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THOM DARDEN

Darden, Thomas Vincent
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195
Born: August 28, 1950 Sandusky, OH
High School: Sandusky (OH)

Year	College	Status
1968	Michigan	Freshmen Team
1969	Michigan	Lettered
1970	Michigan	Lettered
1971	Michigan	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (18th overall) 1972 Cleveland Browns

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL	27	LS-RS	14	14
1973 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1973 CLE NFL	27	RS	11	10
1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1974 CLE NFL	27	RS	14	14
1976 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1976 CLE NFL	27	RS	14	14
1977 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1977 CLE NFL	27	FS	14	14
1978 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1978 CLE NFL	27	FS	16	16
1979 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1979 CLE NFL	27	FS	16	16
1980 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1980 CLE NFL	27	FS	16	16
1981 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1981 CLE NFL	27	FS	13	10
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			128	124

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	2/1/1972	1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL
Signed		1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL
Injured Reserve		1975 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1975 CLE NFL
Released	2/15/1982	1981 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1981 CLE NFL

AWARDS
1978 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1978 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1978 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1978 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1978 United Press International All-AFC
1978 The Sporting News All-AFC
1978 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1979 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1974 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1977 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1977 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1979 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1979 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL	3	64	21.3	20	0
1973 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1973 CLE NFL	1	36	36.0	36	0
1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1974 CLE NFL	8	105	13.1	31	0
1976 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1976 CLE NFL	7	73	10.4	21	0
1977 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1977 CLE NFL	6	107	17.8	49	1
1978 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1978 CLE NFL	10	200	20.0	46	0
1979 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1979 CLE NFL	5	125	25.0	39t	1
1980 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1980 CLE NFL	2	42	21.0	23	0
1981 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1981 CLE NFL	3	68	22.7	45	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	45	820	18.2	49	2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL	15	7	61	4.1	37	0		0	0
1973 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1973 CLE NFL	9	10	51	5.7	11	0	0	0	0
1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1974 CLE NFL	21	0	173	8.2	45	0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	45	17	285	6.3	45	0	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1980 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1980 CLE NFL	1		-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1		-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1972 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1972 CLE NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1973 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1973 CLE NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1974 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1974 CLE NFL	1		0	1	1	29	1
1976 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1976 CLE NFL	1		0	1	1	3	0
1977 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1977 CLE NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1978 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1978 CLE NFL	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
1979 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1979 CLE NFL	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1980 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1980 CLE NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1981 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1981 CLE NFL	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	2	7	9	32	1

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