Buford Long
Buford Eugene Long
Born: December 14, 1931
Lake Wales, FL USA
Deceased: September 1, 2006
Wauchula, FL
Position: DB-HB-E
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 195
College: Florida
High School: Lake Wales (FL)
Career: 1953-1955
Drafted: 1953 in Round 5, #58 overall by the New York Giants
Buford Long played from 1953 to 1955 during his career with the New York Giants. Long ran for 164 yards in his career on 52 attempts, scoring 1 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 33 passes for 462 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL New York Giants | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 21 | 0 |
1954 | NFL New York Giants | 32 | 106 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
Totals | 52 | 164 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 220 | 15.7 | 55 | 2 |
1954 | NFL New York Giants | 13 | 178 | 13.7 | 36 | 1 |
1955 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 34 | 1 |
Totals | 33 | 462 | 14.0 | 55 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 198 | 28.3 | 36 | 0 |
1954 | NFL New York Giants | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 36 | 0 |
1955 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 31 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 607 | 26.4 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1955 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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 |
1953 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||||
1954 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1955 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | NFL | New York Giants | 10 | 0 |
1954 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
1955 | NFL | New York Giants | 4 | 0 |