Mel Blount stats
Bio
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1975
Mel Blount played 14 NFL seasons, 1970 to 1983.
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 200
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 57
- FF
- 6
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 1 | — |
| 1971 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 2 | — |
| 1972 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 3 | — |
| 1973 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 4 | — |
| 1974 | PIT | 13 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 2 | — |
| 1975 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 11 | — |
| 1976 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 6 | — |
| 1977 | PIT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | — |
| 1978 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1979 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 1982 | PIT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 19
- TOT
- 10
- SOLO
- 6
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 4
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 200
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.3
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | — |
| 1971 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | — |
| 1972 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | — |
| 1973 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| 1974 | PIT | 13 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | — |
| 1975 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.8 | — |
| 1976 | PIT | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| 1977 | PIT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| 1978 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 1979 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| 1982 | PIT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Bio
- Experience
- 14 yearsDebut 1970
- Defensive Player of the Year
- 1975
What were Mel Blount's career stats?
Mel Blount played 14 seasons for the Steelers. His best season was 1977: 0 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 9 postseasons, 1970 to 1983
Championships ×4
- 1974 Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1975 Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1978 Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1979 Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Awards
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