Alvin Maxson
Alvin Earl Maxson
Born: November 12, 1951
Beaumont, TX USA
Deceased: June 14, 2022
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205
College: SMU
High School: Hebert (Beaumont, TX)
Career: 1974-1978
Drafted: 1974 in Round 8, #201 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Alvin Maxson played from 1974 to 1978 during his career with the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Maxson ran for 1,270 yards in his career on 360 attempts, scoring 6 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 95 passes for 619 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 165 | 714 | 4.3 | 66 | 2 |
| 1975 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 139 | 371 | 2.7 | 14 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 34 | 120 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 360 | 1270 | 3.5 | 66 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 42 | 294 | 7.0 | 22 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 41 | 234 | 5.7 | 33 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Totals | 95 | 619 | 6.5 | 34 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 24 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 11 | 191 | 17.4 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 464 | 18.6 | 43 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 13 |
| 1976 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | New York Giants | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 |
