Ed Podolak

Edward Joseph Podolak

Position: RB

6-1, 204lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: September 1, 1947 in Atlantic, IA

College: Iowa (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 53 (1433rd overall since 1960)

High School: Atlantic (IA)

Draft: Kansas City Chiefs in the 2nd round (48th overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

104

Rush

1157

Yds

4451

Y/A

3.8

FantPt

893.0

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
1969	22	KAN		14	4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0		0	0	3	0
1970	23	KAN	RB	14	14	9	168	749	3	65	4.5	53.5	12.0	26	307	11.8	1	59	1.9	21.9	194	5.4	1056	4	6	10
1971	24	KAN	RB	14	13	11	184	708	9	25	3.8	54.5	14.2	36	252	7.0	0	23	2.8	19.4	220	4.4	960	9	5	10
1972	25	KAN	RB	14	13	10	171	615	4	30	3.6	47.3	13.2	46	345	7.5	2	27	3.5	26.5	217	4.4	960	6	10	9
1973	26	KAN	RB	14	14	13	210	721	3	25	3.4	51.5	15.0	55	445	8.1	0	25	3.9	31.8	265	4.4	1166	3	7	9
1974	27	KAN	RB	14	9	8	101	386	2	14	3.8	42.9	11.2	43	306	7.1	1	26	4.8	34.0	144	4.8	692	3	4	6
1975	28	KAN	RB	14	14	4	102	351	3	25	3.4	25.1	7.3	37	332	9.0	2	21	2.6	23.7	139	4.9	683	5	3	6
1976	29	KAN	rb	14	10	4	88	371	5	22	4.2	37.1	8.8	13	156	12.0	0	23	1.3	15.6	101	5.2	527	5	2	5
1977	30	KAN	rb	14	13	6	133	550	5	41	4.1	42.3	10.2	32	313	9.8	0	23	2.5	24.1	165	5.2	863	5	2	7
Career					104	65	1157	4451	34	65	3.8	42.8	11.1	288	2456	8.5	6	59	2.8	23.6	1445	4.8	6907	40	42	62

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
1969	22	KAN	RB	3	0															0
1971	24	KAN		1	1	17	85	1	32	5.0	85.0	17.0	8	110	13.8	1	29	8.0	110.0	25	7.8	195	2	2
Career				4	1	17	85	1	32	5.0	21.3	4.3	8	110	13.8	1	29	2.0	27.5	25	7.8	195	2	2

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Kick & Punt Returns

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

Regular Season

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
1969	22	KAN		14	4	0						7	165	0	28	23.6	165
1970	23	KAN	RB	14	14	9	23	311	0	60	13.5	17	348	0	38	20.5	1715
1971	24	KAN	RB	14	13	11	14	84	0	23	6.0	3	65	0	25	21.7	1109
1972	25	KAN	RB	14	13	10	8	11	0	12	1.4	7	119	0	23	17.0	1090
1973	26	KAN	RB	14	14	13	11	90	0	48	8.2						1256
1974	27	KAN	RB	14	9	8	15	134	0	54	8.9						826
1975	28	KAN	RB	14	14	4	13	96	0	23	7.4						779
1977	30	KAN	rb	14	13	6	2	13	0	7	6.5						876
Career					104	65	86	739	0	60	8.6	34	697	0	38	20.5	8343

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
1971	24	KAN		1	1	2	1	0	2	0.5	3	154	0	78	51.3	350
Career				4	1	2	1	0	2	0.5	3	154	0	78	51.3	350

Passing

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

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1970	23	KAN	RB	14	14	9	2	2	100	40	0	0	24	20.0	20.0	20.0	2.9	118.7	0	0	0	20.00	20.00
1971	24	KAN	RB	14	13	11	2	2	100	42	0	0	23	21.0	21.0	21.0	3.2	118.7	0	0	0	21.00	21.00
1973	26	KAN	RB	14	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
1975	28	KAN	RB	14	14	4	0	1	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	2	13	66.7	-4.33	-19.33
Career					104	65	4	6	66.7	82	1	16.7	24	13.7	6.2	20.5	0.8	70.1	2	13	25	8.63	3.00

Defense & Fumbles

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

Regular Season

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
1969	22	KAN		14	4	0							3	0	0	0	0.0
1970	23	KAN	RB	14	14	9							6	1	0	0	0.0
1971	24	KAN	RB	14	13	11							5	0	0	0	0.0
1972	25	KAN	RB	14	13	10							10	1	0	0	0.0
1973	26	KAN	RB	14	14	13							7	1	0	0	0.0
1974	27	KAN	RB	14	9	8							4	0	0	0	0.0
1975	28	KAN	RB	14	14	4							3	0	0	0	0.0
1976	29	KAN	rb	14	10	4							2	0	0	0	0.0
1977	30	KAN	rb	14	13	6							2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					104	65							42	4	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
1971	24	KAN		1	1						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career				4	1						0	2	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	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1970	23	KAN	RB	14	14	9	3	1	4		24	1.7
1971	24	KAN	RB	14	13	11	9		9		54	4.2
1972	25	KAN	RB	14	13	10	4	2	6		36	2.8
1973	26	KAN	RB	14	14	13	3		3		18	1.3
1974	27	KAN	RB	14	9	8	2	1	3		18	2.0
1975	28	KAN	RB	14	14	4	3	2	5		30	2.1
1976	29	KAN	rb	14	10	4	5		5		30	3.0
1977	30	KAN	rb	14	13	6	5		5		30	2.3
Career					104	65	34	6	40	0	240	2.3

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1971	24	KAN		1	1	1	1						2			0						12	12.0
Career				4	1	1	1						2			0						12	3.0

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