A few Chiefs career milestones

[Rain Man]

Before Game 1, Priest Holmes was ranked 44th on the all-time career rushing list. He could move up as high as 19th this year, passing Terry Allen, who is currently in 19th place. (Earl Campbell, in 18th, has 9,407 yards, so there's a big gap there.)

T Allen 8614
J Taylor 8597
J Perry 8378
E Byner 8261
H Walker 8225
R Craig 8189
G Riggs 8188
L Csonka 8081
F McNeil 8074
*C Dillon 8061
J Brooks 7962
*G Hearst 7885
C Warren 7696
T Davis 7607
M Pruitt 7378
L Kelly 7274
*S Davis 7234
G Rogers 7176
*C Garner 6983
R Hampton 6897
C Warner 6844
R Smith 6818
J Johnson 6803
W Montgomery 6789
C Muncie 6702
*P Holmes 6692

Prior to Week 1, Priest was ranked 23rd in career rushing TDs. He needs 18 TDs to break into the top 10 all time, and a repeat of last year's record-setting performance would vault him up to 8th.

*E Smith 155
M Allen 123
W Payton 110
J Brown 106
J Riggins 104
B Sanders 99
*M Faulk 97
F Harris 91
E Dickerson 90
J Taylor 83
O Anderson 81
R Watters 78
T Dorsett 77
P Johnson 76
L Kelly 74
E Campbell 74
*C Martin 73
T Allen 73
C Muncie 71
S VanBuren 69
G Riggs 69
*J Bettis 69
*P Holmes 66

Prior to Week 1, Johnny Morton had 548 receptions, and needed 16 receptions to move past Webster Slaughter into the top 50 in all-time receptions. Rob Moore is ranked 29th. A 50-catch season would put him at about 34th, depending on how other active WRs do.

Tony Gonzalez stood at 468 receptions prior to Week 1, and would need 95 receptions to have a chance to move into the top 50 of all time.

R Moore 628
K Byars 610
*R Proehl 607
*K Johnson 603
S Sharpe 595
A Miller 595
T Martin 593
*T Owens 592
H Carmichael 590
F Biletnikoff 589
M Allen 587
B Brooks 583
M Clayton 582
R Harmon 581
B Blades 581
H Jackson 579
E Givins 571
M Carrier 569
L Taylor 567
R Craig 566
E McCaffrey 565
W Slaughter 563

Johnny Morton had 7,636 receiving yards prior to the season, and needed 525 yards to move past Eric Martin into 50th place all-time. A 1,000 yard season would move him to about 43rd place.

C Taylor 9110
T Martin 9065
H Carmichael 8985
F Biletnikoff 8974
M Clayton 8974
W Chandler 8966
R Green 8965
M Duper 8869
T Mathis 8809
M Carrier 8763
J Stallworth 8723
C Branch 8685
*R Smith 8629
*T Owens 8572
P Warfield 8565
B Howton 8459
T McDonald 8410
*R Moss 8375
W Walker 8306
C Dale 8277
E Givins 8215
J Graham 8172
E Martin 8161

Tony Gonzalez had 47 receiving TDs prior to the season, and would need 14 to move into a tie for 47th all time. Herman Moore is currently at 45th.

H Moore 62
S Sharpe 62
*A Freeman 61
M Quick 61
P Pihos 61
B Howton 61

Priest Holmes had 9,253 yards from scrimmage prior to the season. He needs 902 to pass Joe Perry and move into 50th place all time, assuming that Jimmy Smith and Marvin Harrison also move past Perry (currently at 48th). 2,300 combined yards could move Priest as high as 34th place all time. Don Maynard is currently in 32nd place.

D Maynard 11904
J Brooks 11583
L Moore 11213
F McNeil 11035
G Clark 10910
S Morgan 10843
B Mitchell 10689
*C Garner 10632
*I Bruce 10615
C Taylor 10598
H Jackson 10553
L Alworth 10395
J Taylor 10353
A Rison 10228
T Allen 10215
E Campbell 10213
J Perry 10174
*M Harrison 10100
*J Smith 10091

Priest Holmes had 72 total touchdowns prior to the season. He only needed 3 to pass Chuck Muncie, Eddie George, and the great Earl Campbell to move into 48th place all time. 25 TDs this year would move him up to 15th place all-time. Jerry Rice currently is #1

*J Rice 204
*E Smith 166
M Allen 144
*M Faulk 131
C Carter 130
J Brown 126
W Payton 125
J Riggins 116
L Moore 111
B Sanders 109
D Hutson 102
S Largent 101
*T Brown 100
F Harris 100
E Dickerson 96
J Taylor 93
R Watters 91
C Taylor 90
T Dorsett 90
D Maynard 88
A Reed 88
T Thomas 88
L Kelly 87
L Alworth 87
O Anderson 86
P Warfield 85
I Fryar 85
T McDonald 84
M Clayton 84
A Rison 84
*T Owens 83
*M Harrison 83
B Mitchell 83
H Walker 82
P Johnson 82
*C Martin 81
A Powell 81
T Allen 79
H Carmichael 79
J Brooks 79
*R Moss 77
F Gifford 77
C Foreman 76
J Lofton 76
F Biletnikoff 76
H Jackson 76
N Moore 75
B Brown 75
O Simpson 75
E Campbell 74
*E George 74
C Muncie 74

Will Shields and Willie Roaf continue toward the all-time record for Pro Bowl appearances (14), held by Merlin Olsen and Bruce Matthews. I can't find their rankings with 9 current appearances, though.

