Don Cockroft
Donald Lee Cockroft
Born: February 6, 1945
Cheyenne, WY USA
Position: K
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
College: Adams St.
High School: Fountain-Fort Carson (Fountain, CO)
Career: 1968-1980
Drafted: 1967 in Round 3, #55 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Don Cockroft played from 1968 to 1980 during his career with the Cleveland Browns. Cockroft kicked 216 field goals in 328 attempts, a 65.9 percent success rate, over his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 118.8 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 79.2 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 48 | 46 | 95.8 | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 100 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 81 |
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 35 | 34 | 97.1 | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 70 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 79 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 29 | 28 | 96.6 | 27 | 22 | 81.5 | 94 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 31 | 22 | 71.0 | 90 |
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 30 | 29 | 96.7 | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 71 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 21 | 87.5 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 72 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 30 | 27 | 90.0 | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 81 |
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 40 | 37 | 92.5 | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 94 |
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 43 | 38 | 88.4 | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 89 |
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 44 | 39 | 88.6 | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 87 |
| Totals | 457 | 432 | 94.5 | 328 | 216 | 65.9 | 1080 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 61 | 2297 | 37.7 | 59 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 57 | 2138 | 37.5 | 55 |
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 71 | 3023 | 42.6 | 71 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 62 | 2508 | 40.5 | 59 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 81 | 3498 | 43.2 | 65 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 71 |
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 90 | 3643 | 40.5 | 64 |
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 82 | 3317 | 40.5 | 67 |
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 64 | 2487 | 38.9 | 51 |
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Totals | 651 | 26262 | 40.3 | 71 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | -21 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -21 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 100 | |||||||||
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 81 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 94 | |||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 71 | |||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 72 | |||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 81 | |||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 94 | |||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 89 | |||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 87 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1080 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 |
Honors
1972 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1978 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
