Bobby Clell Burnett is a former college and professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player.

Originally a halfback

Halfback (American football)

A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...

 from the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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, Burnett in 1966, his first year with the American Football League

American Football League

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's Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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, had a combined total of 1,185 yards rushing and receiving, with over 12 yards per catch and 4 touchdowns on 34 receptions. He had 766 yards on 187 rushes, with 4 rushing touchdowns. He was that year's AFL Rookie of the Year

American Football League Rookies of the Year

In each year of its ten-year existence , numerous sports-news services named their choice for the American Football League's best first-year player...

, and was also selected to the 1966 AFL All-Star

American Football League All-Star games

-All-League Teams:The Sporting News published American Football League All-League Teams for each season played by the American Football League, 1960 through 1969...

team.

Statistics From 1966-1969

1966 Statistics:

Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Gs	Att (RU)	Yds (RU)	TD (RU)	Lng (RU)	Y/A (RU)	Y/G (RU)	A/G (RU)
23	BUF	HB	21	14	0	187	766	4	32	4.1	54.7	13.4
Rec	Yds (RE)	Y/R (RE)	TD (RE)	Lng (RE)	R/G (RE)	Y/G (RE)	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
34	419	12.3	4	48	2.4	29.9	1185	8	3	9

1967 Statistics:

Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Gs	Att (RU)	Yds (RU)	TD (RU)	Lng (RU)	Y/A (RU)	Y/G (RU)	A/G (RU)
24	BUF		21	8	0	45	96	0	18	2.1	12.0	5.6
Rec	Yds (RE)	Y/R (RE)	TD (RE)	Lng (RE)	R/G (RE)	Y/G (RE)	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
11	114	10.4	0	38	1.4	14.3	210	0	4	1

1969 Statistics:

Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	Gs	Att (RU)	Yds (RU)	TD (RU)	Lng (RU)	Y/A (RU)	Y/G (RU)	A/G (RU)
26	DEN		21	3	0	5	9	0	5	1.8	3.0	1.7
Rec	Yds (RE)	Y/R (RE)	TD (RE)	Lng (RE)	R/G (RE)	Y/G (RE)	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
							9	0	0	1

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