Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories

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Hail Casares
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Odd Players Near the Top in Statistical Categories

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Might be fun

For example:

Neil O'Donnell(?!?!) Is 3rd all time in INT%

Not a name I expected to see up there with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady
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Hail Casares wrote:Might be fun

For example:

Neil O'Donnell(?!?!) Is 3rd all time in INT%

Not a name I expected to see up there with Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady
It's even more surprising considering his most famous pass is the pick he threw in the SB vs Dallas.
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Second and third in the NFL in rushing for 1955: Howie Ferguson and Curly Morrison. Always a favorite of mine, ever since I came across it.
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Tom Miner of Pittsburgh tying for the league lead in Field Goals (with Paige Cothren of the Rams) with 14 three-pointers in 1958. What makes it so odd was that it was Miner's only season in the NFL.
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Robert Bailey had one career "punt return" and it was the longest punt return in NFL history.
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Longest return of a blocked punt: 67 yards, Frank Filchock Sep 28, 1941

(although I guess this was tallied as a punt return?)
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Longest touchdow. Receptions in NFL history. After you get through the list of 99 yards, there's HOF DB Night Train Lane with a 98 yard TD.
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Speaking of 98-yard pass plays, Gaynell Tinsley caught one in 1938 from Doug Russell -- Russell's only completion of the season, in seven attempts.
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1973 Oilers Fred Willis is third in total receptions (57) behind Harold Carmichael (67)& Charley Taylor (59). He wasn't the only RB Ed Podolak & Tom Sullivan are also in the top ten with 55 & 50 receptions
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In 1986, Bengals punter Jeff Hayes had the 4th longest run of the season (61 yards), after Herschel Walker, Thomas Sanders and Albert Bentley.

My favorite of all that I watched, was in the 1982 playoffs, when Steelers LB Guy Ruff (who, interestingly, wore no. 36) recovered a James Brooks fumble in the endzone for a TD in the opening kickoff against San Diego. It was listed that Ruff saw action in two games, but I was surprised, since I knew the Steelers roster and I had watch all their games that season and didn't noticed Ruff. Anyway, it was odd to see his name in the playoff stats.
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