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John Hadl

John Willard Hadl

Position: QB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 214 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1940 in Lawrence, KS
College: Kansas

6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 1st round (10th overall) of the 1962 Draft
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 3rd round (24th overall) of the AFL 1962 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Partial Seasons · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1962 22 SDG QB 14 10 1-9-0 107 260 41.2 1632 15 5.8 24 9.2 72 6.3 2.7 15.3 116.6 43.3
1963 23 SDG 14 0 28 64 43.8 502 6 9.4 6 9.4 69 7.8 4.6 17.9 35.9 63.4
1964* 24 SDG QB 14 9 6-3-0 147 274 53.6 2157 18 6.6 15 5.5 76 7.9 6.1 14.7 154.1 78.7
1965* 25 SDG QB 14 14 9-2-3 174 348 50.0 2798 20 5.7 21 6.0 85 8.0 5.9 16.1 199.9 71.3
1966 26 SDG QB 14 13 7-5-1 200 375 53.3 2846 23 6.1 14 3.7 78 7.6 6.5 14.2 203.3 83.0
1967 27 SDG QB 14 14 8-5-1 217 427 50.8 3365 24 5.6 22 5.2 72 7.9 6.1 15.5 240.4 74.5
1968* 28 SDG QB 14 14 9-5-0 208 440 47.3 3473 27 6.1 32 7.3 84 7.9 5.2 16.7 248.1 64.5
1969* 29 SDG QB 14 10 5-5-0 158 324 48.8 2253 10 3.1 11 3.4 76 7.0 5.7 14.3 160.9 67.8 18 190 6.0 4.9 5.3
1970 30 SDG QB 14 12 4-5-3 162 327 49.5 2388 22 6.7 15 4.6 67 7.3 5.9 14.7 170.6 77.1 42 327 5.6 4.4 11.4
1971 31 SDG QB 14 14 6-8-0 233 431 54.1 3075 21 4.9 25 5.8 77 7.1 5.0 13.2 219.6 68.9 16 145 6.6 4.5 3.6
1972* 32 SDG QB 14 14 4-9-1 190 370 51.4 2449 15 4.1 26 7.0 61 6.6 3.9 12.9 174.9 56.7 19 187 5.8 3.2 4.9
1973*+ 33 RAM QB 14 14 12-2-0 135 258 52.3 2008 22 8.5 11 4.3 69 7.8 6.7 14.9 143.4 88.8 17 126 6.8 5.8 6.2
1974 34 2TM qb 14 11 6-5-0 142 299 47.5 1752 8 2.7 14 4.7 68 5.9 4.0 12.3 125.1 55.5 15 106 5.2 3.5 4.8
GNB qb 8 6 3-3-0 89 184 48.4 1072 3 1.6 8 4.3 68 5.8 4.0 12.0 134.0 54.0 9 70 5.2 3.5 4.7
RAM qb 6 5 3-2-0 53 115 46.1 680 5 4.3 6 5.2 38 5.9 4.0 12.8 113.3 57.9 6 36 5.3 3.5 5.0
1975 35 GNB QB 14 13 4-9-0 191 353 54.1 2095 6 1.7 21 5.9 54 5.9 3.4 11.0 149.6 52.8 35 284 4.7 2.4 9.0
1976 36 HOU 14 4 1-3-0 60 113 53.1 634 7 6.2 8 7.1 69 5.6 3.0 10.6 45.3 60.9 15 123 4.0 1.7 11.7
1977 37 HOU 14 2 0-2-0 11 24 45.8 76 0 0.0 3 12.5 18 3.2 -2.5 6.9 5.4 13.9 2 26 1.9 -3.3 7.7
Career 224 168 82-77-9 2363 4687 50.4 33503 244 5.2 268 5.7 85 7.1 5.1 14.2 149.6 67.4 179 1514 6.6 4.6 3.7
11 yrs SDG 154 124 59-56-9 1824 3640 50.1 26938 201 5.5 211 5.8 85 7.4 5.3 14.8 174.9 68.9 95 849 6.0 4.2 6.1
2 yrs GNB 22 19 7-12-0 280 537 52.1 3167 9 1.7 29 5.4 68 5.9 3.6 11.3 144.0 53.2 44 354 4.8 2.8 7.6
2 yrs STL 20 19 15-4-0 188 373 50.4 2688 27 7.2 17 4.6 69 7.2 5.9 14.3 134.4 79.3 23 162 6.4 5.1 5.8
2 yrs TEN 28 6 1-5-0 71 137 51.8 710 7 5.1 11 8.0 69 5.2 2.1 10.0 25.4 50.4 17 149 3.6 0.9 11.0

Postseason record as starting QB: 1965: 0-1, 1973: 0-1.

