![]() Stingley both ran for a 34-yard touchdown and caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in their 21–17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on September 18, 1977, his 26th birthday. He ran for a 23-yard touchdown in 1974 during the Pats' 42–3 win over the Baltimore Colts on October 6. He finished his career with 2,450 combined yards rushing, receiving, and returning both punts and kickoffs. He had over 500 combined yards rushing, receiving and returning both punt and kickoffs in 19. He also had 28 carries for 244 yards and two touchdowns, 19 punt returns for 136 yards and eight kickoff returns for 187 yards. ![]() Stingley had 110 receptions for 1,883 yards and 14 touchdowns in 60 regular season games for the Patriots. Selected nineteenth overall in the 1973 NFL Draft, he was the third player taken by the Patriots in the first round, along with offensive lineman John Hannah (4) of Alabama and fullback Sam Cunningham (11) of Southern California. Stingley accepted a football scholarship to Purdue University, where he was converted into a wide receiver under head coach Bob DeMoss. He was a standout running back and honor student at John Marshall High School, and graduated in 1969. Stingley Sr and raised on Chicago's West Side. He played his entire five-year career with the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by quadriplegia. Jaycees' Ten Outstanding Young Men of America Awardĭarryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player, a wide receiver whose career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury.Chicago Sports Hall of Fame, Purdue Athletic Hall of Fame (2004).1973 Coaches All-American Game selection.
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