Paul Costa
Sebastian Paul Costa
Born: December 7, 1941
Yonkers, NY USA
Deceased: October 12, 2015
Grapevine, TX
Position: TE-T
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 268
College: Notre Dame
High School: Port Chester (Rye Brook, NY)
Career: 1965-1975
Drafted: 1964 in Round 14, #106 overall (AFL) by the Kansas City Chiefs
Drafted: 1964 in Round 4, #55 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Paul Costa played from 1965 to 1975 during his career with the Birmingham Americans, Birmingham Vulcans and Buffalo Bills. Costa caught 102 passes for 1,699 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 |
AFL | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | |
Totals | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 21 | 401 | 19.1 | 46 | 0 |
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 27 | 400 | 14.8 | 50 | 3 |
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 39 | 726 | 18.6 | 63 | 2 |
1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 15 | 172 | 11.5 | 27 | 1 |
AFL | 102 | 1699 | 16.7 | 63 | 6 | |
Totals | 102 | 1699 | 16.7 | 63 | 6 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 33 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
AFL | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 33 | 0 | |
NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 33 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
AFL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 |
1966 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1967 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1968 | AFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
AFL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Totals | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 8 |
1966 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1967 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 14 |
1968 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
1969 | AFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 0 |
1974 | WFL | Birmingham Americans | ||
1975 | WFL | Birmingham Vulcans |