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1962 22 SDG QB 14 10 40 139 1 18 3.5 9.9 2.9 139 1 8
1963 23 SDG 14 0 8 26 0 33 3.3 1.9 0.6 26 0 0
1964* 24 SDG QB 14 9 20 70 1 20 3.5 5.0 1.4 70 1 6
1965* 25 SDG QB 14 14 28 91 1 23 3.3 6.5 2.0 91 1 9
1966 26 SDG QB 14 13 38 95 2 21 2.5 6.8 2.7 2 -13 -6.5 0 4 0.1 -0.9 82 2 4
1967 27 SDG QB 14 14 37 107 3 26 2.9 7.6 2.6 107 3 6
1968* 28 SDG QB 14 14 23 14 2 9 0.6 1.0 1.6 14 2 6
1969* 29 SDG QB 14 10 26 109 2 17 4.2 7.8 1.9 109 2 3
1970 30 SDG QB 14 12 28 188 1 34 6.7 13.4 2.0 188 1 3
1971 31 SDG QB 14 14 18 75 1 37 4.2 5.4 1.3 75 1 4
1972* 32 SDG QB 14 14 22 99 1 17 4.5 7.1 1.6 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 103 1 7
1973*+ 33 RAM QB 14 14 14 5 0 6 0.4 0.4 1.0 5 0 1
1974 34 2TM qb 14 11 19 25 0 9 1.3 1.8 1.4 25 0 6
RAM qb 6 5 11 28 0 9 2.5 4.7 1.8 28 0 2
GNB qb 8 6 8 -3 0 6 -0.4 -0.4 1.0 -3 0 4
1975 35 GNB QB 14 13 20 47 0 9 2.4 3.4 1.4 47 0 7
1976 36 HOU 14 4 7 11 0 8 1.6 0.8 0.5 11 0 2
1977 37 HOU 14 2 3 11 1 6 3.7 0.8 0.2 11 1 1
Career 224 168 351 1112 16 37 3.2 5.0 1.6 3 -9 -3.0 0 4 0.0 0.0 1103 16 73
11 yrs SDG 154 124 288 1013 15 37 3.5 6.6 1.9 3 -9 -3.0 0 4 0.0 -0.1 1004 15 56
2 yrs GNB 22 19 28 44 0 9 1.6 2.0 1.3 44 0 11
2 yrs STL 20 19 25 33 0 9 1.3 1.7 1.3 33 0 3
2 yrs TEN 28 6 10 22 1 8 2.2 0.8 0.4 22 1 3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1963 23 SDG 14 0 2 75 38 0 37.5
1964* 24 SDG QB 14 9 62 2447 71 0 39.5
1965* 25 SDG QB 14 14 38 1544 65 0 40.6
1967 27 SDG QB 14 14 2 70 46 0 35.0
1970 30 SDG QB 14 12 1 30 30 0 30.0
Career 224 168 105 4166 71 0 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1962 22 SDG QB 14 10 8 0 0 0
1964* 24 SDG QB 14 9 6 0 0 0
1965* 25 SDG QB 14 14 9 0 0 0
1966 26 SDG QB 14 13 4 0 0 0
1967 27 SDG QB 14 14 6 1 0 0
1968* 28 SDG QB 14 14 6 0 0 0
1969* 29 SDG QB 14 10 3 2 -7 0
1970 30 SDG QB 14 12 3 1 0 0
1971 31 SDG QB 14 14 4 1 -1 0
1972* 32 SDG QB 14 14 7 4 -16 0
1973*+ 33 RAM QB 14 14 1 0 0 0
1974 34 2TM qb 14 11 6 1 0 0
RAM qb 6 5 2 1 0 0
GNB qb 8 6 4 0 0 0
1975 35 GNB QB 14 13 7 3 -12 0
1976 36 HOU 14 4 2 1 0 0
1977 37 HOU 14 2 1 0 0 0
Career 224 168 73 14 -36 0
11 yrs SDG 154 124 56 9 -24 0
2 yrs GNB 22 19 11 3 -12 0
2 yrs STL 20 19 3 1 0 0
2 yrs TEN 28 6 3 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1962 22 SDG QB 14 10 1 6
1964* 24 SDG QB 14 9 1 6
1965* 25 SDG QB 14 14 1 6
1966 26 SDG QB 14 13 2 12
1967 27 SDG QB 14 14 3 18
1968* 28 SDG QB 14 14 2 12
1969* 29 SDG QB 14 10 2 12
1970 30 SDG QB 14 12 1 6
1971 31 SDG QB 14 14 1 6
1972* 32 SDG QB 14 14 1 6
1977 37 HOU 14 2 1 6
Career 224 168 16 96
11 yrs SDG 154 124 15 90
2 yrs TEN 28 6 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1971 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year

