Joe Dawkins
Joseph Dawkins III
Born: January 27, 1948
Los Angeles, CA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 223
College: Wisconsin
High School: John C. Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1970-1976
Drafted: 1970 in Round 10, #249 overall by the Houston Oilers
Joe Dawkins played from 1970 to 1976 during his career with the Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers and New York Giants. Dawkins ran for 2,661 yards in his career on 698 attempts, scoring 13 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 145 passes for 1,316 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 124 | 517 | 4.2 | 49 | 2 |
1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 42 | 135 | 3.2 | 21 | 2 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 56 | 243 | 4.3 | 19 | 2 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 160 | 706 | 4.4 | 72 | 2 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 156 | 561 | 3.6 | 16 | 2 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 129 | 438 | 3.4 | 15 | 2 |
1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 31 | 61 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 |
Totals | 698 | 2661 | 3.8 | 72 | 13 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 18 | 242 | 13.4 | 60 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 30 | 329 | 11.0 | 42 | 0 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 46 | 332 | 7.2 | 51 | 3 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 245 | 10.2 | 39 | 0 |
1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 145 | 1316 | 9.1 | 60 | 3 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 15 | 357 | 23.8 | 31 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 10 | 222 | 22.2 | 31 | 0 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 53 | 0 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 799 | 25.0 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1971 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1972 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1973 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1976 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 8 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 6 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 5 |
1973 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
1974 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1976 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |