Preston Pearson

Preston James Pearson

Position: RB

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: January 17, 1945 in Freeport, IL

College: Illinois

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1193rd overall since 1960)

High School: Freeport (IL)

Draft: Baltimore Colts in the 12th round (298th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

176

Rush

941

Yds

3609

Y/A

3.8

FantPt

842.4

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	AV
1967	22	BAL		26	7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0		0
1968	23	BAL		26	14	0	19	78	0	13	4.1	5.6	1.4	2	70	35.0	2	61	0.1	5.0	21	7.0	148	2	2	4
1969	24	BAL		26	14	2	24	81	0	10	3.4	5.8	1.7	4	64	16.0	0	37	0.3	4.6	28	5.2	145	0	2	1
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14	173	503	2	30	2.9	35.9	12.4	6	71	11.8	0	18	0.4	5.1	179	3.2	574	2	6	4
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14	131	605	0	29	4.6	43.2	9.4	20	246	12.3	2	41	1.4	17.6	151	5.6	851	2	7	7
1972	27	PIT	rb	26	11	5	67	264	0	21	3.9	24.0	6.1	11	79	7.2	0	15	1.0	7.2	78	4.4	343	0	4	4
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13	132	554	2	47	4.2	39.6	9.4	11	173	15.7	2	36	0.8	12.4	143	5.1	727	4	2	8
1974	29	PIT		26	9	2	70	317	4	53	4.5	35.2	7.8	11	118	10.7	0	31	1.2	13.1	81	5.4	435	4	0	4
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10	133	509	2	32	3.8	36.4	9.5	27	351	13.0	2	49	1.9	25.1	160	5.4	860	4	1	8
1976	31	DAL		26	10	2	68	233	1	21	3.4	23.3	6.8	23	316	13.7	2	30	2.3	31.6	91	6.0	549	3	1	6
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	14	10	89	341	1	22	3.8	24.4	6.4	46	535	11.6	4	36	3.3	38.2	135	6.5	876	5	1	12
1978	33	DAL		26	16	1	25	104	0	18	4.2	6.5	1.6	47	526	11.2	0	34	2.9	32.9	72	8.8	630	0	0	8
1979	34	DAL		26	14	0	7	14	1	11	2.0	1.0	0.5	26	333	12.8	1	26	1.9	23.8	33	10.5	347	2	0	3
1980	35	DAL		26	11	0	3	6	0	2	2.0	0.5	0.3	20	213	10.7	2	20	1.8	19.4	23	9.5	219	2	0	2
Career					176	73	941	3609	13	53	3.8	20.5	5.3	254	3095	12.2	17	61	1.4	17.6	1195	5.6	6704	30	26	71
6 yrs		DAL			79	23	325	1207	5	32	3.7	15.3	4.1	189	2274	12.0	11	49	2.4	28.8	514	6.8	3481	16	3	39
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	573	2243	8	53	3.9	36.2	9.2	59	687	11.6	4	41	1.0	11.1	632	4.6	2930	12	19	27
3 yrs		BAL			35	2	43	159	0	13	3.7	4.5	1.2	6	134	22.3	2	61	0.2	3.8	49	6.0	293	2	4	5

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
1968	23	BAL		3	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.3	0.3	5	0.2	1	0	0
1972	27	PIT		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1973	28	PIT		1	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	14.0	4.0	1	24	24.0	0	24	1.0	24.0	5	7.6	38	0	0
1974	29	PIT	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	0
1975	30	DAL		3	3	23	68	0	9	3.0	22.7	7.7	17	253	14.9	3	27	5.7	84.3	40	8.0	321	3	1
1976	31	DAL		1	1	13	43	0	15	3.3	43.0	13.0	6	41	6.8	0	13	6.0	41.0	19	4.4	84	0	0
1977	32	DAL		2	0	3	11	0	5	3.7	5.5	1.5	8	85	10.6	0	32	4.0	42.5	11	8.7	96	0	0
1978	33	DAL		3	0	2	4	0	6	2.0	1.3	0.7	4	27	6.8	0	17	1.3	9.0	6	5.2	31	0	0
1979	34	DAL		1	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	2	15	7.5	0	10	2.0	15.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
1980	35	DAL	RB	3	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	3.7	0.3	6	83	13.8	0	34	2.0	27.7	7	13.4	94	0	1
Career				22	6	51	149	0	15	2.9	6.8	2.3	45	529	11.8	3	34	2.0	24.0	96	7.1	678	3	2
6 yrs		DAL		13	4	43	135	0	15	3.1	10.4	3.3	43	504	11.7	3	34	3.3	38.8	86	7.4	639	3	2
3 yrs		PIT		6	1	4	14	0	6	3.5	2.3	0.7	1	24	24.0	0	24	0.2	4.0	5	7.6	38	0	0
1 yr		BAL		3	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.3	0.3	5	0.2	1	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

