Roy Jefferson
Roy Lee Jefferson
Born: November 9, 1943
Texarkana, TX USA
Position: WR-SE
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: Utah
High School: Compton (CA)
Career: 1965-1976
Drafted: 1965 in Round 2, #14 overall (AFL) by the San Diego Chargers
Drafted: 1965 in Round 2, #18 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Roy Jefferson played from 1965 to 1976 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Jefferson caught 451 passes for 7,539 yards and 52 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 20 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
1973 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 188 | 7.5 | 24 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 287 | 22.1 | 50 | 1 |
1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 32 | 772 | 24.1 | 84 | 4 |
1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 29 | 459 | 15.8 | 58 | 4 |
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 58 | 1074 | 18.5 | 62 | 11 |
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 67 | 1079 | 16.1 | 63 | 9 |
1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 44 | 749 | 17.0 | 55 | 7 |
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 47 | 701 | 14.9 | 70 | 4 |
1972 | NFL Washington Redskins | 35 | 550 | 15.7 | 45 | 3 |
1973 | NFL Washington Redskins | 41 | 595 | 14.5 | 36 | 1 |
1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 43 | 654 | 15.2 | 43 | 4 |
1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 15 | 255 | 17.0 | 36 | 2 |
1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 27 | 364 | 13.5 | 27 | 2 |
Totals | 451 | 7539 | 16.7 | 84 | 52 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 67 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 274 | 9.8 | 80 | 1 |
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 436 | 7.5 | 80 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 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 |
1965 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1966 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
1967 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
1970 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
1971 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1972 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
1973 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1974 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
1975 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
1976 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 0 |
1966 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
1967 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
1968 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
1969 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 14 |
1973 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 14 |
1974 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 13 | 0 |
1976 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 14 |
Honors
1968 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1968 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1968 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1968 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1969 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1971 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)