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Mel Gray

Gray, Melvin Dean
Height: 5-9 Weight: 172
Born: September 29, 1948 Fresno, CA
High School: Montgomery (Santa Rosa, CA)

Year	College	Participation
1967	Fort Scott CC
1968	Missouri	Lettered
1969	Missouri	Lettered
1970	Missouri	Lettered

Draft: 6th round (147th overall) 1971 St. Louis Cardinals

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL	85	WR	14	5
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1972 STL NFL	85	WR	7	1
1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1973 STL NFL	85	WR	12	9
1974 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1974 STL NFL	85	WR	14	14
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL	85	WR	14	14
1976 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1976 STL NFL	85	WR	11	11
1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1977 STL NFL	85	WR	14	14
1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1978 STL NFL	85	WR	13	12
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	85	WR	13	13
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	85	WR	16	16
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	85	WR	12	12
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL	85	WR	5	0
1984 Oklahoma Outlaws (USFL)1984 OKL USFL	85	WR
12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL			145	121

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/28/1971	1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL
Signed		1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL
Injured Reserve	9/1/1981	1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL
Activated	10/2/1981	1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL
Injured Reserve	1/1/1983	1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL
Free Agent	2/1/1983	1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL
Signed	1/24/1984	1984 Oklahoma Outlaws (USFL)1984 OKL USFL
Injured Reserve		1984 Oklahoma Outlaws (USFL)1984 OKL USFL

AWARDS
1974 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1974 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1975 Associated Press All-NFL
1975 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1975 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL
1975 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1975 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1975 United Press International All-NFC
1975 The Sporting News All-NFC
1975 Pro Football Weekly All-NFC
1976 Pro Bowl All-NFC
1976 Assoiciated Press All-NFC
1976 The Sporting News All-NFC

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1973 STL NFL	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	42
1974 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1974 STL NFL	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL	11	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	66
1976 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1976 STL NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1977 STL NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1978 STL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	12
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	46	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	276

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL	2	56	28.0	38	0		1	0
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL	1	6	6.0	6	0		0	0
1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1977 STL NFL	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1978 STL NFL	5	51	10.2	27t	1			0	0
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	4	41	10.3	38	0			0
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0	0	0	0	0
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL	1	4	4.0	4	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	15	154	10.3	38	1	0	1	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL		18		534	29.7	80t	4
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1972 STL NFL		3		62	20.7	33	0			0
1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1973 STL NFL		29		513	17.7	80t	7					0
1974 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1974 STL NFL		39		770	19.7	80t	6					0
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL		48		926	19.3	74t	11
1976 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1976 STL NFL		36		686	19.1	77t	5					0
1977 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1977 STL NFL		38		782	20.6	69t	5					0
1978 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1978 STL NFL		44		871	19.8	74	1					0
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL		25		447	17.9	78t	1
1980 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1980 STL NFL		40		709	17.7	69t	3					0
1981 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1981 STL NFL		27		310	11.5	41t	2					0
1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1982 STL NFL		4		34	8.5	13	0		0	0		0
1984 Oklahoma Outlaws (USFL)1984 OKL USFL		8		100	12.5	25	0			0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		351		6644	18.9	80t	45		0	0		0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1972 STL NFL	2	3	-4	-2.0	0	0	0	0
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL	7	1	53	7.6	27	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)	9	4	49	5.4	27	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL	30		740	24.7	65	0
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1972 STL NFL	17		378	22.2	29	0		0
1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1973 STL NFL	4		73	18.3	21	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	51		1191	23.4	65	0		0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1971 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1971 STL NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1972 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1972 STL NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1973 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1973 STL NFL	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
1975 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1975 STL NFL	1		1	2	3	0	0
1976 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1976 STL NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)1979 STL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	0	5	2	7	3	0

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