Joe Profit

Joe Profit
Personal details
Born (1949-08-13) August 13, 1949 (age 75)
Lake Providence, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Louisiana, Monroe (BA)

American football career
No. 23
Position:Running back
Personal information
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school:Richwood
(Ouachita Parish, Louisiana)
College:Northeast Louisiana
NFL draft:1971 / round: 1 / pick: 7
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:471
Rushing touchdowns:3
Receptions:14
Receiving yards:130
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joe Profit (born August 13, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent two seasons, plus part of a third, on the Atlanta Falcons before moving to the New Orleans Saints. He was selected in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 1971 NFL draft. In his three seasons in the NFL, he rushed 133 times for 471 yards and three touchdowns. He spent the 1974 season with the Birmingham Americans and 1975 with the Birmingham Vulcans, both of the World Football League. He played college football at Northeast Louisiana University. Profit ran as a Republican in 2018 for Congress in Georgia's 4th congressional district, losing to incumbent Democrat Hank Johnson.[1]

  1. ^ "Georgia Election Results: Fourth House District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 6, 2018.