Rushing & Receiving
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| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Total Yds | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rush | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Touch | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | |||||||
| 1971 | 22 | NYJ | FB | 44 | 14 | 14 | 180 | 769 | 1 | 25 | 4.3 | 54.9 | 12.9 | 36 | 231 | 6.4 | 2 | 32 | 2.6 | 16.5 | 216 | 4.6 | 1000 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 1972 | 23 | NYJ | FB | 44 | 12 | 11 | 207 | 944 | 7 | 40 | 4.6 | 78.7 | 17.3 | 21 | 230 | 11.0 | 1 | 67 | 1.8 | 19.2 | 228 | 5.1 | 1174 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 1973 | 24 | NYJ | FB | 44 | 11 | 9 | 134 | 482 | 4 | 15 | 3.6 | 43.8 | 12.2 | 23 | 158 | 6.9 | 0 | 19 | 2.1 | 14.4 | 157 | 4.1 | 640 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 1974 | 25 | NYJ | FB | 44 | 10 | 10 | 169 | 680 | 5 | 34 | 4.0 | 68.0 | 16.9 | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 2 | 32 | 1.9 | 18.0 | 188 | 4.6 | 860 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 1975* | 26 | NYJ | FB | 44 | 14 | 14 | 238 | 1005 | 8 | 42 | 4.2 | 71.8 | 17.0 | 30 | 363 | 12.1 | 1 | 34 | 2.1 | 25.9 | 268 | 5.1 | 1368 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 1976 | 27 | WAS | FB | 44 | 14 | 14 | 162 | 572 | 3 | 15 | 3.5 | 40.9 | 11.6 | 21 | 172 | 8.2 | 1 | 18 | 1.5 | 12.3 | 183 | 4.1 | 744 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1977 | 28 | WAS | fb | 44 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 203 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 40.6 | 13.6 | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 2 | 53 | 1.4 | 19.0 | 75 | 4.0 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 | 29 | WAS | FB | 44 | 15 | 15 | 248 | 1014 | 5 | 31 | 4.1 | 67.6 | 16.5 | 31 | 299 | 9.6 | 0 | 33 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 279 | 4.7 | 1313 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 1979 | 30 | WAS | FB | 44 | 16 | 15 | 260 | 1153 | 9 | 66 | 4.4 | 72.1 | 16.3 | 28 | 163 | 5.8 | 3 | 23 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 288 | 4.6 | 1316 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
| 1980 | Missed season - Contract dispute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | 32 | WAS | rb | 44 | 15 | 4 | 195 | 714 | 13 | 24 | 3.7 | 47.6 | 13.0 | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 201 | 3.8 | 773 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 1982 | 33 | WAS | RB | 44 | 8 | 8 | 177 | 553 | 3 | 19 | 3.1 | 69.1 | 22.1 | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 187 | 3.2 | 603 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 1983+ | 34 | WAS | RB | 44 | 15 | 15 | 375 | 1347 | 24 | 44 | 3.6 | 89.8 | 25.0 | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 380 | 3.6 | 1376 | 24 | 5 | 11 |
| 1984 | 35 | WAS | RB | 44 | 14 | 14 | 327 | 1239 | 14 | 24 | 3.8 | 88.5 | 23.4 | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | 11 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 334 | 3.8 | 1282 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| 1985 | 36 | WAS | RB | 44 | 12 | 11 | 176 | 677 | 8 | 51 | 3.8 | 56.4 | 14.7 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 182 | 3.8 | 695 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Career | 175 | 159 | 2916 | 11352 | 104 | 66 | 3.9 | 64.9 | 16.7 | 250 | 2090 | 8.4 | 12 | 67 | 1.4 | 11.9 | 3166 | 4.2 | 13442 | 116 | 58 | 121 | ||||
| 9 yrs | WAS | 114 | 101 | 1988 | 7472 | 79 | 66 | 3.8 | 65.5 | 17.4 | 121 | 928 | 7.7 | 6 | 53 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 2109 | 4.0 | 8400 | 85 | 36 | 69 | |||
| 5 yrs | NYJ | 61 | 58 | 928 | 3880 | 25 | 42 | 4.2 | 63.6 | 15.2 | 129 | 1162 | 9.0 | 6 | 67 | 2.1 | 19.0 | 1057 | 4.8 | 5042 | 31 | 22 | 52 | |||
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