Wendell Tyler

Wendell Avery Tyler

Position: RB

5-10, 198lb (178cm, 89kg)

Born: May 20, 1955 in Shreveport, LA

College: UCLA (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 58 (1137th overall since 1960)

High School: Crenshaw (CA)

Draft: Los Angeles Rams in the 3rd round (79th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

108

Rush

1344

Yds

6378

Y/A

4.7

FantPt

1151.4

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	Awards
1977	22	RAM		26	14	0	61	317	3	44	5.2	22.6	4.4	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	62	5.2	320	3	4	3
1978	23	RAM		26	2	0	14	45	0	18	3.2	22.5	7.0	2	17	8.5	0	16	1.0	8.5	16	3.9	62	0	2	0
1979	24	RAM	RB	26	16	12	218	1109	9	63	5.1	69.3	13.6	32	308	9.6	1	71	2.0	19.3	250	5.7	1417	10	9	9
1980	25	RAM		26	4	4	30	157	0	17	5.2	39.3	7.5	2	8	4.0	0	5	0.5	2.0	32	5.2	165	0	1	1
1981	26	RAM	RB	26	15	15	260	1074	12	69	4.1	71.6	17.3	45	436	9.7	5	67	3.0	29.1	305	5.0	1510	17	11	10
1982	27	RAM	RB	26	9	9	137	564	9	54	4.1	62.7	15.2	38	375	9.9	4	40	4.2	41.7	175	5.4	939	13	10	13
1983	28	SFO	RB	26	14	14	176	856	4	39	4.9	61.1	12.6	34	285	8.4	2	26	2.4	20.4	210	5.4	1141	6	7	9
1984*	29	SFO	RB	26	16	15	246	1262	7	40	5.1	78.9	15.4	28	230	8.2	2	26	1.8	14.4	274	5.4	1492	9	13	13	PB
1985	30	SFO	RB	26	13	12	171	867	6	30	5.1	66.7	13.2	20	154	7.7	2	16	1.5	11.8	191	5.3	1021	8	6	7
1986	31	SFO		26	5	2	31	127	0	14	4.1	25.4	6.2								31	4.1	127	0	1	1
Career					108	83	1344	6378	50	69	4.7	59.1	12.4	202	1816	9.0	16	71	1.9	16.8	1546	5.3	8194	66	64	66
6 yrs		RAM			60	40	720	3266	33	69	4.5	54.4	12.0	120	1147	9.6	10	71	2.0	19.1	840	5.3	4413	43	37	36
4 yrs		SFO			48	43	624	3112	17	40	5.0	64.8	13.0	82	669	8.2	6	26	1.7	13.9	706	5.4	3781	23	27	30

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
1977	22	RAM		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								1	0.0	0	0	0
1979	24	RAM		3	3	64	228	0	39	3.6	76.0	21.3	6	74	12.3	1	32	2.0	24.7	70	4.3	302	1	1
1983	28	SFO	RB	2	2	25	118	1	11	4.7	59.0	12.5	3	32	10.7	0	17	1.5	16.0	28	5.4	150	1	2
1984*	29	SFO	RB	3	3	37	168	1	25	4.5	56.0	12.3	8	118	14.8	0	40	2.7	39.3	45	6.4	286	1	0
1985	30	SFO		1	0	10	61	0	14	6.1	61.0	10.0								10	6.1	61	0	0
Career				10	8	137	575	2	39	4.2	57.5	13.7	17	224	13.2	1	40	1.7	22.4	154	5.2	799	3	3
3 yrs		SFO		6	5	72	347	2	25	4.8	57.8	12.0	11	150	13.6	0	40	1.8	25.0	83	6.0	497	2	2
2 yrs		RAM		4	3	65	228	0	39	3.5	57.0	16.3	6	74	12.3	1	32	1.5	18.5	71	4.3	302	1	1

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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
1977	22	RAM		26	14	0						24	523	0	37	21.8	843
1978	23	RAM		26	2	0						2	31	0	21	15.5	93
1979	24	RAM	RB	26	16	12						1	16	0	16	16.0	1433
Career					108	83						27	570	0	37	21.1	8765
6 yrs		RAM			60	40						27	570	0	37	21.1	4984
4 yrs		SFO			48	43											3781

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
1977	22	RAM		1	0						2	43	0	27	21.5	43
Career				10							2	43	0	27	21.5	842
3 yrs		SFO		6	5											497
2 yrs		RAM		4	3						2	43	0	27	21.5	345

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
1977	22	RAM		26	14	0							4	3	0	0	0.0
1978	23	RAM		26	2	0							2	1	0	0	0.0
1979	24	RAM	RB	26	16	12							9	1	0	0	0.0
1980	25	RAM		26	4	4							1	0	0	0	0.0
1981	26	RAM	RB	26	15	15							11	4	1	0	0.0
1982	27	RAM	RB	26	9	9							10	1	0	0	0.0
1983	28	SFO	RB	26	14	14							7	0	0	0	0.0
1984*	29	SFO	RB	26	16	15							13	2	0	0	0.0
1985	30	SFO	RB	26	13	12							6	2	0	0	0.0
1986	31	SFO		26	5	2							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					108	83							64	14	1	0	0.0
6 yrs		RAM			60	40							37	10	1	0	0.0
4 yrs		SFO			48	43							27	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
1979	24	RAM		3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1983	28	SFO	RB	2	2						0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Career				10	8						0	3	2	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		SFO		6	5						0	2	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		RAM		4	3						0	1	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
1977	22	RAM		26	14	0	3		3		18	1.3
1979	24	RAM	RB	26	16	12	9	1	10		60	3.8
1981	26	RAM	RB	26	15	15	12	5	17		102	6.8
1982	27	RAM	RB	26	9	9	9	4	13		78	8.7
1983	28	SFO	RB	26	14	14	4	2	6		36	2.6
1984*	29	SFO	RB	26	16	15	7	2	9		54	3.4
1985	30	SFO	RB	26	13	12	6	2	8		48	3.7
Career					108	83	50	16	66	0	396	3.7
6 yrs		RAM			60	40	33	10	43	0	258	4.3
4 yrs		SFO			48	43	17	6	23	0	138	2.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1979	24	RAM		3	3		1	1	6	2.0
1983	28	SFO	RB	2	2	1		1	6	3.0
1984*	29	SFO	RB	3	3	1		1	6	2.0
Career				10	8	2	1	3	18	1.8
3 yrs		SFO		6	5	2		2	12	2.0
2 yrs		RAM		4	3		1	1	6	1.5

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