Butch Woolfolk
Harold E. Woolfolk
Born: March 1, 1960
Milwaukee, WI USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
College: Michigan
High School: Westfield (NJ)
Career: 1982-1988
Drafted: 1982 in Round 1, #18 overall by the New York Giants
Butch Woolfolk played from 1982 to 1988 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Houston Oilers and New York Giants. Woolfolk ran for 1,923 yards in his career on 537 attempts, scoring 8 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 187 passes for 1,939 yards and 8 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 112 | 439 | 3.9 | 18 | 2 |
| 1983 | NFL New York Giants | 246 | 857 | 3.5 | 22 | 4 |
| 1984 | NFL New York Giants | 40 | 92 | 2.3 | 17 | 1 |
| 1985 | NFL Houston Oilers | 103 | 392 | 3.8 | 43 | 1 |
| 1986 | NFL Houston Oilers | 23 | 57 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 31 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 537 | 1923 | 3.6 | 43 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 40 | 2 |
| 1983 | NFL New York Giants | 28 | 368 | 13.1 | 44 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Houston Oilers | 80 | 814 | 10.2 | 80 | 4 |
| 1986 | NFL Houston Oilers | 28 | 314 | 11.2 | 30 | 2 |
| 1987 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 166 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 187 | 1939 | 10.4 | 80 | 8 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 20 | 428 | 21.4 | 34 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | NFL New York Giants | 14 | 232 | 16.6 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL Houston Oilers | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 44 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1029 | 19.4 | 46 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL Houston Oilers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 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 |
| 1982 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1983 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1984 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1985 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL Houston Oilers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NFL | New York Giants | 9 | 8 |
| 1983 | NFL | New York Giants | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | New York Giants | 15 | 8 |
| 1985 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 16 | 14 |
| 1986 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 10 | 5 |
| 1987 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 |
