Don Highsmith
Donald Cornelius Highsmith
Born: March 12, 1948
New Brunswick, NJ USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 210
College: Michigan St.
High School: New Brunswick (NJ)
Career: 1970-1975
Drafted: 1970 in Round 13, #336 overall by the Oakland Raiders
Don Highsmith played from 1970 to 1975 during his career with the Charlotte Hornets, Green Bay Packers, New York Stars and Oakland Raiders. Highsmith ran for 1,563 yards in his career on 447 attempts, scoring 26 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 49 passes for 467 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 76 | 307 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 142 | 686 | 4.8 | 32 | 13 |
| 1975 | WFL Charlotte Hornets | 211 | 550 | 2.6 | 39 | 11 |
| NFL | 94 | 327 | 3.5 | 26 | 2 | |
| WFL | 353 | 1236 | 3.5 | 39 | 24 | |
| Totals | 447 | 1563 | 3.5 | 39 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 47 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 19 | 147 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Charlotte Hornets | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| NFL | 12 | 143 | 11.9 | 47 | 0 | |
| WFL | 37 | 324 | 8.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 467 | 9.5 | 47 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 21 | 454 | 21.6 | 34 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NFL | 22 | 472 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 472 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 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 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1972 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1974 | WFL New York Stars | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Charlotte Hornets | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | ||
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| WFL | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | |
| Totals | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 8 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 3 |
| 1972 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 8 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | New York Stars | 10 | |
| 1975 | WFL | Charlotte Hornets | 11 | 11 |
