Elijah PittsPitts, Elijah EugeneHeight: 6-1 Weight: 204 Born: February 3, 1938 Mayflower, AR Died: July 10, 1998 Buffalo, NY High School: Pine Street (Conway, AR) |
| Year | College | Participation |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Philander Smith | |
| 1958 | Philander Smith | |
| 1959 | Philander Smith | |
| 1960 | Philander Smith | Played |
| Draft: 13th round (180th overall) 1961 Green Bay Packers |
| Relatives: Father of Ron Pitts |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Coaching Record |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 2 |
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 1 |
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 1 |
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 14 | 8 |
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 22 | HB | 8 | 8 |
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 22 | FB | 14 | 5 |
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 22 | RB | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL | 22 | RB | 6 | 3 |
| 1970 Year (NFL)1970 Year NFL | 8 | 3 | ||
| 1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1971 GB NFL | 22 | RB | 6 | 0 |
| 11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL | 134 | 28 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 12/28/1960 | 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL |
| Signed | 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | |
| Injured Reserve | 11/10/1967 | 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL |
| Traded | 1/22/1970 | 1970 Chicago Bears (NFL)1970 CHIB NFL |
| Released | 9/14/1970 | 1970 Chicago Bears (NFL)1970 CHIB NFL |
| Traded | 9/22/1970 | 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL |
| Traded | 10/10/1970 | 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL |
| Free Agent | 5/1/1971 | 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL |
| Signed | 1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1971 GB NFL | |
| Free Agent | 5/1/1972 | 1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1971 GB NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | ||
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 60 | ||
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | ||
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 35 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 210 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 17t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 22 | 110 | 5.0 | 26t | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 54 | 212 | 3.9 | 34t | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 27 | 127 | 4.7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 115 | 393 | 3.4 | 20 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 77 | 247 | 3.2 | 30 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 72 | 264 | 3.7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 35 | 134 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1970 LARM NFL | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL | 32 | 96 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 Year (NFL)1970 Year NFL | 35 | 104 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 514 | 1788 | 3.5 | 34t | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 21t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | |
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 51 | 25.5 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 95.8 | |
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 5 | 113 | 12.6 | 28.3 | 51 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 128.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | YAC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 80t | 1 | |||||||
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 26 | 460 | 17.7 | 80 | 3 | |||||||
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 15 | 210 | 14.0 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 21t | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1970 Year (NFL)1970 Year NFL | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 111 | 1308 | 11.8 | 84 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 7 | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 15 | 7 | 191 | 12.7 | 65t | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 8 | 6 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 16 | 8 | 60 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1971 GB NFL | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 75 | 41 | 394 | 5.3 | 65t | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1961 GB NFL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 20 | 396 | 19.8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1970 Year (NFL)1970 Year NFL | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1971 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1971 GB NFL | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 28 | 535 | 19.1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1962 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1963 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1963 GB NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1964 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1965 GB NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1966 GB NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1967 GB NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1968 GB NFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 Green Bay Packers (NFL)1969 GB NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1970 NO NFL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 Year (NFL)1970 Year NFL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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