Rocky Thompson
Ralph Gary Symonds-Thompson
Born: November 8, 1947
Paget, Bermuda
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
College: West Texas A&M
High School: Yokohama (Japan); John Marshall (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1971-1975
Drafted: 1971 in Round 1, #18 overall by the New York Giants
Rocky Thompson played from 1971 to 1975 during his career with the Houston Texans, New York Giants and Shreveport Steamer. Thompson ran for 412 yards in his career on 117 attempts, scoring 1 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 21 passes for 131 yards.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 54 | 177 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
1973 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 44 | 183 | 4.2 | 24 | 0 |
1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
NFL | 68 | 217 | 3.2 | 23 | 1 | |
WFL | 49 | 195 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Totals | 117 | 412 | 3.5 | 24 | 1 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
NFL | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | |
WFL | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 14 | 0 | |
Totals | 21 | 131 | 6.2 | 14 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 36 | 947 | 26.3 | 93 | 1 |
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 29 | 821 | 28.3 | 92 | 1 |
1974 | WFL Houston Texans | 14 | 294 | 21.0 | 31 | 0 |
1975 | WFL Shreveport Steamer | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 52 | 0 |
NFL | 65 | 1768 | 27.2 | 93 | 2 | |
WFL | 19 | 425 | 22.4 | 52 | 0 | |
Totals | 84 | 2193 | 26.1 | 93 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 8 | 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 |
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1973 | NFL | New York Giants | 1 | 0 |
1974 | WFL | Houston Texans | ||
1975 | WFL | Shreveport Steamer |