Leon Burns
Leon Keith Burns
Born: September 15, 1940
Oakland, CA USA
Deceased: December 22, 1984
Los Angeles, CA
Position: HB,RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 228
College: Long Beach St.
High School: St. Mary's (Albany, CA)
Career: 1971-1974
Drafted: 1971 in Round 1, #13 overall by the San Diego Chargers
Leon Burns played from 1971 to 1974 during his career with the Portland Storm, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Cardinals. Burns ran for 485 yards in his career on 138 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 9 passes for 46 yards.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 61 | 223 | 3.7 | 25 | 1 |
1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 69 | 2.7 | 9 | 2 |
1974 | WFL Portland Storm | 51 | 193 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 |
NFL | 87 | 292 | 3.4 | 25 | 3 | |
WFL | 51 | 193 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 | |
Totals | 138 | 485 | 3.5 | 25 | 3 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
NFL | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 | |
Totals | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
NFL | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | |
Totals | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1971 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1972 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 0 |
1974 | WFL | Portland Storm |