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Playoffs

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
1968	23	BAL		26	14	0						15	527	2	102	35.1	675
1969	24	BAL		26	14	2	6	37	0	11	6.2	31	706	0	51	22.8	888
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14						4	114	0	35	28.5	688
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14						7	205	0	77	29.3	1056
1972	27	PIT	rb	26	11	5	1	3	0	3	3.0	13	292	0	42	22.5	638
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13						16	308	0	28	19.3	1035
1974	29	PIT		26	9	2						12	258	0	29	21.5	693
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10						16	391	0	42	24.4	1251
Career					176	73	7	40	0	11	5.7	114	2801	2	102	24.6	9545
6 yrs		DAL			79	23						16	391	0	42	24.4	3872
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	1	3	0	3	3.0	52	1177	0	77	22.6	4110
3 yrs		BAL			35	2	6	37	0	11	6.2	46	1233	2	102	26.8	1563

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1968	23	BAL		3	1						4	111	0	33	27.8	112
1972	27	PIT		2	0						3	84	0	41	28.0	84
1973	28	PIT		1	1						4	79	0	27	19.8	117
1974	29	PIT		3	0						2	43	0	28	21.5	43
1975	30	DAL		3	3						6	74	0	26	12.3	252
Career				22	6						19	391	0	41	20.6	1069
6 yrs		DAL		13	4						6	74	0	26	12.3	713
3 yrs		PIT		6	1						9	206	0	41	22.9	244
1 yr		BAL		3	1						4	111	0	33	27.8	112

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
1968	23	BAL		26	14	0							2	2	0	0	0.0
1969	24	BAL		26	14	2							2	1	0	0	0.0
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14							6	2	0	0	0.0
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14							7	3	0	1	0.0
1972	27	PIT	rb	26	11	5							4	1	0	0	0.0
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13							2	0	0	0	0.0
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10							1	0	0	0	0.0
1976	31	DAL		26	10	2							1	1	0	0	0.0
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	14	10							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					176	73							26	10	0	1	0.0
6 yrs		DAL			79	23							3	1	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		PIT			62	48							19	6	0	1	0.0
3 yrs		BAL			35	2							4	3	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
1975	30	DAL		3	3						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
1980	35	DAL		3	0						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				22	6						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
6 yrs		DAL		13	4						0	2	1	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		PIT		6	1											0.0
1 yr		BAL		3	1											0.0

Scoring Summary

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

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1968	23	BAL		26	14	0		2	2		4		24	1.7
1970	25	PIT	RB	26	14	14	2				2		12	0.9
1971	26	PIT	RB	26	14	14		2		1	3		18	1.3
1973	28	PIT	RB	26	14	13	2	2			4		24	1.7
1974	29	PIT		26	9	2	4				4		24	2.7
1975	30	DAL	RB	26	14	10	2	2			4		24	1.7
1976	31	DAL		26	10	2	1	2			3		18	1.8
1977	32	DAL	rb	26	14	10	1	4			5		30	2.1
1979	34	DAL		26	14	0	1	1			2		12	0.9
1980	35	DAL		26	11	0		2			2		12	1.1
Career					176	73	13	17	2	1	33	0	198	1.1
6 yrs		DAL			79	23	5	11			16	0	96	1.2
5 yrs		PIT			62	48	8	4		1	13	0	78	1.3
3 yrs		BAL			35	2		2	2		4	0	24	.7

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1975	30	DAL	3	3	3	3	18	6.0
Career			22	6	3	3	18	.8
6 yrs		DAL	13	4	3	3	18	1.4
3 yrs		PIT	6	1			0	0.0
1 yr		BAL	3	1			0	0.0

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