Pro Bowls

1964
1965
1968
1969
1972
1973

1st-team All-Pro

1973

Passes Completed

1962 AFL 107 (7)
1964 AFL 147 (6)
1965 AFL 174 (3)
1966 AFL 200 (2)
1967 AFL 217 (3)
1968 AFL 208 (1)
1969 AFL 158 (6)
1971 NFL 233 (1)
1972 NFL 190 (4)
1975 NFL 191 (5)
Career 2363 (35)

Pass Attempts

1962 AFL 260 (5)
1964 AFL 274 (6)
1965 AFL 348 (4)
1966 AFL 375 (4)
1967 AFL 427 (2)
1968 AFL 440 (1)
1969 AFL 324 (6)
1970 NFL 327 (9)
1971 NFL 431 (1)
1972 NFL 370 (3)
1974 NFL 299 (9)
1975 NFL 353 (4)
Career 4687 (20)

Passing Yds

1962 AFL 1632 (7)
1964 AFL 2157 (7)
1965 AFL 2798 (1)
1966 AFL 2846 (2)
1967 AFL 3365 (2)
1968 AFL 3473 (1)
1969 AFL 2253 (4)
1970 NFL 2388 (7)
1971 NFL 3075 (1)
1972 NFL 2449 (4)
1973 NFL 2008 (8)
Career 33503 (19)

Passing TD

1962 AFL 15 (5)
1964 AFL 18 (4)
1965 AFL 20 (2)
1966 AFL 23 (3)
1967 AFL 24 (3)
1968 AFL 27 (1-- 99)
1969 AFL 10 (7)
1970 NFL 22 (3)
1971 NFL 21 (1)
1972 NFL 15 (9)
1973 NFL 22 (3)
Career 244 (15)

Passer Rating

1962 AFL 43.3 (6)
1964 AFL 78.7 (2)
1965 AFL 71.3 (2)
1966 AFL 83.0 (3)
1967 AFL 74.5 (3)
1968 AFL 64.5 (5)
1969 AFL 67.8 (5)
1970 NFL 77.1 (6)
1971 NFL 68.9 (9)
1973 NFL 88.8 (3)
Career 67.4 (156)

Long Pass

1962 AFL 72 (10)
1964 AFL 76 (8)
1965 AFL 85 (3)
1966 AFL 78 (5)
1967 AFL 72 (4)
1968 AFL 84 (5)
1969 AFL 76 (8)
1971 NFL 77 (9)
1973 NFL 69 (7)

Passes Intercepted

1962 AFL 24 (3-- 56)
1964 AFL 15 (8)
1965 AFL 21 (3)
1966 AFL 14 (6)
1967 AFL 22 (4)
1968 AFL 32 (1-- 4)
1969 AFL 11 (9)
1971 NFL 25 (2-- 38)
1972 NFL 26 (1-- 26)
1974 NFL 14 (9)
1975 NFL 21 (3)
Career 268 (3)

Sacked

1969 AFL 18 (8)
1970 NFL 42 (1)
1975 NFL 35 (5)
Career 179 (87)

Sacked Yds Lost

1969 AFL 190 (6)
1970 NFL 327 (2-- 87)
1972 NFL 187 (10)
1975 NFL 284 (5)
Career 1514 (66)

Passing Yds/Game

1962 AFL 116.6 (7)
1964 AFL 154.1 (7)
1965 AFL 199.9 (1)
1966 AFL 203.3 (2)
1967 AFL 240.4 (2)
1968 AFL 248.1 (2)
1969 AFL 160.9 (6)
1970 NFL 170.6 (8)
1971 NFL 219.6 (1)
1972 NFL 174.9 (4)
Career 149.6 (115)

