Jesse Whittenton
Urshell Jesse Whittenton
Born: May 9, 1934
Big Spring, TX USA
Deceased: May 22, 2012
Las Cruces, NM
Position: DB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 193
College: Texas-El Paso
High School: Yselta (El Paso, TX)
Career: 1956-1964
Drafted: 1956 in Round 5, #60 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Jesse Whittenton played from 1956 to 1964 during his career with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams. Whittenton intercepted 24 passes for 443 yards in his career.
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Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 32 | 1 |
1957 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 52 | 0 |
1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 41 | 1 |
1962 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 36 | 0 |
1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 33 | 0 |
1964 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 443 | 18.5 | 52 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1962 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1956 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 12 |
1957 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1958 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 8 | 0 |
1959 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1960 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
1961 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
1962 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
1963 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
1964 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1959 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1960 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1960 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
1961 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1961 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1961 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1961 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)