Jon Keyworth

{{Short description|American football player (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{ BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jon Keyworth | number = 32 | position = Running back | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|12|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | weight_lb = 230 | height_in = 3 | high_school = Chaffey (Ontario, California) | college = Colorado | draftyear = 1974 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 144 | pastteams = * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1974|1980}}) | statlabel1 = Rushing attempts | statvalue1 = 699 | statlabel2 = Rushing yards | statvalue2 = 2,653 | statlabel3 = Rushing TDs | statvalue3 = 22 | pfr = KeywJo00 }}

'''Jonathan Kimball Keyworth''' (born December 15, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was spent his entire seven-year career as running back for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) from 1974 to 1980. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was selected in the sixth round of the 1974 NFL draft. He also had a musical career and released an album, ''Keys''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kelleher |first1=Dick |title=Bronco Fullback Tackles Nightclubs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Jon+Keyworth%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT49 |access-date=15 April 2022 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=27 January 1979 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref> He graduated from Chaffey High School in Ontario, California.<ref>{{cite news |title=XLVIII is an admission of age, with key memories |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/02/01/xlviii-is-an-admission-of-age-with-key-memories/ |work=Daily Bulletin |date=1 February 2014}}</ref>

==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |- ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}

===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving |- ! GP !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD |- ! 1974 !! DEN | 14 || 5 || 81 || 374 || '''4.6''' || 30 || '''10''' || 12 || 109 || '''9.1''' || 18 || 0 |- ! 1975 !! DEN | 14 || 14 || '''182''' || '''725''' || 4.0 || '''34''' || 3 || '''42''' || '''314''' || 7.5 || 19 || '''1''' |- ! 1976 !! DEN | 14 || 13 || 122 || 349 || 2.9 || 13 || 3 || 22 || 201 || '''9.1''' || '''31''' || '''1''' |- ! 1977 !! DEN | 11 || 9 || 83 || 311 || 3.7 || 16 || 1 || 11 || 48 || 4.4 || 14 || 0 |- ! 1978 !! DEN | '''16''' || '''16''' || 112 || 444 || 4.0 || 30 || 3 || 21 || 166 || 7.9 || 20 || '''1''' |- ! 1979 !! DEN | '''16''' || 9 || 81 || 323 || 4.0 || 17 || 1 || 18 || 132 || 7.3 || 18 || 0 |- ! 1980 !! DEN | 10 || 3 || 38 || 127 || 3.3 || 14 || 1 || 15 || 87 || 5.8 || 22 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 95 !! 69 !! 699 !! 2,653 !! 3.8 !! 34 !! 22 !! 141 !! 1,057 !! 7.5 !! 31 !! 3 |}

===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving |- ! GP !! GS !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD |- ! 1977 !! DEN | '''3''' || '''3''' || '''18''' || '''48''' || '''2.7''' || '''7''' || '''1''' || '''1''' || '''3''' || '''3.0''' || '''3''' || 0 |- ! 1978 !! DEN | 1 || 1 || 6 || 12 || 2.0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 1979 !! DEN | 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 5 !! 5 !! 24 !! 60 !! 2.5 !! 7 !! 1 !! 1 !! 3 !! 3.0 !! 3 !! 0 |}

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