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Bert Jones

Bertram Hays Jones

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 7, 1951 in Ruston, LA
College: LSU

Career AV: 81 (331st overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1973 NFL Draft.

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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% AV
1973 22 BAL qb 7 8 5 1-4-0 43 108 39.8 539 4 3.7 12 11.1 51 5.0 0.7 12.5 67.4 28.8 14 126 3.4 -0.4 11.5 3
1974 23 BAL QB 7 11 8 1-7-0 143 270 53.0 1610 8 3.0 12 4.4 57 6.0 4.6 11.3 146.4 62.4 36 328 4.2 2.9 11.8 8
1975 24 BAL QB 7 14 14 10-4-0 203 344 59.0 2483 18 5.2 8 2.3 90 7.2 7.2 12.2 177.4 89.1 38 325 5.6 5.6 9.9 16
1976*+ 25 BAL QB 7 14 14 11-3-0 207 343 60.3 3104 24 7.0 9 2.6 79 9.0 9.3 15.0 221.7 102.5 29 284 7.6 7.8 7.8 22
1977 26 BAL QB 7 14 14 10-4-0 224 393 57.0 2686 17 4.3 11 2.8 78 6.8 6.4 12.0 191.9 80.8 26 221 5.9 5.5 6.2 15
1978 27 BAL 7 3 3 2-1-0 27 42 64.3 370 4 9.5 1 2.4 78 8.8 9.6 13.7 123.3 114.2 6 62 6.4 7.1 12.5 1
1979 28 BAL 7 4 4 3-1-0 43 92 46.7 643 3 3.3 3 3.3 59 7.0 6.2 15.0 160.8 67.4 10 77 5.5 4.8 9.8 2
1980 29 BAL QB 7 15 15 6-9-0 248 446 55.6 3134 23 5.2 21 4.7 47 7.0 5.9 12.6 208.9 75.3 34 262 6.0 5.0 7.1 12
1981 30 BAL QB 7 15 15 2-13-0 244 426 57.3 3094 21 4.9 20 4.7 67 7.3 6.1 12.7 206.3 76.9 31 263 6.2 5.1 6.8 10
1982 31 RAM qb 17 4 4 1-3-0 48 87 55.2 527 2 2.3 4 4.6 51 6.1 4.4 11.0 131.8 61.8 8 72 4.8 3.3 8.4 4
Career 102 96 47-49-0 1430 2551 56.1 18190 124 4.9 101 4.0 90 7.1 6.3 12.7 178.3 78.2 232 2020 5.8 5.1 8.3 93
9 yrs CLT 98 92 46-46-0 1382 2464 56.1 17663 122 5.0 97 3.9 90 7.2 6.4 12.8 180.2 78.8 224 1948 5.8 5.1 8.3 89
1 yr RAM 4 4 1-3-0 48 87 55.2 527 2 2.3 4 4.6 51 6.1 4.4 11.0 131.8 61.8 8 72 4.8 3.3 8.4 4

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 1975 (0-1), 1976 (0-1), 1977 (0-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
1973 22 BAL qb 7 8 5 1-4-0 108 69 67 50 51 61 96 39 84 59
1974 23 BAL QB 7 11 8 1-7-0 270 90 81 95 90 102 90 108 80 97
1975 24 BAL QB 7 14 14 10-4-0 344 109 104 120 116 118 110 128 91 123
1976*+ 25 BAL QB 7 14 14 11-3-0 343 139 134 143 141 124 127 126 105 139
1977 26 BAL QB 7 14 14 10-4-0 393 104 109 115 118 114 103 126 114 118
1979 28 BAL 7 4 4 3-1-0 92 103 96 109 104 74 88 120 84 96
1980 29 BAL QB 7 15 15 6-9-0 446 101 101 102 102 102 112 97 100 104
1981 30 BAL QB 7 15 15 2-13-0 426 105 105 104 104 105 109 96 102 105
1982 31 RAM qb 17 4 4 1-3-0 87 80 77 80 79 97 78 96 94 84
Career 102 96 47-49-0 2551 105 103 109 108 107 107 109 98 110

