Elois Grooms
Elois T. Grooms
Born: May 20, 1953
Tompkinsville, KY USA
Position: DE-DT
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 249
College: Tennessee Tech
High School: Tompkinsville (KY)
Career: 1975-1987
Drafted: 1975 in Round 3, #63 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Elois Grooms played from 1975 to 1987 during his career with the New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Cardinals. Grooms recorded 10.5 quarterback sacks in his career.
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Receiving:
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 37 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1987 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1977 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 11 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 11 |
| 1984 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 6 |
| 1985 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 3 |
