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Lionel James

Lionel James

Position: RB-WR
Height: 5-6    Weight: 171 lbs.
Born: May 25, 1962 in Albany, GA
College: Auburn

Career AV: 26 (3509th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 5th round (118th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1984 22 SDG RET 26 16 2 25 115 0 20 4.6 7.2 1.6 23 206 9.0 0 31 1.4 12.9 321 0 9 4
1985 23 SDG RB 26 16 7 105 516 2 56 4.9 32.3 6.6 86 1027 11.9 6 67 5.4 64.2 1543 8 9 13
1986 24 SDG 26 7 1 51 224 0 24 4.4 32.0 7.3 23 173 7.5 0 18 3.3 24.7 397 0 5 3
1987 25 SDG WR 26 12 11 27 102 2 15 3.8 8.5 2.3 41 593 14.5 3 46 3.4 49.4 695 5 6 5
1988 26 SDG RET 26 16 1 23 105 0 23 4.6 6.6 1.4 36 279 7.8 1 31 2.3 17.4 384 1 3 3
Career 67 22 231 1062 4 56 4.6 15.9 3.4 209 2278 10.9 10 67 3.1 34.0 3340 14 32 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1984 22 SDG RET 26 16 2 30 208 1 58 6.9 43 959 0 55 22.3 1488
1985 23 SDG RB 26 16 7 25 213 0 24 8.5 36 779 0 46 21.6 2535
1986 24 SDG 26 7 1 9 94 0 21 10.4 18 315 0 31 17.5 806
1987 25 SDG WR 26 12 11 32 400 1 81 12.5 2 41 0 21 20.5 1136
1988 26 SDG RET 26 16 1 28 278 0 24 9.9 662
Career 67 22 124 1193 2 81 9.6 99 2094 0 55 21.2 6627

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1984 22 SDG RET 26 16 2 9 4 0 0
1985 23 SDG RB 26 16 7 9 1 0 0
1986 24 SDG 26 7 1 5 1 0 0
1987 25 SDG WR 26 12 11 6 0 -8 0
1988 26 SDG RET 26 16 1 3 0 0 0
Career 67 22 32 6 -8 0

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1984 22 SDG RET 26 16 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0
Career 67 22 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 1 8 -2.7 -17.7 33.3

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1984 22 SDG RET 26 16 2 1 1 6
1985 23 SDG RB 26 16 7 2 6 8 48
1987 25 SDG WR 26 12 11 2 3 1 6 36
1988 26 SDG RET 26 16 1 1 1 6
Career 67 22 4 10 2 16 96

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Yds/Rushing Att

1985 NFL 4.9 (6)

Receptions

1985 NFL 86 (3)

Receiving Yds

1985 NFL 1027 (10)

Non-Offensive TDs

1987 NFL 1 (6)

Yds From Scrimmage

1985 NFL 1543 (10)

All-Purpose Yds

1985 NFL 2535 (1/3)

Yds/Touch

1984 NFL 12.3 (3)
1985 NFL 10.1 (4)
1986 NFL 8.0 (4)
1987 NFL 11.1 (1)

Kick Returns

1984 NFL 43 (1)
1985 NFL 36 (10)
Career 99 (168)

Kick Return Yds

1984 NFL 959 (1)
Career 2094 (193)

Yds/Kick Return

1984 NFL 22.3 (10)

Punt Returns

1987 NFL 32 (6)
Career 124 (108)

Punt Return Yds

1987 NFL 400 (3)
Career 1193 (105)

Punt Return TD

1984 NFL 1 (2/89)
1987 NFL 1 (2/89)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1984 NFL 58 (7)
1987 NFL 81 (5)

Yds/Punt Return

1987 NFL 12.5 (5)
1988 NFL 9.9 (8)
Career 9.6 (106)

Kick & Punt Returns

1984 NFL 73 (4)
1985 NFL 61 (6)
Career 223 (97)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1984 NFL 1167 (2)
Career 3287 (128)

Fumbles

1985 NFL 9 (10)

Fumbles Recovered

1984 NFL 4 (5)

 
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1985UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
1987Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1984 22 16 RB 30 85
1985 23 16 RB 202 52 14 27
1986 24 7 RB 40 84
1987 25 12 WR 100 13 22 57
1988 26 16 RB 44 78
416 65