Paul Hornung Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Paul Vernon Hornung (Golden Boy) Position: FB/HB/K/OHB/QB Height: 6' 2''  Weight: 215 Born: 12/23/1935, in Louisville, KY, USA High School: Flaget (Louisville, KY) College: University of Notre Dame Drafted: 1957, Round 1, Pick 1 (1 Overall) by Green Bay Packers
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   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1957 21 GNB NFL 12 6 1 16.7 -1 -0.17 -1 0 0 0 0 39.6 63   60 319 5.3 3 72   6 34 5.7 0 16   2 0 0 0 0 1958 22 GNB NFL 12 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 61   69 310 4.5 2 55   15 137 9.1 0 39   1 1 1 0 0 1959 23 GNB NFL 12 8 5 62.5 95 11.88 30 2 0 0 0 143.2 214   152 681 4.5 7 63   15 113 7.5 0 19   7 0 0 0 0 1960 24 GNB NFL 12 16 6 37.5 118 7.38 40t 2 0 0 7 103.6 161   160 671 4.2 13 37   28 257 9.2 2 33   3 0 0 0 0 1961 25 GNB NFL 12 5 3 60.0 42 8.40 20 1 0 0 0 126.7 185   127 597 4.7 8 54t   15 145 9.7 2 34t   1 0 0 0 0 1962 26 GNB NFL 9 6 4 66.7 80 13.33 41 0 2 0 0 70.1 97   57 219 3.8 5 37   9 168 18.7 2 83t   1 0 0 0 0 1964 28 GNB NFL 14 10 3 30.0 25 2.50 10 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   103 415 4.0 5 40   9 98 10.9 0 40   4 1 0 0 0 1965 29 GNB NFL 12 2 1 50.0 19 9.50 19 0 1 1 13 43.8 60   89 299 3.4 5 17   19 336 17.7 3 65t   2 0 0 0 0 1966 30 GNB NFL 9 1 1 100.0 5 5.00 5 0 0 0 0 87.5 130   76 200 2.6 2 9   14 192 13.7 3 44t   1 0 0 0 0 9 NFL Season Totals   104 55 24 43.6 383 6.96 0 5 4 1 20 67.5     893 3711 4.2 50 0   130 1480 11.4 12 0   22 2 1 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1957 21 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1958 22 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   10 248 24.8 39 0 1959 23 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1960 24 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1961 25 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1962 26 GNB NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1964 28 GNB NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1965 29 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1966 30 GNB NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 9 NFL Season Totals   104 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   10 248 24.8 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Year AGE Team LG GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA   1957 21 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 4 0 0 1958 22 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 11 21 22 23 1959 23 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 7 17 31 32 1960 24 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 15 28 41 41 1961 25 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 15 22 41 41 1962 26 GNB NFL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 6 10 14 14 1964 28 GNB NFL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 12 38 41 43 1965 29 GNB NFL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1966 30 GNB NFL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 9 NFL Season Totals   104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 66 140 190 194 Awards 1961 - AP NFL MVP - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI MVP 1956 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 . . . . . 89. Paul Hornung 4.156 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 57. Paul Hornung 50 Career Rush Att/TD 1. Lenny Moore 16.97 2. Paul Hornung 17.86 3. Steve Van Buren 19.13 4. Pete Johnson 19.59 5. Priest Holmes 20.70 Minimum 800 Att.   1961 - AP NFL MVP - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - UPI MVP 1956 - Heisman Trophy Winner
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