[tk13]

Rep to you... interesting stuff.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Won't mean a thing, without a ring.

[unlurking]

Thanks for the stats info!

I thought I read somewhere that Priest needed about 150 to pass Okoye as the Chief's all time leading rusher.

[whoman69]

Originally Posted by unlurking

Thanks for the stats info!

I thought I read somewhere that Priest needed about 150 to pass Okoye as the Chief's all time leading rusher.

He passed him in the middle of last season. IMO if Priest can get over 9000 yards, he is encroaching upon HOF territory. He would get additional help by his TD totals. If he can be helped by the Chiefs making a SB run then he may become a lock. While those without a SB ring in the HOF are rare, we saw quite a few in the last class. The Oilers may have quite a few HOFers from their teams in the 90s and they did not get a ring. Munchak is already in and I expect Bruce Matthews and Warren Moon to get in as well.

[go bowe]

thanks, rain person!

[milkman]

Some interesting stats.
What I'd like to know, though, is there any team in the NFL that has a career rushing leader with as few yards as Okoye does for the Chiefs?

[Logical]

Tony Gonzalez had 47 receiving TDs prior to the season, and would need 14 to move into a tie for 47th all time. Herman Moore is currently at 45th.

Seems a bit unfair to compare him to WRs seems like he should be compared to other TEs.

[6 Iron]

Fun stats. I am more impressed with sum of Morton's career than I would have guessed.

+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Rushing | Receiving |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1994 det | 14 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 3 39 13.0 1 |
| 1995 det | 16 | 3 33 11.0 0 | 44 590 13.4 8 |
| 1996 det | 16 | 9 35 3.9 0 | 55 714 13.0 6 |
| 1997 det | 16 | 3 33 11.0 0 | 80 1057 13.2 6 |
| 1998 det | 16 | 1 11 11.0 0 | 69 1028 14.9 2 |
| 1999 det | 16 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 80 1129 14.1 5 |
| 2000 det | 16 | 4 25 6.2 0 | 61 788 12.9 3 |
| 2001 det | 16 | 1 6 6.0 0 | 77 1154 15.0 4 |
| 2002 kan | 14 | 10 124 12.4 0 | 29 397 13.7 1 |
| 2003 kan | 16 | 8 94 11.8 0 | 50 740 14.8 4 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 156 | 39 361 9.3 0 | 548 7636 13.9 40 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

Seems a bit unfair to compare him to WRs seems like he should be compared to other TEs.

Yeah, we should do that. It took more work, though, so I didn't do it.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yeah, we should do that. It took more work, though, so I didn't do it.

Lazy SOB!

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by milkman

Some interesting stats.
What I'd like to know, though, is there any team in the NFL that has a career rushing leader with as few yards as Okoye does for the Chiefs?

I could well be missing somebody, but here's my best guess of career leaders by team, counting only the yards they gained for that team. We don't stack up very well.


Dallas *E Smith 17172
Washington J Riggins 7472
Philadelphia W Montgomery 6538
NY Giants R Hampton 6897

Minnesota R Smith 6818
Detroit B Sanders 15269
Chicago W Payton 16726
Green Bay J Taylor 8207

Tampa Bay J Wilder 5957
Carolina T Biakabatuka 2530
Atlanta G Riggs 6631
New Orleans G Rogers 4267

San Francisco J Perry 7344
St. Louis/LA Rams E Dickerson 7245
Seattle C Warren 6706 (C Warner is at 6705)
Arizona/St. Louis Cards O Anderson 7999

Miami L Csonka 6900
NY Jets F McNeil 8074
New England S Cunningham 5453
Buffalo T Thomas 11938

Cleveland J Brown 12312
Cincinnati *C Dillon 8061
Pittsburgh F Harris 11950
Baltimore *J Lewis 4757

Tennessee *E George 10009
Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts E James 6170
Jacksonville *F Taylor 6356
Houston D Davis 1031

Kansas City C Okoye 4897 (P Holmes was at 4590 prior to the season.)
Denver T Davis 7607
Oakland M Allen 8545
San Diego *L Tomlinson 4564


* - active in 2003