Mel Farr

Melvin Farr
Born: November 3, 1944
Beaumont, TX USA
Deceased: August 3, 2015
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210
College: UCLA
High School: Hebert (Beaumont, TX)
Career: 1967-1973
Drafted: 1967 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Detroit Lions

Mel Farr played from 1967 to 1973 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Farr ran for 3,072 yards in his career on 739 attempts, scoring 26 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 146 passes for 1,374 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..

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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Rating
1967NFL Detroit Lions200.000.000.000.039.6
1969NFL Detroit Lions100.000.000.000.039.6
Totals300.000.000.000.0

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1967NFL Detroit Lions2068604.257 3
1968NFL Detroit Lions1285974.746 3
1969NFL Detroit Lions582454.252 4
1970NFL Detroit Lions1667174.336 9
1971NFL Detroit Lions22642.914 0
1972NFL Detroit Lions622163.522 3
1973NFL Detroit Lions973733.832 4
Totals73930724.257 26

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1967NFL Detroit Lions393178.131 3
1968NFL Detroit Lions2437515.686 4
1969NFL Detroit Lions13947.224 0
1970NFL Detroit Lions292137.358 2
1971NFL Detroit Lions56012.039 1
1972NFL Detroit Lions1013213.242 0
1973NFL Detroit Lions261837.027 0
Totals14613749.486 10

Defense and Fumbles:


Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1967NFL Detroit Lions3300036
1968NFL Detroit Lions3400042
1969NFL Detroit Lions4000024
1970NFL Detroit Lions9200066
1971NFL Detroit Lions010006
1972NFL Detroit Lions3000018
1973NFL Detroit Lions4000024
Totals261000000000000216


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1967NFLDetroit Lions130
1968NFLDetroit Lions97
1969NFLDetroit Lions55
1970NFLDetroit Lions120
1971NFLDetroit Lions90
1972NFLDetroit Lions100
1973NFLDetroit Lions110

Awards

1967 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

Honors

1970 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1970 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)


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