Larry Watkins
Lawrence Watkins
Born: October 5, 1946
Bessemer, AL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 230
College: Alcorn St.
High School: Jackson S. Abrams (Bessemer, AL)
Career: 1969-1977
Larry Watkins played from 1969 to 1977 during his career with the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. Watkins ran for 1,711 yards in his career on 448 attempts, scoring 12 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 51 passes for 284 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 62 | 201 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 32 | 96 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 35 | 98 | 2.8 | 11 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 67 | 262 | 3.9 | 28 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 98 | 414 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 41 | 170 | 4.1 | 13 | 2 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 68 | 303 | 4.5 | 12 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 26 | 96 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 448 | 1711 | 3.8 | 28 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 87 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 28 | 1 |
| 1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 284 | 5.6 | 28 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 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 |
| 1969 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1974 | NFL Buffalo Bills | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 12 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | New York Giants | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 0 |
