Russell Erxleben
Russell Allen Erxleben
Born: January 13, 1956
Seguin, TX USA
Position: P
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 223
College: Texas
High School: Seguin (TX)
Career: 1979-1987
Drafted: 1979 in Round 1, #11 overall by the New Orleans Saints
Russell Erxleben played from 1979 to 1987 during his career with the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints. Erxleben punted 280 times with a 40.6 yard average over his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 135.4 | 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 63 | 12.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 39 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 26 | 0 | 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 26 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 10 | 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 8 | 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 19 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 40 | 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 89 | 3499 | 39.3 | 57 | 1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 66 | 2672 | 40.5 | 60 | 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 46 | 1976 | 43.0 | 60 | 1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 74 | 3034 | 41.0 | 60 | 1987 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 280 | 11381 | 40.6 | 60 |
Defense and Fumbles:
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 | 1979 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1980 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1979 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 1980 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 0 | 1981 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 0 | 1982 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 0 | 1983 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 0 | 1987 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 |
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