Willie Buchanon
Willie James Buchanon
Born: November 4, 1950
Oceanside, CA USA
Position: DB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
College: San Diego St.
High School: Oceanside (CA)
Career: 1972-1982
Drafted: 1972 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Willie Buchanon played from 1972 to 1982 during his career with the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers. Buchanon intercepted 28 passes for 278 yards in his career.
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Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
1974 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
1976 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
1977 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 29 | 1 |
1978 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 77 | 1 |
1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 278 | 9.9 | 77 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
1973 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1974 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1975 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1978 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
1980 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1981 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1972 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1977 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1978 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 |
1973 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 6 |
1974 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 |
1975 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 2 | 2 |
1976 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 |
1977 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 14 |
1978 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 16 |
1979 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
1980 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
1981 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 1 |
Awards
1972 - AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
Honors
1978 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)