Drew Pearson

Drew Pearson

Position: WR

6-0, 184lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 12, 1951 in South River, NJ

College: Tulsa (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 78 (452nd overall since 1960)

High School: South River (NJ)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2021 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

156

Rec

489

Yds

7822

Y/R

16.0

FantPt

1107.7

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
1973	22	DAL	wr	88	14	6	22	388	17.6	2	40	1.6	27.7								22	17.6	388	2	1	6
1974*+	23	DAL	WR	88	14	14	62	1087	17.5	2	50	4.4	77.6	3	6	0	22	2.0	0.4	0.2	65	16.8	1093	2	1	13	AP1, PB
1975	24	DAL	WR	88	14	14	46	822	17.9	8	46	3.3	58.7	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.8	0.1	47	17.7	833	8	1	9
1976*+	25	DAL	WR	88	14	14	58	806	13.9	6	40	4.1	57.6	2	20	0	11	10.0	1.4	0.1	60	13.8	826	6	1	10	AP1, PB
1977*+	26	DAL	WR	88	14	14	48	870	18.1	2	67	3.4	62.1	2	22	0	11	11.0	1.6	0.1	50	17.8	892	2	0	14	AP1, PB
1978	27	DAL	WR	88	16	16	44	714	16.2	3	53	2.8	44.6	3	29	0	33	9.7	1.8	0.2	47	15.8	743	3	0	10
1979	28	DAL	WR	88	15	14	55	1026	18.7	8	56	3.7	68.4	3	27	0	16	9.0	1.8	0.2	58	18.2	1053	8	0	10
1980	29	DAL	WR	88	16	15	43	568	13.2	6	30	2.7	35.5	2	30	0	32	15.0	1.9	0.1	45	13.3	598	6	0	7
1981	30	DAL	WR	88	16	15	38	614	16.2	3	42	2.4	38.4	3	31	0	25	10.3	1.9	0.2	41	15.7	645	3	4	6
1982	31	DAL	WR	88	9	8	26	382	14.7	3	48	2.9	42.4								26	14.7	382	3	0	7
1983	32	DAL	WR	88	14	13	47	545	11.6	5	32	3.4	38.9	2	13	0	10	6.5	0.9	0.1	49	11.4	558	5	1	6
Career					156	143	489	7822	16.0	48	67	3.1	50.1	21	189	0	33	9.0	1.2	0.1	510	15.7	8011	48	9	98

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
1973	22	DAL		2	2	4	111	27.8	2	83	2.0	55.5								4	27.8	111	2	0
1975	24	DAL		3	3	11	196	17.8	2	50	3.7	65.3								11	17.8	196	2	0
1976*+	25	DAL		1	1	3	38	12.7	0	22	3.0	38.0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	4	10.5	42	0	1
1977*+	26	DAL		3	3	7	113	16.1	0	31	2.3	37.7								7	16.1	113	0	0
1978	27	DAL		3	3	10	167	16.7	0	39	3.3	55.7								10	16.7	167	0	1
1979	28	DAL		1	1	3	61	20.3	0	29	3.0	61.0								3	20.3	61	0	0
1980	29	DAL	WR	3	3	11	165	15.0	3	23	3.7	55.0	1	9	0	9	9.0	3.0	0.3	12	14.5	174	3	0
1981	30	DAL	WR	2	1	3	52	17.3	0	31	1.5	26.0								3	17.3	52	0	0
1982	31	DAL	WR	3	3	13	153	11.8	1	35	4.3	51.0	2	3	0	4	1.5	1.0	0.7	15	10.4	156	1	0
1983	32	DAL	WR	1	1	2	49	24.5	0	30	2.0	49.0								2	24.5	49	0	0
Career				22	21	67	1105	16.5	8	83	3.0	50.2	4	16	0	9	4.0	0.7	0.2	71	15.8	1121	8	2

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Passing

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

Regular Season

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Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1974*+	23	DAL	WR	88	14	14	1	1	100	46	1	100	0	0	46	46.0	66.0	46.0	3.3	158.3	46.00	66.00
1976*+	25	DAL	WR	88	14	14	1	1	100	39	1	100	0	0	39	39.0	59.0	39.0	2.8	158.3	39.00	59.00
1981	30	DAL	WR	88	16	15	2	2	100	81	1	50	0	0	59	40.5	50.5	40.5	5.1	158.3	40.50	50.50
1982	31	DAL	WR	88	9	8	1	2	50	26	0	0	1	50	26	13.0	-9.5	26.0	2.9	56.2	13.00	-9.50
1983	32	DAL	WR	88	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
Career					156	143	5	7	71.4	192	3	42.9	2	28.6	59	27.4	23.1	38.4	1.2	113.7	27.43	23.14

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1980	29	DAL	WR	3	3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1982	31	DAL	WR	3	3	0-0	1	1	100	49	49	49.0	49.0	49.0	49.0	118.7	49.00	49.00
Career				22	21	0-0	1	2	50	49	49	24.5	24.5	49.0	2.2	95.8	24.50	24.50

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
1973	22	DAL	wr	88	14	6	2	13	0	13	6.5	7	155	0	26	22.1	584
Career					156	143	2	13	0	13	6.5	7	155	0	26	22.1	8207

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
1973	22	DAL	wr	88	14	6							1	1	28	0	0.0
1974*+	23	DAL	WR	88	14	14							1	1	0	1	0.0
1975	24	DAL	WR	88	14	14							1	0	0	0	0.0
1976*+	25	DAL	WR	88	14	14							1	2	0	1	0.0
1977*+	26	DAL	WR	88	14	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
1981	30	DAL	WR	88	16	15							4	0	0	0	0.0
1983	32	DAL	WR	88	14	13							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					156	143							9	5	28	2	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
1976*+	25	DAL		1	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1978	27	DAL		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				22	21						0	2	0	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1973	22	DAL	wr	88	14	6	2		2		12	0.9
1974*+	23	DAL	WR	88	14	14	2	1	3		18	1.3
1975	24	DAL	WR	88	14	14	8		8		48	3.4
1976*+	25	DAL	WR	88	14	14	6	1	7		42	3.0
1977*+	26	DAL	WR	88	14	14	2		2		12	0.9
1978	27	DAL	WR	88	16	16	3		3		18	1.1
1979	28	DAL	WR	88	15	14	8		8		48	3.2
1980	29	DAL	WR	88	16	15	6		6		36	2.3
1981	30	DAL	WR	88	16	15	3		3		18	1.1
1982	31	DAL	WR	88	9	8	3		3		18	2.0
1983	32	DAL	WR	88	14	13	5		5		30	2.1
Career					156	143	48	2	50	0	300	1.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1973	22	DAL		2	2	2	2	12	6.0
1975	24	DAL		3	3	2	2	12	4.0
1980	29	DAL	WR	3	3	3	3	18	6.0
1982	31	DAL	WR	3	3	1	1	6	2.0
Career				22	21	8	8	48	2.2

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