Hoyle Granger
Hoyle John Granger
Born: March 7, 1944
Oberlin, LA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 225
College: Mississippi St.
High School: Oberlin (LA)
Career: 1966-1972
Drafted: 1966 in Round 4, #63 overall by the Baltimore Colts
Drafted: 1966 in Round 5, #37 overall (AFL) by the Houston Oilers
Hoyle Granger played from 1966 to 1972 during his career with the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Granger ran for 3,653 yards in his career on 805 attempts, scoring 19 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 134 passes for 1,339 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 56 | 388 | 6.9 | 69 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Houston Oilers | 236 | 1194 | 5.1 | 67 | 6 |
| 1968 | AFL Houston Oilers | 202 | 848 | 4.2 | 47 | 7 |
| 1969 | AFL Houston Oilers | 186 | 740 | 4.0 | 23 | 3 |
| 1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 51 | 169 | 3.3 | 15 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 32 | 139 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 42 | 175 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| AFL | 680 | 3170 | 4.7 | 69 | 17 | |
| NFL | 125 | 483 | 3.9 | 16 | 2 | |
| Totals | 805 | 3653 | 4.5 | 69 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | AFL Houston Oilers | 12 | 104 | 8.7 | 26 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Houston Oilers | 31 | 300 | 9.7 | 43 | 3 |
| 1968 | AFL Houston Oilers | 26 | 361 | 13.9 | 55 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Houston Oilers | 27 | 330 | 12.2 | 53 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 20 | 0 |
| AFL | 96 | 1095 | 11.4 | 55 | 5 | |
| NFL | 38 | 244 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 134 | 1339 | 10.0 | 55 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NFL | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 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 Houston Oilers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Houston Oilers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| AFL | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 11 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 13 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Houston Oilers | 13 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 13 | 0 |
Honors
1967 - AFL Associated Press All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL (2nd Team)
1967 - AFL United Press International All-AFL (2nd Team)
