Jess Phillips

Jess Willard Phillips Jr.

Position: RB-DB

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: February 28, 1947 in Beaumont, TX

College: Michigan St.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 36 (2943rd overall since 1960)

High School: Charlton-Pollard (TX)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 4th round (84th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

138

Rush

888

Yds

3568

Y/A

4.0

FantPt

494.2

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
1968	21	CIN	LS	30	14	11	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1								1	7.0	7	0	0	5
1969	22	CIN	RB	30	14	12	118	578	3	83	4.9	41.3	8.4	13	128	9.8	0	31	0.9	9.1	131	5.4	706	3	4	7
1970	23	CIN	FB	30	14	14	163	648	4	76	4.0	46.3	11.6	31	124	4.0	1	17	2.2	8.9	194	4.0	772	5	5	8
1971	24	CIN	FB	30	14	10	94	420	0	31	4.5	30.0	6.7	22	125	5.7	1	19	1.6	8.9	116	4.7	545	1	3	5
1972	25	CIN		30	13	2	48	207	1	20	4.3	15.9	3.7	10	50	5.0	0	15	0.8	3.8	58	4.4	257	1	1	2
1973	26	NOR	FB	34	14	14	198	663	0	20	3.3	47.4	14.1	22	169	7.7	0	34	1.6	12.1	220	3.8	832	0	3	6
1974	27	NOR	FB	34	14	13	174	556	2	14	3.2	39.7	12.4	11	55	5.0	0	17	0.8	3.9	185	3.3	611	2	3	4
1975	28	OAK		35	14	2	63	298	1	66	4.7	21.3	4.5	4	25	6.3	0	22	0.3	1.8	67	4.8	323	1	2	3
1976	29	NWE		35	13	0	24	164	1	46	6.8	12.6	1.8	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.4	25	7.3	182	1	1	2
1977	30	NWE		35	14	0	5	27	1	13	5.4	1.9	0.4								5	5.4	27	1	0	0
Career					138	78	888	3568	13	83	4.0	25.9	6.4	114	694	6.1	2	34	0.8	5.0	1002	4.3	4262	15	22	42
5 yrs		CIN			69	49	424	1860	8	83	4.4	27.0	6.1	76	427	5.6	2	31	1.1	6.2	500	4.6	2287	10	13	27
2 yrs		NOR			28	27	372	1219	2	20	3.3	43.5	13.3	33	224	6.8	0	34	1.2	8.0	405	3.6	1443	2	6	10
2 yrs		NWE			27	0	29	191	2	46	6.6	7.1	1.1	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.0	0.7	30	7.0	209	2	1	2
1 yr		OAK			14	2	63	298	1	66	4.7	21.3	4.5	4	25	6.3	0	22	0.3	1.8	67	4.8	323	1	2	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
1970	23	CIN		1	1	10	12	0	4	1.2	12.0	10.0	2	12	6.0	0	6	2.0	12.0	12	2.0	24	0	0
1975	28	OAK		2	0	4	17	0	8	4.3	8.5	2.0								4	4.3	17	0	0
1976	29	NWE		1	0	3	12	1	6	4.0	12.0	3.0								3	4.0	12	1	0
Career				4	1	17	41	1	8	2.4	10.3	4.3	2	12	6.0	0	6	0.5	3.0	19	2.8	53	1	0
1 yr		CIN		1	1	10	12	0	4	1.2	12.0	10.0	2	12	6.0	0	6	2.0	12.0	12	2.0	24	0	0
1 yr		NWE		1	0	3	12	1	6	4.0	12.0	3.0								3	4.0	12	1	0
1 yr		OAK		2	0	4	17	0	8	4.3	8.5	2.0								4	4.3	17	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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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	21	CIN	LS	30	14	11	2	16	0	11	8.0	1	23	0	23	23.0	72
1969	22	CIN	RB	30	14	12						3	52	0	29	17.3	758
1971	24	CIN	FB	30	14	10						2	49	0	31	24.5	594
1974	27	NOR	FB	34	14	13						7	124	0	27	17.7	735
1975	28	OAK		35	14	2						12	310	0	39	25.8	633
1976	29	NWE		35	13	0						14	397	0	71	28.4	579
1977	30	NWE		35	14	0						6	93	0	22	15.5	120
Career					138	78	2	16	0	11	8.0	45	1048	0	71	23.3	5352
5 yrs		CIN			69	49	2	16	0	11	8.0	6	124	0	31	20.7	2453
2 yrs		NOR			28	27						7	124	0	27	17.7	1567
2 yrs		NWE			27	0						20	490	0	71	24.5	699
1 yr		OAK			14	2						12	310	0	39	25.8	633

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
1976	29	NWE		1	0						4	67	0	22	16.8	79
Career				4							4	67	0	22	16.8	120
1 yr		CIN		1	1											24
1 yr		NWE		1	0						4	67	0	22	16.8	79
1 yr		OAK		2	0											17

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	21	CIN	LS	30	14	11	3	26	0	23							0.0
1969	22	CIN	RB	30	14	12							4	1	0	0	0.0
1970	23	CIN	FB	30	14	14							5	1	0	0	0.0
1971	24	CIN	FB	30	14	10							3	2	0	0	0.0
1972	25	CIN		30	13	2							1	0	0	0	0.0
1973	26	NOR	FB	34	14	14							3	3	0	0	0.0
1974	27	NOR	FB	34	14	13							3	0	0	0	0.0
1975	28	OAK		35	14	2							2	0	0	0	0.0
1976	29	NWE		35	13	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
1977	30	NWE		35	14	0							0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					138	78	3	26	0	23			22	8	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		CIN			69	49	3	26	0	23			13	4	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NOR			28	27							6	3	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NWE			27	0							1	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		OAK			14	2							2	0	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	28	OAK		2	0						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career				4							0	0	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		CIN		1	1											0.0
1 yr		NWE		1	0											0.0
1 yr		OAK		2	0						0	0	1	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	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1969	22	CIN	RB	30	14	12	3		3		18	1.3
1970	23	CIN	FB	30	14	14	4	1	5		30	2.1
1971	24	CIN	FB	30	14	10		1	1		6	0.4
1972	25	CIN		30	13	2	1		1		6	0.5
1974	27	NOR	FB	34	14	13	2		2		12	0.9
1975	28	OAK		35	14	2	1		1		6	0.4
1976	29	NWE		35	13	0	1		1		6	0.5
1977	30	NWE		35	14	0	1		1		6	0.4
Career					138	78	13	2	15	0	90	.7
5 yrs		CIN			69	49	8	2	10	0	60	.9
2 yrs		NOR			28	27	2		2	0	12	.4
2 yrs		NWE			27	0	2		2	0	12	.4
1 yr		OAK			14	2	1		1	0	6	.4

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1976	29	NWE	1	0	1	1	6	6.0
Career			4		1	1	6	1.5
1 yr		CIN	1	1			0	0.0
1 yr		NWE	1	0	1	1	6	6.0
1 yr		OAK	2	0			0	0.0

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