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***Hall of Fame*** Full Name: Robert  Riggins (The Diesel, Riggo) Position: FB/RB Height: 6' 2''   Weight: 235 Born: 8/4/1949, in Centralia, KS, USA High School: Centralia (KS) College: University of Kansas Drafted: 1971, Round 1, Pick 6, (6 Overall) by New York Jets
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)   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     1971 22 NYJ NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   180 769 4.3 1 25   36 231 6.4 2 32t   6 1 1 -7 0 1972 23 NYJ NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   207 944 4.6 7 40   21 230 11.0 1 67t   2 0 0 0 0 1973 24 NYJ NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   134 482 3.6 4 15   23 158 6.9 0 19   6 1 0 0 0 1974 25 NYJ NFL 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   169 680 4.0 5 34   19 180 9.5 2 32   3 2 0 0 0 1975 26 NYJ NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   238 1005 4.2 8 42   30 363 12.1 1 34   5 1 0 0 0 * ProBowl * 1976 27 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   162 572 3.5 3 15   21 172 8.2 1 18   6 1 0 0 0 1977 28 WAS NFL 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   68 203 3.0 0 12   7 95 13.6 2 53t   0 0 0 0 0 1978 29 WAS NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   248 1014 4.1 5 31   31 299 9.6 0 33   7 1 0 0 0 1979 30 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   260 1153 4.4 9 66t   28 163 5.8 3 23   5 0 0 0 0 1981 32 WAS NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   195 714 3.7 13 24   6 59 9.8 0 22   1 0 0 0 0 1982 33 WAS NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   177 553 3.1 3 19   10 50 5.0 0 11   2 0 0 0 0 1983 34 WAS NFL 15 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 52   375 1347 3.6 24 44   5 29 5.8 0 14   5 0 0 0 0 1984 35 WAS NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   327 1239 3.8 14 24   7 43 6.1 0 11   7 0 0 0 0 1985 36 WAS NFL 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 54   176 677 3.8 8 51   6 18 3.0 0 8   3 0 0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   175 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6     2916 11352 3.9 104 0   250 2090 8.4 12 0   58 7 1 -7 0 Fantasy History Click on column header to sort Click on year to see entire ADP list Year AGE Team LG GP Fantasy Pts. Value Rank 1971 22 NYJ NFL 14 117 1972 23 NYJ NFL 12 165 1973 24 NYJ NFL 11 87 1974 25 NYJ NFL 10 128 1975 26 NYJ NFL 14 190 1976 27 WAS NFL 14 98 1977 28 WAS NFL 5 41 1978 29 WAS NFL 15 160 1979 30 WAS NFL 16 203 1981 32 WAS NFL 15 154 1982 33 WAS NFL 8 78 1983 34 WAS NFL 15 280 1984 35 WAS NFL 14 211 1985 36 WAS NFL 12 116 ADP: Average Draft Position ADP provided by www.myfantasyleague.com
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 . . . . . 11. John Riggins 2916 Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 . . . . . 15. John Riggins 11352 Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 6. John Riggins 104 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 . . . . . 37. John Riggins 28.04 Minimum 800 Att.   1983 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) 1982 - Super Bowl MVP 1978 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year
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