Earl Campbell stats

Last played for the New Orleans Saints, 1985

Running back

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Earl Campbell played 8 NFL seasons, 1978 to 1985.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
115
CAR
2,187
YDS
9,407
AVG
4.3
TD
74
LNG
81
FD
564
FUM
43
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not.
1978TEN153021,4504.81381719
1979TEN163681,6974.619611078
1980TEN153731,9345.213551134
1981TEN163611,3763.810438810
1982TEN91575383.4222392
1983TEN143221,3014.01242814
1984TEN/NO141464683.2422322
1985NO161586434.1145334

What the columns mean: CAR · LNG · FD · FUM

Career Postseason

GP
6
CAR
135
YDS
420
AVG
3.1
TD
4
LNG
35
FD
27
FUM
6

Per game

Career regular season

GP
115
CAR
19.0
YDS
81.8
AVG
4.3
TD
0.6
LNG
81
FD
4.9
FUM
0.4

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not.
1978TEN1520.196.74.80.9814.70.6
1979TEN1623.0106.14.61.2616.70.5
1980TEN1524.9128.95.20.9557.50.3
1981TEN1622.686.03.80.6435.50.6
1982TEN917.459.83.40.2224.30.2
1983TEN1423.092.94.00.9425.80.3
1984TEN/NO1410.433.43.20.3222.30.1
1985NO169.940.24.10.1452.10.3

What the columns mean: CAR · LNG · FD · FUM

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
115
PPR
1,590.6
HALF
1,530.1
STD
1,469.6
PPG
13.8

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1978TEN15239.8233.8227.816
1979TEN16309.1301.1293.119.3
1980TEN15293.4287.9282.419.6
1981TEN16249.2231.2213.215.6
1982TEN994.885.876.810.5
1983TEN14242.7233.2223.717.3
1984TEN/NO1476.575.073.55.5
1985NO1685.182.179.15.3

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Experience
8 yearsDebut 1978
MVP
1979
Offensive Player of the Year
3x
Offensive Rookie of the Year
1978

What were Earl Campbell's career stats?

Earl Campbell played 8 seasons for the Titans and the Saints. He had 2,187 carries for 9,407 yards, 121 catches for 806 yards. His best season was 1980: 1,934 rushing yards, 13 rushing touchdowns and 5.2 yards per carry.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1978 to 1985

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 37th in rushing yards (9,407)
  • 30th in rushing touchdowns (74)

Among the 2,985 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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