Roy Jefferson

Roy Lee Jefferson

Position: WR-SE

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

Born: November 9, 1943 in Texarkana, TX

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 73 (566th overall since 1960)

High School: Compton (CA)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft., Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

162

Rec

451

Yds

7539

Y/R

16.7

FantPt

1072.7

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
1965	22	PIT	le	87	10	4	13	287	22.1	1	50	1.3	28.7	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	14	20.4	286	1	3	2
1966	23	PIT	FL	87	14	14	32	772	24.1	4	84	2.3	55.1	2	36	0	24	18.0	2.6	0.1	34	23.8	808	4	3	9
1967	24	PIT	FL	87	13	11	29	459	15.8	4	58	2.2	35.3	5	-11	0	20	-2.2	-0.8	0.4	34	13.2	448	4	1	5
1968*	25	PIT	FL	87	14	13	58	1074	18.5	11	62	4.1	76.7	6	57	0	22	9.5	4.1	0.4	64	17.7	1131	11	3	13	AP2, PB
1969*+	26	PIT	WR	87	14	14	67	1079	16.1	9	63	4.8	77.1	4	46	0	22	11.5	3.3	0.3	71	15.8	1125	9	3	11	AP1, PB
1970	27	BAL	WR	87	14	14	44	749	17.0	7	55	3.1	53.5	4	47	0	19	11.8	3.4	0.3	48	16.6	796	7	1	10
1971*	28	WAS	WR	80	14	14	47	701	14.9	4	70	3.4	50.1	2	13	0	13	6.5	0.9	0.1	49	14.6	714	4	0	9	PB
1972	29	WAS	WR	80	14	14	35	550	15.7	3	45	2.5	39.3								35	15.7	550	3	1	9
1973	30	WAS	WR	80	14	14	41	595	14.5	1	36	2.9	42.5	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	42	14.2	596	1	0	8
1974	31	WAS	WR	80	14	13	43	654	15.2	4	43	3.1	46.7								43	15.2	654	4	1	9
1975	32	WAS	wr	80	13	5	15	255	17.0	2	36	1.2	19.6								15	17.0	255	2	1	3
1976	33	WAS	WR	80	14	14	27	364	13.5	2	27	1.9	26.0								27	13.5	364	2	1	4
Career					162	144	451	7539	16.7	52	84	2.8	46.5	25	188	0	24	7.5	1.2	0.2	476	16.2	7727	52	18	92
6 yrs		WAS			83	74	208	3119	15.0	16	70	2.5	37.6	3	14	0	13	4.7	0.2	0.0	211	14.8	3133	16	4	42
5 yrs		PIT			65	56	199	3671	18.4	29	84	3.1	56.5	18	127	0	24	7.1	2.0	0.3	217	17.5	3798	29	13	40
1 yr		BAL			14	14	44	749	17.0	7	55	3.1	53.5	4	47	0	19	11.8	3.4	0.3	48	16.6	796	7	1	10

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
1970	27	BAL		3	3	8	139	17.4	1	45	2.7	46.3	3	5	0	8	1.7	1.7	1.0	11	13.1	144	1	0
1971*	28	WAS		1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	1	-13	0	-13	-13.0	-13.0	1.0	1	-13.0	-13	0	0
1972	29	WAS		3	3	12	153	12.8	1	32	4.0	51.0								12	12.8	153	1	0
1973	30	WAS		1	1	6	84	14.0	1	30	6.0	84.0								6	14.0	84	1	0
1974	31	WAS	WR	1	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1976	33	WAS		1	1	4	59	14.8	1	19	4.0	59.0								4	14.8	59	1	0
Career				10	10	30	435	14.5	4	45	3.0	43.5	4	-8	0	8	-2.0	-0.8	0.4	34	12.6	427	4	0
5 yrs		WAS		7	7	22	296	13.5	3	32	3.1	42.3	1	-13	0	0	-13.0	-1.9	0.1	23	12.3	283	3	0
1 yr		BAL		3	3	8	139	17.4	1	45	2.7	46.3	3	5	0	8	1.7	1.7	1.0	11	13.1	144	1	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
1965	22	PIT	le	87	10	4	13	100	0	67	7.7						386
1966	23	PIT	FL	87	14	14	12	29	0	12	2.4						837
1967	24	PIT	FL	87	13	11	1	10	0	10	10.0						458
1968*	25	PIT	FL	87	14	13	28	274	1	80	9.8						1405
1969*+	26	PIT	WR	87	14	14	4	23	0	9	5.8	4	80	0	27	20.0	1228
1970	27	BAL	WR	87	14	14						1	11	0	11	11.0	807
Career					162	144	58	436	1	80	7.5	5	91	0	27	18.2	8254
6 yrs		WAS			83	74											3133
5 yrs		PIT			65	56	58	436	1	80	7.5	4	80	0	27	20.0	4314
1 yr		BAL			14	14						1	11	0	11	11.0	807

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1965	22	PIT	le	87	10	4							3	1	0	0	0.0
1966	23	PIT	FL	87	14	14							3	2	0	0	0.0
1967	24	PIT	FL	87	13	11							1	1	0	0	0.0
1968*	25	PIT	FL	87	14	13							3	1	0	0	0.0
1969*+	26	PIT	WR	87	14	14							3	1	0	0	0.0
1970	27	BAL	WR	87	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1972	29	WAS	WR	80	14	14							1	1	0	0	0.0
1973	30	WAS	WR	80	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
1974	31	WAS	WR	80	14	13							1	0	0	0	0.0
1975	32	WAS	wr	80	13	5							1	0	0	0	0.0
1976	33	WAS	WR	80	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					162	144							18	8	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		WAS			83	74							4	2	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			65	56							13	6	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BAL			14	14							1	0	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	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1965	22	PIT	le	87	10	4	1		1		6	0.6
1966	23	PIT	FL	87	14	14	4		4		24	1.7
1967	24	PIT	FL	87	13	11	4		4		24	1.8
1968*	25	PIT	FL	87	14	13	11	1	12		72	5.1
1969*+	26	PIT	WR	87	14	14	9		9		54	3.9
1970	27	BAL	WR	87	14	14	7		7		42	3.0
1971*	28	WAS	WR	80	14	14	4		4		24	1.7
1972	29	WAS	WR	80	14	14	3		3		18	1.3
1973	30	WAS	WR	80	14	14	1		1		6	0.4
1974	31	WAS	WR	80	14	13	4		4		24	1.7
1975	32	WAS	wr	80	13	5	2		2		12	0.9
1976	33	WAS	WR	80	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
Career					162	144	52	1	53	0	318	2.0
6 yrs		WAS			83	74	16		16	0	96	1.2
5 yrs		PIT			65	56	29	1	30	0	180	2.8
1 yr		BAL			14	14	7		7	0	42	3.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1970	27	BAL	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
1972	29	WAS	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
1973	30	WAS	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
1976	33	WAS	1	1	1	1	6	6.0
Career			10	10	4	4	24	2.4
5 yrs		WAS	7	7	3	3	18	2.6
1 yr		BAL	3	3	1	1	6	2.0

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