Wendell Hayes
Wendell Hayes
Born: August 5, 1940
Dallas, TX USA
Deceased: December 28, 2019
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 220
College: Humboldt St.
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Career: 1963-1974
Wendell Hayes played from 1963 to 1974 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. Hayes ran for 3,758 yards in his career on 988 attempts, scoring 28 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 161 passes for 1,461 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| AFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 130 | 526 | 4.0 | 43 | 5 | 1966 | AFL Denver Broncos | 105 | 417 | 4.0 | 56 | 1 | 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 85 | 255 | 3.0 | 18 | 4 | 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 85 | 340 | 4.0 | 25 | 4 | 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 62 | 208 | 3.4 | 11 | 4 | 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 109 | 381 | 3.5 | 22 | 5 | 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 132 | 537 | 4.1 | 27 | 1 | 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 95 | 352 | 3.7 | 27 | 2 | 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 57 | 206 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
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| NFL | 521 | 2012 | 3.9 | 28 | 10 | |
| AFL | 467 | 1746 | 3.7 | 56 | 18 | |
| Totals | 988 | 3758 | 3.8 | 56 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 24 | 294 | 12.2 | 66 | 2 | 1966 | AFL Denver Broncos | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 | 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 13 | 125 | 9.6 | 24 | 0 | 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 22 | 1 | 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 26 | 219 | 8.4 | 28 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 150 | 9.4 | 26 | 1 | 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 31 | 295 | 9.5 | 29 | 3 | 1973 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 | 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
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| NFL | 95 | 821 | 8.6 | 29 | 4 | |
| AFL | 66 | 640 | 9.7 | 66 | 3 | |
| Totals | 161 | 1461 | 9.1 | 66 | 7 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1963 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 30 | 0 | 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 39 | 0 | 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 34 | 0 |
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| NFL | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| AFL | 9 | 278 | 30.9 | 45 | 0 | |
| Totals | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1973 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| NFL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 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 | 1965 | AFL Denver Broncos | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 1966 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1967 | AFL Denver Broncos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1968 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1969 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1970 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1971 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1972 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1973 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1974 | NFL Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| NFL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| AFL | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | |
| Totals | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 214 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1963 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 1965 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 | 1966 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 11 | 0 | 1967 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 | 1968 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 0 | 1969 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 | 1970 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 | 1971 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 | 1972 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 | 1973 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 7 | 1974 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 6 |
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