Junior Coffey
Junior Lee Coffey
Born: March 21, 1942
Kyle, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
College: Washington
High School: Dimmitt (TX)
Career: 1965-1971
Drafted: 1965 in Round 16, #122 overall (AFL) by the Houston Oilers
Drafted: 1965 in Round 7, #94 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Junior Coffey played from 1965 to 1971 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. Coffey ran for 2,037 yards in his career on 535 attempts, scoring 10 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 64 passes for 487 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 199 | 722 | 3.6 | 37 | 4 |
1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 180 | 722 | 4.0 | 20 | 4 |
1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 49 | 168 | 3.4 | 19 | 1 |
1969 | NFL New York Giants | 82 | 343 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 |
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 535 | 2037 | 3.8 | 37 | 10 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 46 | 1 |
1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 30 | 196 | 6.5 | 22 | 1 |
1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 19 | 2 |
1969 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 22 | 1 |
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 64 | 487 | 7.6 | 46 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1966 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
1967 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1969 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1969 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Totals | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 0 |
1966 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 0 |
1967 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 0 |
1969 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 0 |
1969 | NFL | New York Giants | 6 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | New York Giants | 6 | 0 |