Billy Campfield | |
Number: | 37, 35 |
Position: | Running back |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1956 |
Birth Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 200 |
High School: | Derby (Derby, Kansas) |
College: | Kansas |
Draftyear: | 1978 |
Draftround: | 11 |
Draftpick: | 288 |
Pastteams: | |
Statlabel1: | Rushing yards |
Statvalue1: | 670 |
Statlabel2: | Rushing average |
Statvalue2: | 4.0 |
Statlabel3: | Rushing touchdowns |
Statvalue3: | 5 |
Pfr: | CampBi00 |
William Campfield (born August 20, 1956) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants. He played in Super Bowl XV in 1981. He played college football at the University of Kansas and was selected in the eleventh round of the 1978 NFL draft.
Campfield graduated from Derby High School in Derby, Kansas, in 1974. He was a four-year letterman as a running back at Kansas, averaging over six yards every time he touched the ball and scoring 12 career touchdowns.
Campfield was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eleventh round of the 1978 NFL draft. He was waived on August 22, 1983.[1]
Campfield was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants, and he was released a week later on August 29, 1983.[2]
Campfield signed a one-year contract with the San Antonio Gunslingers, and one week later, on March 6, 1984, announced his retirement.[3]
Campfield came out of retirement and signed with the Arizona Outlaws on February 12, 1985.[4]