Veryl Switzer
Veryl Allen Switzer
Born: August 6, 1932
Nicodemus, KS USA
Deceased: June 4, 2022
Position: HB-DB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
College: Kansas St.
High School: Bogue (KS)
Career: 1954-1960
Drafted: 1954 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Veryl Switzer played from 1954 to 1960 during his career with the Calgary Stampeders, Green Bay Packers and Montreal Alouettes. Switzer ran for 1,397 yards in his career on 267 attempts, scoring 12 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 74 passes for 656 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 33 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 16 | 101 | 6.3 | 38 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 56 | 269 | 4.8 | 55 | 6 |
| 1959 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 164 | 863 | 5.3 | 51 | 6 |
| 1960 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 |
| NFL | 31 | 160 | 5.2 | 38 | 0 | |
| CFL | 236 | 1237 | 5.2 | 55 | 12 | |
| Totals | 267 | 1397 | 5.2 | 55 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 17 | 166 | 9.8 | 28 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 14 | 103 | 7.4 | 22 | 1 |
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 15 | 125 | 8.3 | 31 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 24 | 2 |
| NFL | 31 | 269 | 8.7 | 28 | 3 | |
| CFL | 43 | 387 | 9.0 | 31 | 2 | |
| Totals | 74 | 656 | 8.9 | 31 | 5 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 24 | 306 | 12.8 | 93 | 1 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 24 | 158 | 6.6 | 38 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| NFL | 48 | 464 | 9.7 | 93 | 1 | |
| CFL | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| Totals | 57 | 507 | 8.9 | 93 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 20 | 500 | 25.0 | 88 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 17 | 445 | 26.2 | 57 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
| NFL | 37 | 945 | 25.5 | 88 | 0 | |
| CFL | 9 | 142 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Totals | 46 | 1087 | 23.6 | 88 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1954 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1955 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1958 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1959 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1960 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| NFL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| CFL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Totals | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 7 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | |
| 1960 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 12 |
