDG	QB	21	14	10	26	109	2	17	4.2	7.8	1.9				0				26	4.2	109	2	3
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12	28	188	1	34	6.7	13.4	2.0				0				28	6.7	188	1	3
1971	31	SDG	QB	21	14	14	18	75	1	37	4.2	5.4	1.3				0				18	4.2	75	1	4
1972*	32	SDG	QB	21	14	14	22	99	1	17	4.5	7.1	1.6	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	23	4.5	103	1	7
1973*+	33	RAM	QB	21	14	14	14	5	0	6	0.4	0.4	1.0				0				14	0.4	5	0	1
1974	34	2TM	QB		14	11	19	25	0	9	1.3	1.8	1.4				0				19	1.3	25	0	6
		GNB	QB	12	8	6	8	-3	0	6	-0.4	-0.4	1.0				0				8	-0.4	-3	0	4
		RAM	QB	21	6	5	11	28	0	9	2.5	4.7	1.8				0				11	2.5	28	0	2
1975	35	GNB	QB	21	14	13	20	47	0	9	2.4	3.4	1.4				0				20	2.4	47	0	7
1976	36	HOU	QB	21	14	4	7	11	0	8	1.6	0.8	0.5				0				7	1.6	11	0	2
1977	37	HOU	QB	21	14	2	3	11	1	6	3.7	0.8	0.2				0				3	3.7	11	1	1
Career					224	166	351	1112	16	37	3.2	5.0	1.6	3	-9	-3.0	0	4	0.0	0.0	354	3.1	1103	16	73
11 yrs		SDG			154	122	288	1013	15	37	3.5	6.6	1.9	3	-9	-3.0	0	4	0.0	-0.1	291	3.5	1004	15	56
2 yrs		GNB			22	19	28	44	0	9	1.6	2.0	1.3				0				28	1.6	44	0	11
2 yrs		HOU			28	6	10	22	1	8	2.2	0.8	0.4				0				10	2.2	22	1	3
2 yrs		RAM			20	19	25	33	0	9	1.3	1.7	1.3				0				25	1.3	33	0	3

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
1963	23	SDG		1	0	1	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	1.0				0				1	1.0	1	1	0
1964*	24	SDG		1	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	13.0	1.0				0				1	13.0	13	0	0
1965*	25	SDG		1	1	8	24	0	8	3.0	24.0	8.0				0				8	3.0	24	0	1
1973*+	33	RAM		1	1	2	10	0	6	5.0	10.0	2.0				0				2	5.0	10	0	1
Career				4	2	12	48	1	13	4.0	12.0	3.0				0				12	4.0	48	1	2
3 yrs		SDG		3	1	10	38	1	13	3.8	12.7	3.3				0				10	3.8	38	1	1
1 yr		RAM		1	1	2	10	0	6	5.0	10.0	2.0				0				2	5.0	10	0	1

Punting

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

Regular Season

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
1963	23	SDG	QB	21	14	0	2	75	37.5				38					0
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8	62	2447	39.5				71					0
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14	38	1544	40.6				65					0
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14	2	70	35.0				46					0
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12	1	30	30.0				30					0
Career					224	166	105	4166	39.7	0	0	0.0	71	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
11 yrs		SDG			154	122	105	4166	39.7	0	0	0.0	71	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
2 yrs		GNB			22	19	0	0					0					0
2 yrs		HOU			28	6	0	0					0					0
2 yrs		RAM			20	19	0	0					0					0

Defense & Fumbles

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

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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
1962	22	SDG	QB	21	14	10			0				8	0	0	0	0.0
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14			0				9	0	0	0	0.0
1966	26	SDG	QB	21	14	12			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
1968*	28	SDG	QB	21	14	14			0				6	0	0	0	0.0
1969*	29	SDG	QB	21	14	10			0				3	2	-7	0	0.0
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1971	31	SDG	QB	21	14	14			0				4	1	-1	0	0.0
1972*	32	SDG	QB	21	14	14			0				7	4	-16	0	0.0
1973*+	33	RAM	QB	21	14	14			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1974	34	2TM	QB		14	11			0				6	1	0	0	0.0
		GNB	QB	12	8	6			0				4	0	0	0	0.0
		RAM	QB	21	6	5			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1975	35	GNB	QB	21	14	13			0				7	3	-12	0	0.0
1976	36	HOU	QB	21	14	4			0				2	1	0	0	0.0
1977	37	HOU	QB	21	14	2			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					224	166			0				73	14	-36	0	0.0
11 yrs		SDG			154	122			0				56	9	-24	0	0.0
2 yrs		GNB			22	19			0				11	3	-12	0	0.0
2 yrs		HOU			28	6			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		RAM			20	19			0				3	1	0	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
1965*	25	SDG		1	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1973*+	33	RAM		1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				4	2			0			0	2	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		SDG		3	1			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		RAM		1	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1962	22	SDG	QB	21	14	10	1	1		6	0.4
1964*	24	SDG	QB	21	14	8	1	1		6	0.4
1965*	25	SDG	QB	21	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1966	26	SDG	QB	21	14	12	2	2		12	0.9
1967	27	SDG	QB	21	14	14	3	3		18	1.3
1968*	28	SDG	QB	21	14	14	2	2		12	0.9
1969*	29	SDG	QB	21	14	10	2	2		12	0.9
1970	30	SDG	QB	21	14	12	1	1		6	0.4
1971	31	SDG	QB	21	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1972*	32	SDG	QB	21	14	14	1	1		6	0.4
1977	37	HOU	QB	21	14	2	1	1		6	0.4
Career					224	166	16	16	0	96	.4
11 yrs		SDG			154	122	15	15	0	90	.6
2 yrs		GNB			22	19			0	0	0.0
2 yrs		HOU			28	6	1	1	0	6	.2
2 yrs		RAM			20	19			0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1963	23	SDG	1	0	1	1	6	6.0
Career			4		1	1	6	1.5
3 yrs		SDG	3	1	1	1	6	2.0
1 yr		RAM	1	1			0	0.0

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