Leonard Thompson
[edit] Biography
Leonard Thompson (Leonard Irwin Thompson) was born on July 28, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After going to high school at Pueblo (Tucson, AZ), Thompson attended Arizona Western JC and Oklahoma State University. Thompson made his professional debut in the NFL in 1975 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions for his entire 12 year career.
Most people believe that 1984 was Leonard Thompson's best year, as he hauled in 50 receptions, had 773 receiving yards and caught 6 TD passes.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 52
| 17.3
| 0
| 21
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 42
| 6
| 0
| 18
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 10
| 167
| 16.7
| 4
| 45t
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 24
| 451
| 18.8
| 2
| 82
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 19
| 511
| 26.9
| 3
| 79t
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 30
| 550
| 18.3
| 3
| 94t
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 17
| 328
| 19.3
| 4
| 70t
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 41
| 752
| 18.3
| 3
| 80t
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 50
| 773
| 15.5
| 6
| 66t
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 51
| 736
| 14.4
| 5
| 48
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 25
| 320
| 12.8
| 5
| 38t
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 277
| 4682
| 16.9
| 35
| 0
|
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| -12
| -12
| 0
| -12
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 31
| 91
| 2.9
| 1
| 16t
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 7
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 5
| 24
| 4.8
| 0
| 16
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 6
| 61
| 10.2
| 0
| 30
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 10
| 75
| 7.5
| 1
| 21
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 2
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 13
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 4
| 72
| 18
| 1
| 40t
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| -7
| -2.3
| 0
| 4
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 64
| 327
| 5.1
| 3
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 12
| 271
| 22.6
| 33
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 86
| 17.2
| 32
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 5
| 84
| 16.8
| 24
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 8
| 207
| 25.9
| 31
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 6
| 151
| 25.2
| 26
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 36
| 799
| 22.2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 19
| 6.3
| 1
| 9
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 9
| 117
| 13
| 3
| 31
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 12
| 136
| 11.3
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 12
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 12 year NFL career
| 175
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.6
|
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