Jack Christiansen Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
John LeRoy Christiansen Position: DB/DHB/HB Height: 6' 1''  Weight: 190 Born: 12/20/1928, in Sublette, KS, USA High School: Canon City (CO) College: Colorado State University Drafted: 1951, Round 6, Pick 7 (69 Overall) by Detroit Lions
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   1951 22 DET NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 1 52 0 1952 23 DET NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   19 148 7.8 2 65t   3 32 10.7 0 11   2 1 0 0 0 1953 24 DET NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 -5 0.0 0 -5L   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 1 2 0 0 1954 25 DET NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 1955 26 DET NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 2 36 0 1956 27 DET NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1957 28 DET NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1958 29 DET NFL 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 8 NFL Season Totals   89 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0     19 143 7.5 2 0   3 32 10.7 0 0   9 2 5 88 0   DEF   INTS Year AGE Team LG GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD   1951 22 DET NFL 12 0.0 0   2 53 53 0 1952 23 DET NFL 11 0.0 0   2 47 32 0 1953 24 DET NFL 12 0.0 0   12 238 92t 1 1954 25 DET NFL 11 0.0 0   8 84 30t 1 1955 26 DET NFL 9 0.0 0   3 49 29 0 1956 27 DET NFL 12 0.0 0   8 109 33 0 1957 28 DET NFL 12 0.0 0   10 137 52 1 1958 29 DET NFL 10 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 8 NFL Season Totals   89 0.0 0   46 717 0 3   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1951 22 DET NFL 12 18 343 19.1 0 99t 4   11 270 24.5 45 0 1952 23 DET NFL 11 15 322 21.5 0 79t 2   16 409 25.6 46 0 1953 24 DET NFL 12 8 22 2.8 0 10 0   10 183 18.3 34 0 1954 25 DET NFL 11 23 225 9.8 0 61t 1   5 102 20.4 27 0 1955 26 DET NFL 9 12 87 7.3 0 42 0   7 169 24.1 35 0 1956 27 DET NFL 12 6 73 12.2 0 66t 1   6 116 19.3 22 0 1957 28 DET NFL 12 3 12 4.0 0 8 0   4 80 20.0 22 0 1958 29 DET NFL 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 8 NFL Season Totals   89 85 1084 12.8 0 0 8   59 1329 22.5 0 0
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Int 1. Paul Krause 81 2. Emlen Tunnell 79 3. Rod Woodson 71 4. Dick Lane 68 5. Ronnie Lott 63 . . . . . 45. Jack Christiansen 46 Career Int Ret Yds 1. Rod Woodson 1483 2. Deion Sanders 1331 3. Emlen Tunnell 1282 4. Dick Lane 1207 5. Paul Krause 1185 . . . . . 36. Jack Christiansen 717 Career Punt Ret Avg 1. Roscoe Parrish* 14.075 2. Charley Trippi 13.714 3. Billy Grimes 13.238 4. George McAfee 12.777 5. Ray Mathews 12.770 6. Jack Christiansen 12.753 Minimum 60 Ret. Career Punt Ret TD 1. Eric Metcalf 10 2. Brian Mitchell 9 3. Rick Upchurch 8 4. Jack Christiansen 8 Desmond Howard 8
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