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Larry Brown

Lawrence Brown Jr.

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: September 19, 1947 in Clairton, PA
College: Kansas State

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 8th round (191st overall) of the 1969 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1969* 22 WAS HB 14 0 202 888 4 57 4.4 63.4 14.4 34 302 8.9 0 31 2.4 21.6 1190 4 6
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 13 13 237 1125 5 75 4.7 86.5 18.2 37 341 9.2 2 66 2.8 26.2 1466 7 6
1971* 24 WAS RB 13 13 253 948 4 34 3.7 72.9 19.5 16 176 11.0 2 36 1.2 13.5 1124 6 6
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 12 12 285 1216 8 38 4.3 101.3 23.8 32 473 14.8 4 89 2.7 39.4 1689 12 9
1973 26 WAS RB 14 14 273 860 8 27 3.2 61.4 19.5 40 482 12.1 6 64 2.9 34.4 1342 14 7
1974 27 WAS RB 11 11 163 430 3 16 2.6 39.1 14.8 37 388 10.5 4 34 3.4 35.3 818 7 2
1975 28 WAS rb 14 8 97 352 3 43 3.6 25.1 6.9 25 225 9.0 2 39 1.8 16.1 577 5 2
1976 29 WAS 11 0 20 56 0 11 2.8 5.1 1.8 17 98 5.8 0 15 1.5 8.9 154 0 2
Career 102 71 1530 5875 35 75 3.8 57.6 15.0 238 2485 10.4 20 89 2.3 24.4 8360 55 40

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1969* 22 WAS HB 14 0 6 2 0 0
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 13 13 6 1 0 0
1971* 24 WAS RB 13 13 6 0 0 0
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 12 12 9 3 0 0
1973 26 WAS RB 14 14 7 2 0 0
1974 27 WAS RB 11 11 2 0 0 0
1975 28 WAS rb 14 8 2 0 0 0
1976 29 WAS 11 0 2 0 0 0
Career 102 71 40 8 0 0

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1974 27 WAS RB 11 11 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.5 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0
Career 102 71 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 0.2 118.7 0 0 16.0 16.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1969* 22 WAS HB 14 0 4 24
1970*+ 23 WAS RB 13 13 5 2 42
1971* 24 WAS RB 13 13 4 2 36
1972*+ 25 WAS RB 12 12 8 4 72
1973 26 WAS RB 14 14 8 6 84
1974 27 WAS RB 11 11 3 4 42
1975 28 WAS rb 14 8 3 2 30
Career 102 71 35 20 330

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1972 NFL AP MVP
1972 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1972 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1972 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1969
1970
1971
1972

1st-team All-Pro

1970
1972

Rushing Att

1969 NFL 202 (4)
1970 NFL 237 (2)
1971 NFL 253 (2)
1972 NFL 285 (3)
1973 NFL 273 (2)
Career 1530 (63)

Rushing Yds

1969 NFL 888 (4)
1970 NFL 1125 (1)
1971 NFL 948 (6)
1972 NFL 1216 (2)
Career 5875 (72)

Rushing TD

1972 NFL 8 (7)
1973 NFL 8 (6)
Career 35 (131)

Long Rush

1969 NFL 57 (5)
1970 NFL 75 (5)

Yds/Rushing Att

1969 NFL 4.4 (6)
1970 NFL 4.7 (3)

Rushing Yds/Game

1969 NFL 63.4 (5)
1970 NFL 86.5 (1)
1971 NFL 72.9 (5)
1972 NFL 101.3 (1-- 64)
Career 57.6 (74)

Long Reception

1972 NFL 89 (3-- 97)

Touchdowns

1972 NFL 12 (4)
1973 NFL 14 (1)
Career 55 (154)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1972 NFL 12 (4)
1973 NFL 14 (1)
Career 55 (150)

Yds From Scrimmage

1969 NFL 1190 (2)
1970 NFL 1466 (2)
1971 NFL 1124 (8)
1972 NFL 1689 (1)
1973 NFL 1342 (6)
Career 8360 (137)

All-Purpose Yds

1969 NFL 1190 (9)
1970 NFL 1466 (3)
1972 NFL 1689 (2)

Touches

1969 NFL 236 (3)
1970 NFL 274 (2)
1971 NFL 269 (4)
1972 NFL 317 (3)
1973 NFL 313 (2)
Career 1768 (66)

Fumbles

1969 NFL 6 (10)
1970 NFL 6 (7)
1972 NFL 9 (3)
Career 40 (176)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1970 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1970 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1970 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1971 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1971 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1972 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1972 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 23 13 RB 189 96 3 11
1971 24 13 RB 148 32 11 40
1972 25 12 RB 241 130 2 2
1973 26 14 RB 218 107 2 7
1974 27 11 RB 124 23 16 41
1975 28 14 RB 88 45
1976 29 11 RB 15 122
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