Joe Profit
Joseph T. Profit, Jr.
Born: August 13, 1949
Lake Providence, LA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 213
College: La-Monroe
High School: Richwood (Monroe, LA)
Career: 1971-1975
Drafted: 1971 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Atlanta Falcons
Joe Profit played from 1971 to 1975 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Birmingham Americans, Birmingham Vulcans and New Orleans Saints. Profit ran for 1,126 yards in his career on 286 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 16 passes for 141 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 40 | 132 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 9 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 72 | 274 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 84 | 378 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| 1975 | WFL Birmingham Vulcans | 69 | 277 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 |
| NFL | 133 | 471 | 3.5 | 22 | 3 | |
| WFL | 153 | 655 | 4.3 | 24 | 2 | |
| Totals | 286 | 1126 | 3.9 | 24 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 26 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| NFL | 14 | 130 | 9.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| WFL | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Totals | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 247 | 24.7 | 35 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 26 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Birmingham Vulcans | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 26 | 0 |
| NFL | 18 | 391 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| WFL | 17 | 304 | 17.9 | 29 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 695 | 19.9 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 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 Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1974 | WFL Birmingham Americans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1975 | WFL Birmingham Vulcans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| WFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 8 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | Birmingham Americans | ||
| 1975 | WFL | Birmingham Vulcans |
