Howard Cassady
[edit] Biography
Howard Cassady (Howard Albert Cassady) was born on March 2, 1934 in Columbus, Ohio. After going to high school at Central (Columbus, OH), Cassady attended Ohio State University. Cassady made his professional debut in the NFL in 1956 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that 1958 was Howard Cassady's best year, as he caught 7 TD passes.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 97
| 413
| 4.3
| 0
| 33
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 73
| 250
| 3.4
| 3
| 57
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 45
| 198
| 4.4
| 0
| 33
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 52
| 203
| 3.9
| 1
| 13
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 17
| 28
| 1.6
| 1
| 10
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 31
| 131
| 4.2
| 1
| 14
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 6
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 316
| 1229
| 3.9
| 6
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 9
| 83
| 9.2
| 0
| 21
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 25
| 325
| 13
| 3
| 48
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 23
| 406
| 17.7
| 7
| 81t
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 15
| 316
| 21.1
| 4
| 59t
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 20
| 238
| 11.9
| 1
| 40t
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 45
| 9
| 1
| 76
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 14
| 188
| 13.4
| 2
| 47t
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 111
| 1601
| 14.4
| 18
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 16
| 382
| 23.9
| 42
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 10
| 232
| 23.2
| 37
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 6
| 126
| 21
| 39
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 8
| 163
| 20.4
| 34
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 4
| 82
| 20.5
| 28
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 9
| 127
| 14.1
| 23
| 0
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 14
| 249
| 17.8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 77
| 1594
| 20.7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 13
| 83
| 6.4
| 0
| 34
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 4
| 1.3
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 14
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 1
| 25
| 25
| 0
| 25
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 16
| 159
| 9.9
| 0
| 21
| 0
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 43
| 341
| 7.9
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1956
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| DET
| NFL
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| PHI
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| DET
| NFL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 8 year NFL career
| 84
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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