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Earl Christian Campbell Position: FB/HB/RB Height: 5' 11''  Weight: 230 Born: 3/29/1955, in Tyler, TX, USA High School: Tyler (TX) College: University of Texas Drafted: 1978, Round 1, Pick 1 (1 Overall) by Houston Oilers
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1978 23 HOO NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   302 1450 4.8 13 81t   12 48 4.0 0 20   9 2 0 0 0 1979 24 HOO NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   368 1697 4.6 19 61t   16 94 5.9 0 46   8 2 0 -1 0 1980 25 HOO NFL 15 2 1 50.0 57 28.50 57t 1 0 0 0 135.4 184   373 1934 5.2 13 55t   11 47 4.3 0 10   4 2 0 0 0 1981 26 HOO NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   361 1376 3.8 10 43   36 156 4.3 0 17   10 2 0 0 0 1982 27 HOO NFL 9 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   157 538 3.4 2 22   18 130 7.2 0 46   2 1 0 0 0 1983 28 HOO NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   322 1301 4.0 12 42   19 216 11.4 0 66   4 0 0 0 0 1984 29 HOO NFL 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   96 278 2.9 4 22   3 27 9.0 0 15   2 2 0 1 0 1984 29 NOR NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   50 190 3.8 0 19   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1985 30 NOR NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   158 643 4.1 1 45   6 88 14.7 0 39   4 0 0 0 0 8 NFL Season Totals   115 3 1 33.3 57 19.00 0 1 1 0 0 81.9     2187 9407 4.3 74 0   121 806 6.7 0 0   43 11 0 0 0 Awards 1980 - AP Offensive Player of the Year 1979 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP 1978 - AP Offensive Player of the Year - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - PFWA MVP - UPI AFL-AFC MVP - UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year 1977 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Att 1. Emmitt Smith 4409 2. Walter Payton 3838 3. Curtis Martin 3518 4. Jerome Bettis 3479 5. Barry Sanders 3062 . . . . . 26. Earl Campbell 2187 Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 . . . . . 26. Earl Campbell 9407 Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 57. Earl Campbell 4.301 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 22. Earl Campbell 74 Career Rush Att/TD 1. Lenny Moore 16.97 2. Paul Hornung 17.86 3. Steve Van Buren 19.13 4. Pete Johnson 19.59 5. Priest Holmes 20.70 . . . . . 57. Earl Campbell 29.55 Minimum 800 Att.   1980 - AP Offensive Player of the Year 1979 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP 1978 - AP Offensive Player of the Year - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - PFWA MVP - UPI AFL-AFC MVP - UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year 1977 - Heisman Trophy Winner
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