Mel Farr
Melvin Farr
Born: November 3, 1944
Beaumont, TX USA
Deceased: August 3, 2015
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210
College: UCLA
High School: Hebert (Beaumont, TX)
Career: 1967-1973
Drafted: 1967 in Round 1, #7 overall by the Detroit Lions
Mel Farr played from 1967 to 1973 during his career with the Detroit Lions. Farr ran for 3,072 yards in his career on 739 attempts, scoring 26 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 146 passes for 1,374 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 206 | 860 | 4.2 | 57 | 3 | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 128 | 597 | 4.7 | 46 | 3 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 58 | 245 | 4.2 | 52 | 4 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 166 | 717 | 4.3 | 36 | 9 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 62 | 216 | 3.5 | 22 | 3 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 97 | 373 | 3.8 | 32 | 4 |
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| Totals | 739 | 3072 | 4.2 | 57 | 26 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 39 | 317 | 8.1 | 31 | 3 | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 86 | 4 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 94 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 213 | 7.3 | 58 | 2 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 39 | 1 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 42 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 183 | 7.0 | 27 | 0 |
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| Totals | 146 | 1374 | 9.4 | 86 | 10 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 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 | 1967 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1968 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1970 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1971 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1972 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1973 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Totals | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1967 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 | 1968 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 7 | 1969 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 5 | 5 | 1970 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 12 | 1971 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 1 | 1972 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 10 | 4 | 1973 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 7 |
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Awards
1967 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
Honors
1970 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1970 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
