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Earl Campbell

Earl Christian Campbell

Position: RB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: March 29, 1955 in Tyler, TX
College: Texas

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1991

5-time Pro Bowler & 3-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1978 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · 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
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 15 14 302 1450 13 81 4.8 96.7 20.1 12 48 4.0 0 20 0.8 3.2 1498 13 9
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 16 16 368 1697 19 61 4.6 106.1 23.0 16 94 5.9 0 46 1.0 5.9 1791 19 8
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 373 1934 13 55 5.2 128.9 24.9 11 47 4.3 0 10 0.7 3.1 1981 13 4
1981* 26 HOU RB 16 16 361 1376 10 43 3.8 86.0 22.6 36 156 4.3 0 17 2.3 9.8 1532 10 10
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 157 538 2 22 3.4 59.8 17.4 18 130 7.2 0 46 2.0 14.4 668 2 2
1983* 28 HOU RB 14 14 322 1301 12 42 4.0 92.9 23.0 19 216 11.4 0 66 1.4 15.4 1517 12 4
1984 29 2TM /rb 14 6 146 468 4 22 3.2 33.4 10.4 3 27 9.0 0 15 0.2 1.9 495 4 2
NOR 8 0 50 190 0 19 3.8 23.8 6.3 190 0 0
HOU rb 6 6 96 278 4 22 2.9 46.3 16.0 3 27 9.0 0 15 0.5 4.5 305 4 2
1985 30 NOR RB 16 13 158 643 1 45 4.1 40.2 9.9 6 88 14.7 0 39 0.4 5.5 731 1 4
Career 115 103 2187 9407 74 81 4.3 81.8 19.0 121 806 6.7 0 66 1.1 7.0 10213 74 43
7 yrs TEN 91 90 1979 8574 73 81 4.3 94.2 21.7 115 718 6.2 0 66 1.3 7.9 9292 73 39
2 yrs NOR 24 13 208 833 1 45 4.0 34.7 8.7 6 88 14.7 0 39 0.3 3.7 921 1 4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 15 14 9 2 0 0
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 16 16 8 2 -1 0
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 4 2 0 0
1981* 26 HOU RB 16 16 10 2 0 0
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 2 1 0 0
1983* 28 HOU RB 14 14 4 0 0 0
1984 29 2TM /rb 14 6 2 2 1 0
HOU rb 6 6 2 2 1 0
1985 30 NOR RB 16 13 4 0 0 0
Career 115 103 43 11 0 0
7 yrs TEN 91 90 39 11 0 0
2 yrs NOR 24 13 4 0 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%
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 1 2 50.0 57 1 50.0 0 0.0 57 28.5 33.5 57.0 3.8 135.4 0 0 28.5 33.5 0.0
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Career 115 103 1 3 33.3 57 1 33.3 1 33.3 57 19.0 7.3 57.0 0.5 81.9 0 0 19.0 7.3 0.0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1978*+ 23 HOU RB 15 14 13 78
1979*+ 24 HOU RB 16 16 19 114
1980*+ 25 HOU RB 15 15 13 78
1981* 26 HOU RB 16 16 10 60
1982 27 HOU RB 9 9 2 12
1983* 28 HOU RB 14 14 12 72
1984 29 2TM /rb 14 6 4 24
HOU rb 6 6 4 24
1985 30 NOR RB 16 13 1 6
Career 115 103 74 444
7 yrs TEN 91 90 73 438
2 yrs NOR 24 13 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1978 NFL PFWA MVP
1978 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1978 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1978 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
1979 NFL AP MVP
1979 NFL PFWA MVP
1979 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1979 NFL Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
1979 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
1980 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1980 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1978
1979
1980
1981
1983

1st-team All-Pro

1978
1979
1980

Rushing Att

1978 NFL 302 (3)
1979 NFL 368 (2-- 33)
1980 NFL 373 (1-- 23)
1981 NFL 361 (2-- 40)
1982 NFL 157 (7)
1983 NFL 322 (5)
Career 2187 (25)

Rushing Yds

1978 NFL 1450 (1-- 98)
1979 NFL 1697 (1-- 29)
1980 NFL 1934 (1-- 6)
1981 NFL 1376 (5)
1983 NFL 1301 (7)
Career 9407 (27)

Rushing TD

1978 NFL 13 (2-- 82)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 12)
1980 NFL 13 (1-- 82)
1981 NFL 10 (7)
1983 NFL 12 (5)
Career 74 (22)

Long Rush

1978 NFL 81 (1-- 73)
1980 NFL 55 (10)

Yds/Rushing Att

1978 NFL 4.8 (6)
1980 NFL 5.2 (1)
Career 4.3 (110)

Rushing Yds/Game

1978 NFL 96.7 (1-- 93)
1979 NFL 106.1 (1-- 40)
1980 NFL 128.9 (1-- 7)
1981 NFL 86.0 (5)
1983 NFL 92.9 (3)
Career 81.8 (14)

Touchdowns

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 27)
1980 NFL 13 (2)
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 74 (64)

Points Scored

1979 NFL 114 (2)
Career 444 (188)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1979 NFL 19 (1-- 26)
1980 NFL 13 (2)
1983 NFL 12 (8)
Career 74 (62)

Yds From Scrimmage

1978 NFL 1498 (4)
1979 NFL 1791 (4)
1980 NFL 1981 (1-- 58)
1983 NFL 1517 (10)
Career 10213 (70)

All-Purpose Yds

1978 NFL 1498 (7)
1979 NFL 1791 (5)
1980 NFL 1981 (2)
Career 10213 (110)

Touches

1978 NFL 314 (5)
1979 NFL 384 (2-- 64)
1980 NFL 384 (2-- 64)
1981 NFL 397 (1-- 44)
1982 NFL 175 (10)
1983 NFL 341 (7)
Career 2308 (31)

Fumbles

1978 NFL 9 (7)
1981 NFL 10 (9)
Career 43 (147)

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
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1979 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1981 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 23 15 RB 228 80 2 7
1979 24 16 RB 293 147 2 2
1980 25 15 RB 284 157 2 2
1981 26 16 RB 213 67 12 21
1982 27 9 RB 77 27
1983 28 14 RB 224 73 8 22
1984 29 14 RB 74 55
1985 30 16 RB 79 52
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