Mel Blount Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Melvin Cornell Blount Position: CB/DB Height: 6' 3''  Weight: 205 Born: 4/10/1948, in Vidalia, GA, USA High School: Lyons (GA) College: Southern University Drafted: 1970, Round 3, Pick 1 (53 Overall) by Pittsburgh Steelers
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   DEF   INTS   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1970 22 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   1 4 4 0   0 1 0 0 0 1971 23 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   2 16 16 0   1 0 0 0 0 1972 24 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   3 75 34 0   0 0 2 35 1 1973 25 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   4 82 24 0   0 0 2 0 0 1974 26 PIT NFL 13 0.0 0   2 74 52t 1   0 1 2 5 0 1975 27 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   11 121 47 0   1 0 0 0 0 1976 28 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   6 75 28 0   1 0 1 0 0 1977 29 PIT NFL 14 0.0 0   6 65 37 0   0 0 1 15 0 1978 30 PIT NFL 16 0.0 0   4 55 35 0   0 0 0 0 0 1979 31 PIT NFL 16 0.0 0   3 1 1 0   0 0 1 15 0 1980 32 PIT NFL 16 0.0 0   4 28 17 0   0 0 1 32 0 1981 33 PIT NFL 16 0.0 0   6 106 50t 1   0 0 0 0 0 1982 34 PIT NFL 9 0.0 0   1 2 2 0   0 0 0 0 0 1983 35 PIT NFL 16 0.0 0   4 32 21 0   0 0 1 3 1 14 NFL Season Totals   200 0.0 0   57 736 0 2   3 2 11 105 2   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1970 22 PIT NFL 14 1 52 52.0 0 52 0   18 535 29.7 91 0 1971 23 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 76 19.0 35 0 1972 24 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1973 25 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1974 26 PIT NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 152 30.4 60 0 1975 27 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 139 17.4 23 0 1976 28 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1977 29 PIT NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1978 30 PIT NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1979 31 PIT NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1980 32 PIT NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 9 9.0 9 0 1981 33 PIT NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1982 34 PIT NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1983 35 PIT NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   200 1 52 52.0 0 0 0   36 911 25.3 0 0 Awards 1976 - Pro Bowl MVP 1975 - AP Defensive Player of the Year
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Int 1. Paul Krause 81 2. Emlen Tunnell 79 3. Rod Woodson 71 4. Dick Lane 68 5. Ronnie Lott 63 . . . . . 10. Mel Blount 57 Career Int Ret Yds 1. Rod Woodson 1483 2. Deion Sanders 1331 3. Emlen Tunnell 1282 4. Dick Lane 1207 5. Paul Krause 1185 . . . . . 33. Mel Blount 736   1976 - Pro Bowl MVP 1975 - AP Defensive Player of the Year
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