John Cappelletti
John Raymond Cappelletti
Born: August 9, 1952
Philadelphia, PA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 215
College: Penn St.
High School: Monsignor Bonner (Drexel Hill, PA)
Career: 1974-1983
Drafted: 1974 in Round 1, #11 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
John Cappelletti played from 1974 to 1983 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers. Cappelletti ran for 2,951 yards in his career on 824 attempts, scoring 24 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 135 passes for 1,233 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 55 | 198 | 3.6 | 20 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 48 | 158 | 3.3 | 30 | 6 |
| 1976 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 177 | 688 | 3.9 | 38 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 178 | 598 | 3.4 | 15 | 5 |
| 1978 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 174 | 604 | 3.5 | 26 | 3 |
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 101 | 364 | 3.6 | 46 | 5 |
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 68 | 254 | 3.7 | 30 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 824 | 2951 | 3.6 | 46 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 302 | 10.1 | 32 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 28 | 228 | 8.1 | 25 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 41 | 382 | 9.3 | 37 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 112 | 8.6 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 25 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 135 | 1233 | 9.1 | 37 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1977 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 14 |
| 1980 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 8 |
| 1981 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 5 |
| 1982 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 6 |
| 1983 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 |
