Mack Herron
Mack Willie Herron
Born: July 24, 1948
Biloxi, MS USA
Deceased: December 6, 2015
Chicago, IL
Position: RB
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 170
College: Kansas St.
High School: Farragut (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1971-1975
Drafted: 1970 in Round 6, #143 overall by the Atlanta Falcons
Mack Herron played from 1971 to 1975 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Herron ran for 3,725 yards in his career on 810 attempts, scoring 25 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 130 passes for 1,658 yards and 14 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 118.8 |
| CFL | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 198 | 900 | 4.5 | 33 | 5 |
| 1972 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 258 | 1527 | 5.9 | 65 | 11 |
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 61 | 200 | 3.3 | 17 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 231 | 824 | 3.6 | 28 | 7 |
| 1975 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New England Patriots | 61 | 274 | 4.5 | 53 | 0 |
| CFL | 456 | 2427 | 5.3 | 65 | 16 | |
| NFL | 354 | 1298 | 3.7 | 53 | 9 | |
| Totals | 810 | 3725 | 4.6 | 65 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30 | 418 | 13.9 | 63 | 4 |
| 1972 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 39 | 451 | 11.6 | 55 | 4 |
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 18 | 265 | 14.7 | 29 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 38 | 474 | 12.5 | 48 | 5 |
| 1975 | NFL New England Patriots | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CFL | 69 | 869 | 12.6 | 63 | 8 | |
| NFL | 61 | 789 | 12.9 | 48 | 6 | |
| Totals | 130 | 1658 | 12.8 | 63 | 14 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 27 | 282 | 10.4 | 54 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 35 | 517 | 14.8 | 66 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New England Patriots | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 24 | 0 |
| NFL | 84 | 982 | 11.7 | 66 | 0 | |
| Totals | 84 | 982 | 11.7 | 66 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 35 | 1019 | 29.1 | 62 | 0 |
| 1972 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 17 | 552 | 32.5 | 120 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 41 | 1092 | 26.6 | 92 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 28 | 629 | 22.5 | 62 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 11 | 189 | 17.2 | 30 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 40 | 0 |
| CFL | 52 | 1571 | 30.2 | 120 | 1 | |
| NFL | 82 | 1985 | 24.2 | 92 | 1 | |
| Totals | 134 | 3556 | 26.5 | 120 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | NFL New England Patriots | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1971 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1972 | CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL New England Patriots | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1974 | NFL New England Patriots | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| CFL | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| NFL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
| Totals | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 15 | |
| 1972 | CFL | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 16 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | New England Patriots | 14 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL | New England Patriots | 14 | 14 |
| 1975 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | New England Patriots | 7 | 5 |
Honors
1971 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1972 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1972 - CFL CFL West All-Star
