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John Jefferson

John Larry Jefferson

Position: WR
Height: 6-1    Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1956 in Dallas, TX
College: Arizona State

Career AV: 54 (1162nd overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

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Receiving & Rushing

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Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1978* 22 SDG WR 83 14 14 56 1001 17.9 13 46 4.0 71.5 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5 0.1 1008 13 0 11
1979*+ 23 SDG WR 83 15 15 61 1090 17.9 10 65 4.1 72.7 1090 10 0 12
1980*+ 24 SDG WR 83 16 16 82 1340 16.3 13 58 5.1 83.8 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.0 0.1 1356 13 0 13
1981 25 GNB WR 83 13 13 39 632 16.2 4 41 3.0 48.6 2 22 0 15 11.0 1.7 0.2 654 4 0 6
1982* 26 GNB WR 83 8 8 27 452 16.7 0 50 3.4 56.5 2 16 0 11 8.0 2.0 0.3 468 0 0 9
1983 27 GNB WR 83 16 16 57 830 14.6 7 36 3.6 51.9 830 7 1 7
1984 28 GNB WR 83 13 12 26 339 13.0 0 33 2.0 26.1 339 0 0 3
1985 29 CLE 89 7 2 3 30 10.0 0 17 0.4 4.3 30 0 0 0
Career 102 96 351 5714 16.3 47 65 3.4 56.0 6 61 0 16 10.2 0.6 0.1 5775 47 1 61
4 yrs GNB 50 49 149 2253 15.1 11 50 3.0 45.1 4 38 0 15 9.5 0.8 0.1 2291 11 1 25
3 yrs SDG 45 45 199 3431 17.2 36 65 4.4 76.2 2 23 0 16 11.5 0.5 0.0 3454 36 0 36
1 yr CLE 7 2 3 30 10.0 0 17 0.4 4.3 30 0 0 0

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
1980*+ 24 SDG WR 83 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 1356
1981 25 GNB WR 83 13 13 1 3 0 3 3.0 657
Career 102 96 2 3 0 3 1.5 5778
4 yrs GNB 50 49 1 3 0 3 3.0 2294
3 yrs SDG 45 45 1 0 0 0 0.0 3454

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
1978* 22 SDG WR 83 14 14 0 1 0 0
1983 27 GNB WR 83 16 16 1 0 0 0
Career 102 96 1 1 0 0
4 yrs GNB 50 49 1 0 0 0
3 yrs SDG 45 45 0 1 0 0

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
1978* 22 SDG WR 83 14 14 13 13 78
1979*+ 23 SDG WR 83 15 15 10 10 60
1980*+ 24 SDG WR 83 16 16 13 13 78
1981 25 GNB WR 83 13 13 4 4 24
1983 27 GNB WR 83 16 16 7 7 42
Career 102 96 47 47 282
4 yrs GNB 50 49 11 11 66
3 yrs SDG 45 45 36 36 216

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1978
1979
1980
1982

First-Team All-Pro

1979
1980

Receptions

1978 NFL 56 (10)
1980 NFL 82 (3)

Receiving Yds

1978 NFL 1001 (4)
1979 NFL 1090 (4)
1980 NFL 1340 (1/93)
Career 5714 (164)

Receiving TD

1978 NFL 13 (1/46)
1979 NFL 10 (3)
1980 NFL 13 (1/46)
Career 47 (121)

Yds/Reception

Career 16.3 (130)

Receiving Yds/Game

1978 NFL 71.5 (3)
1979 NFL 72.7 (3)
1980 NFL 83.8 (1)
Career 56.0 (77)

Touchdowns

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1980 NFL 13 (2)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1978 NFL 13 (2)
1980 NFL 13 (2)

Yds From Scrimmage

1980 NFL 1356 (10)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1978UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL
1979Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
1980Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1978 22 14 WR 179 95 1 3
1979 23 15 WR 169 69 4 15
1980 24 16 WR 214 113 1 3
1981 25 13 WR 89 34
1982 26 8 WR 47 35
1983 27 16 WR 125 35 15 43
1984 28 13 WR 34 78
1985 29 7 WR 3 122
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