Del Shofner

Del Shofner
Date of birth: December 11, 1934 (1934-12-11) (age 77)
Place of birth: Center, Texas
Career information
Position(s): Wide receiver
College: Baylor
NFL Draft: 1957 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11
Organizations
 As player:
1957-1960
1961-1967
Los Angeles Rams
New York Giants
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls: 5
Honors: 5x AP, NEA & UPI 1st Team All Pro (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963)

NFL 1960s All-Decade Team

Playing stats at NFL.com

Delbert Martin Shofner (born December 11, 1934 in Center, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants from 1957 to 1967 in the National Football League. Shofner was a five-time consensus All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 1958, 1959, and from 1961 to 1963. He led the NFL in receiving yards in 1958 with a total of 1,097 and finished second in that category in both 1959 and 1961 with totals of 936 and 1,125. In 1962, he finished second in receiving touchdowns with 12. Shofner's 1963 receiving yards total of 1,181 was his career-best and the third highest in the NFL that season.

Injuries and illness caused a decline in his effectiveness in 1964 and thereafter and he eventually was supplanted as the starting split end in the middle of the 1965 season. He retired after the 1967 NFL season.

Shofner played college football at Baylor University and was also a punter early in his professional football career.

In addition to football, Shofner played basketball, baseball, and was a sprinter while at Baylor. Shofner helped lead the Baylor Bears to a 13-7 victory over Tennessee in the 1957 Sugar Bowl.[1]

References

  1. ^ from Loftis, Jack. 2003. "Jetton's Gift to BU: Shofner and Bradshaw." The 'B' Line. May 29.