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Ron Jessie

Ronald Ray Jessie

Position: WR
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: February 4, 1948 in Yuma, AZ
Died: January 13, 2006 in Huntington Beach, CA
College: Kansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 8th round (206th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 49 (1614th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (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
1971 23 DET KR 89 14 0 4 87 21.8 0 51 0.3 6.2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 87 0 3 3
1972 24 DET WR 89 14 0 24 424 17.7 4 82 1.7 30.3 424 4 2 8
1973 25 DET WR 89 14 20 364 18.2 3 84 1.4 26.0 5 31 1 17 6.2 2.2 0.4 395 4 1 6
1974 26 DET WR 89 12 11 54 761 14.1 3 46 4.5 63.4 6 17 1 18 2.8 1.4 0.5 778 4 3 10
1975 27 RAM WR 81 14 14 41 547 13.3 3 34 2.9 39.1 2 15 0 9 7.5 1.1 0.1 562 3 0 7
1976* 28 RAM WR 81 14 14 34 779 22.9 6 58 2.4 55.6 4 37 0 22 9.3 2.6 0.3 816 6 1 11
1977 29 RAM wr 81 3 3 9 139 15.4 0 21 3.0 46.3 139 0 0 2
1978 30 RAM WR 81 16 16 49 752 15.3 4 49 3.1 47.0 752 4 0 6
1979 31 RAM wr 81 6 6 11 169 15.4 2 39 1.8 28.2 169 2 0 1
1980 32 BUF wr 81 16 2 4 56 14.0 1 20 0.3 3.5 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 47 1 0 1
1981 33 BUF 81 15 0 15 200 13.3 0 44 1.0 13.3 200 0 0 2
Career 138 66 265 4278 16.1 26 84 1.9 31.0 19 91 2 22 4.8 0.7 0.1 4369 28 10 57
5 yrs RAM 53 53 144 2386 16.6 15 58 2.7 45.0 6 52 0 22 8.7 1.0 0.1 2438 15 1 27
4 yrs DET 54 11 102 1636 16.0 10 84 1.9 30.3 12 48 2 18 4.0 0.9 0.2 1684 12 9 27
2 yrs BUF 31 2 19 256 13.5 1 44 0.6 8.3 1 -9 0 0 -9.0 -0.3 0.0 247 1 0 3

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
1971 23 DET KR 89 14 0 16 470 2 102 29.4 557
1972 24 DET WR 89 14 0 23 558 0 62 24.3 982
1973 25 DET WR 89 14 6 154 0 36 25.7 549
1974 26 DET WR 89 12 11 2 55 0 31 27.5 833
Career 138 66 47 1237 2 102 26.3 5606

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
1971 23 DET KR 89 14 0 0 3 2 0 0 1
1972 24 DET WR 89 14 0 0 2 3 0 0
1973 25 DET WR 89 14 0 1 0 0 0
1974 26 DET WR 89 12 11 0 3 0 0 0
1976* 28 RAM WR 81 14 14 0 1 0 0 0
Career 138 66 0 10 5 0 0 1
5 yrs RAM 53 53 0 1 0 0 0
4 yrs DET 54 11 0 9 5 0 0 1

Passing

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% 4QC GWD
1972 24 DET WR 89 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Career 138 66 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 23 DET KR 89 14 0 2 2 1 14
1972 24 DET WR 89 14 0 4 4 24
1973 25 DET WR 89 14 1 3 4 24
1974 26 DET WR 89 12 11 1 3 4 24
1975 27 RAM WR 81 14 14 3 3 18
1976* 28 RAM WR 81 14 14 6 6 36
1978 30 RAM WR 81 16 16 4 4 24
1979 31 RAM wr 81 6 6 2 2 12
1980 32 BUF wr 81 16 2 1 1 6
Career 138 66 2 26 2 30 1 182
5 yrs RAM 53 53 15 15 90
4 yrs DET 54 11 2 10 2 14 1 86
2 yrs BUF 31 2 1 1 6

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls
1976

Receptions
1974 NFL 54 (6)

Receiving Yds
1974 NFL 761 (5)

Long Reception
1972 NFL 82 (6)
1973 NFL 84 (1)

Yds/Reception
1976 NFL 22.9 (3/46)
Career 16.1 (152)

Receiving Yds/Game
1974 NFL 63.4 (3)

Non-Offensive TDs
1971 NFL 2 (3)

Kick Return TD
1971 NFL 2 (1/16)
Career 2 (54)

Long Kick Return
1971 NFL 102 (3/50)

Yds/Kick Return
1971 NFL 29.4 (2/65)

Safeties
1971 NFL 1 (2/18)
Career 1 (72)

 

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1972 24 14 WR 66 31
1973 25 14 WR 64 29 73
1974 26 12 WR 102 44 8 29
1975 27 14 WR 74 3 27 70
1976 28 14 WR 118 50 9 26
1977 29 3 WR 14 74
1978 30 16 WR 99 15 21 54
1979 31 6 WR 29 69
1980 32 16 WR 11 90
1981 33 15 WR 20 82
597 112