Tom Watkins
Thomas Watkins
Born: October 23, 1937
West Memphis, AR USA
Deceased: October 29, 2011
Detroit, MI
Position: HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195
College: Iowa St.
High School: West Memphis (AR)
Career: 1961-1968
Drafted: 1960 in Round 15, #177 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Drafted: 1961 in Round 8, #57 overall (AFL) by the Oakland Raiders
Tom Watkins played from 1961 to 1968 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers. Watkins ran for 1,791 yards in his career on 468 attempts, scoring 10 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 55 passes for 590 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 58 | 58.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 158.3 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 58 | 58.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 209 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 113 | 485 | 4.3 | 60 | 3 |
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 97 | 423 | 4.4 | 32 | 2 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 80 | 218 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 |
1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 95 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 106 | 361 | 3.4 | 28 | 4 |
Totals | 468 | 1791 | 3.8 | 60 | 10 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 35 | 1 |
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 29 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 168 | 10.5 | 32 | 1 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 37 | 1 |
1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 28 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 27 | 1 |
Totals | 55 | 590 | 10.7 | 37 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 32 | 399 | 12.5 | 90 | 1 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 68 | 2 |
1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 41 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 96 | 970 | 10.1 | 90 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 226 | 25.1 | 47 | 0 |
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 452 | 26.6 | 40 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 33 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 368 | 23.0 | 57 | 0 |
1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 17 | 584 | 34.4 | 94 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 20 | 411 | 20.6 | 44 | 0 |
1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Totals | 101 | 2510 | 24.9 | 94 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
1965 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1961 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1962 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1963 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
1964 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Totals | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 0 |
1962 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
1963 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
1964 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
1965 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
1967 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 6 |
1968 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 |