Yds/Pass Att

1962 AFL 6.3 (6)
1964 AFL 7.9 (3)
1965 AFL 8.0 (1)
1966 AFL 7.6 (3)
1967 AFL 7.9 (2)
1968 AFL 7.9 (3)
1969 AFL 7.0 (4)
1970 NFL 7.3 (5)
1971 NFL 7.1 (9)
1973 NFL 7.8 (2)
Career 7.1 (60)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1962 AFL 15.3 (2-- 95)
1964 AFL 14.7 (4)
1965 AFL 16.1 (1-- 50)
1966 AFL 14.2 (7)
1967 AFL 15.5 (1-- 87)
1968 AFL 16.7 (3-- 24)
1969 AFL 14.3 (5)
1970 NFL 14.7 (4)
1973 NFL 14.9 (1)
Career 14.2 (22)

Pass Attempts/Game

1962 AFL 18.6 (7)
1964 AFL 19.6 (6)
1965 AFL 24.9 (5)
1966 AFL 26.8 (4)
1967 AFL 30.5 (2)
1968 AFL 31.4 (2)
1969 AFL 23.1 (7)
1971 NFL 30.8 (1)
1972 NFL 26.4 (3)
1975 NFL 25.2 (8)
Career 20.9 (130)

Games

Career 224 (87)

Games Started

Career 168 (183)

Punts

1963 AFL 2 (10)
1964 AFL 62 (6)
1965 AFL 38 (8)

Punting Yds

1963 AFL 75 (10)
1964 AFL 2447 (6)
1965 AFL 1544 (8)

Long Punt

1964 AFL 71 (2)
1965 AFL 65 (6)

Yds/Punt

1964 AFL 39.5 (7)
1965 AFL 40.6 (8)

Fumbles

1962 AFL 8 (2)
1964 AFL 6 (8)
1965 AFL 9 (1)
1966 AFL 4 (9)
1967 AFL 6 (5)
1968 AFL 6 (4)
Career 73 (40)

Fumbles Recovered

1972 NFL 4 (5)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 5.73 (4)
1970 NFL 5.91 (5)
1971 NFL 5.01 (10)
1973 NFL 6.72 (3)
Career 5.10 (138)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 6.03 (4)
1971 NFL 6.55 (6)
1973 NFL 6.84 (1)
Career 5.68 (111)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1969 AFL 4.88 (4)
1970 NFL 4.35 (8)
1971 NFL 4.51 (9)
1973 NFL 5.84 (1)
Career 3.84 (150)

Passes Completed/Game

1962 AFL 7.6 (7)
1964 AFL 10.5 (6)
1965 AFL 12.4 (4)
1966 AFL 14.3 (2)
1967 AFL 15.5 (3)
1968 AFL 14.9 (2)
1969 AFL 11.3 (7)
1971 NFL 16.6 (2)
1972 NFL 13.6 (4)
1975 NFL 13.6 (7)
Career 10.5 (144)

Pass Completion %

1962 AFL 41.2% (6)
1964 AFL 53.6% (2)
1965 AFL 50.0% (2)
1966 AFL 53.3% (2)
1967 AFL 50.8% (4)
1968 AFL 47.3% (5)
1969 AFL 48.8% (5)
1971 NFL 54.1% (9)
1975 NFL 54.1% (10)
Career 50.4% (178)

Pass Intercept. %

1962 AFL 9.2% (6)
1964 AFL 5.5% (3)
1965 AFL 6.0% (6)
1966 AFL 3.7% (2)
1967 AFL 5.2% (3)
1968 AFL 7.3% (9)
1969 AFL 3.4% (1)
1970 NFL 4.6% (10)
1973 NFL 4.3% (10)
Career 5.7% (171)

Passing TD %

1962 AFL 5.8% (4)
1964 AFL 6.6% (2)
1965 AFL 5.7% (2)
1966 AFL 6.1% (4)
1967 AFL 5.6% (3)
1968 AFL 6.1% (3)
1969 AFL 3.1% (8)
1970 NFL 6.7% (3)
1971 NFL 4.9% (7)
1973 NFL 8.5% (1-- 21)
Career 5.2% (37)

Sack %

1969 AFL 5.26% (3)
1971 NFL 3.58% (2-- 79)
1972 NFL 4.88% (8)
1973 NFL 6.18% (4)
Career 6.68% (72)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1965 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-AFL
1965 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-AFL
1965 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL
1966 - UPI: 2nd team all-AFL
1968 - Sporting News: 2nd team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1973 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1973 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1973 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1970 30 14 QB 222 85 3 12
1971 31 14 QB 213 89 2 4
1972 32 14 QB 152 14
1973 33 14 QB 191 55 5 24
1974 34 14 QB 93 21
1975 35 14 QB 83 23
1976 36 14 QB 52 33
1977 37 14 QB 4 53
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