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

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 54 (1300th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Receiving & Rushing

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 wr 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

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

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

Scoring Summary

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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

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)
Career 5714 (179)

Receiving TD
1978 NFL 13 (1/51)
1979 NFL 10 (3)
1980 NFL 13 (1/51)
Career 47 (132)

Yds/Reception
Career 16.3 (133)

Receiving Yds/Game
1978 NFL 71.5 (3)
1979 NFL 72.7 (3)
1980 NFL 83.8 (1)
Career 56.0 (88)

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)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19782nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19782nd TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19782nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19791st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19791st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19791st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19791st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19791st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19791st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19801st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19801st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19801st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly
19801st TeamAll-NFLSporting News

Fantasy

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 33
1982 26 8 WR 47 35
1983 27 16 WR 125 36 15 43
1984 28 13 WR 34 74
1985 29 7 WR 3 113
860 313