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
1973 22 BAL qb 7 8 5 18 58 0 17 3.2 7.3 2.3 58 0 0
1974 23 BAL QB 7 11 8 39 279 4 39 7.2 25.4 3.5 279 4 4
1975 24 BAL QB 7 14 14 47 321 3 36 6.8 22.9 3.4 321 3 1
1976*+ 25 BAL QB 7 14 14 38 214 2 17 5.6 15.3 2.7 214 2 4
1977 26 BAL QB 7 14 14 28 146 2 22 5.2 10.4 2.0 146 2 2
1978 27 BAL 7 3 3 9 38 0 14 4.2 12.7 3.0 38 0 1
1979 28 BAL 7 4 4 10 40 1 25 4.0 10.0 2.5 40 1 0
1980 29 BAL QB 7 15 15 27 175 2 19 6.5 11.7 1.8 175 2 1
1981 30 BAL QB 7 15 15 20 85 0 17 4.3 5.7 1.3 85 0 3
1982 31 RAM qb 17 4 4 11 73 0 17 6.6 18.3 2.8 73 0 0
Career 102 96 247 1429 14 39 5.8 14.0 2.4 1429 14 16
9 yrs CLT 98 92 236 1356 14 39 5.7 13.8 2.4 1356 14 16
1 yr RAM 4 4 11 73 0 17 6.6 18.3 2.8 73 0 0

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
1974 23 BAL QB 7 11 8 4 0 0 0
1975 24 BAL QB 7 14 14 1 1 0 0
1976*+ 25 BAL QB 7 14 14 4 2 0 0
1977 26 BAL QB 7 14 14 2 1 0 0
1978 27 BAL 7 3 3 1 1 0 0
1980 29 BAL QB 7 15 15 1 2 -1 0
1981 30 BAL QB 7 15 15 3 1 0 0
Career 102 96 16 8 -1 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
1974 23 BAL QB 7 11 8 4 4 24
1975 24 BAL QB 7 14 14 3 3 18
1976*+ 25 BAL QB 7 14 14 2 2 12
1977 26 BAL QB 7 14 14 2 2 12
1979 28 BAL 7 4 4 1 1 6
1980 29 BAL QB 7 15 15 2 2 12
Career 102 96 14 14 84

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

1976 NFL AP MVP
1976 NFL PFWA MVP
1976 NFL Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP
1976 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year

Pro Bowls

1976

First-Team All-Pro

1976

Passes Completed

1975 NFL 203 (3)
1976 NFL 207 (6)
1977 NFL 224 (1)
Career 1430 (97)

Pass Attempts

1975 NFL 344 (8)
1976 NFL 343 (6)
1977 NFL 393 (2)
Career 2551 (98)

Passing Yds

1975 NFL 2483 (5)
1976 NFL 3104 (1)
1977 NFL 2686 (2)
Career 18190 (99)

Passing TD

1975 NFL 18 (6)
1976 NFL 24 (2)
1977 NFL 17 (5)
1980 NFL 23 (8)
1981 NFL 21 (10)
Career 124 (86)

Passer Rating

1975 NFL 89.1 (3)
1976 NFL 102.5 (2/27)
1977 NFL 80.8 (5)
Career 78.2 (62)

Long Pass

1975 NFL 90 (3/80)
1976 NFL 79 (7)
1977 NFL 78 (8)
1978 NFL 78 (4)

Passes Intercepted

1973 NFL 12 (10)
1980 NFL 21 (9)
1981 NFL 20 (4)
Career 101 (101)

Sacked

1974 NFL 36 (2)
1975 NFL 38 (3)
1976 NFL 29 (9)
1981 NFL 31 (7)
Career 232 (65)

Sacked Yds Lost

1974 NFL 328 (1/86)
1975 NFL 325 (3/91)
1976 NFL 284 (3)
1981 NFL 263 (7)
Career 2020 (41)

Passing Yds/Game

1975 NFL 177.4 (7)
1976 NFL 221.7 (3)
1977 NFL 191.9 (3)
Career 178.3 (63)

Yds/Pass Att

1975 NFL 7.2 (7)
1976 NFL 9.0 (2/20)
1977 NFL 6.8 (10)
1981 NFL 7.3 (8)
Career 7.1 (62)

Yds/Pass Cmp

1976 NFL 15.0 (2)
Career 12.7 (83)

Pass Attempts/Game

1974 NFL 24.5 (10)
1975 NFL 24.6 (10)
1976 NFL 24.5 (6)
1977 NFL 28.1 (3)
1980 NFL 29.7 (10)
Career 25.0 (70)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

1975 NFL 7.22 (3)
1976 NFL 9.27 (1/7)
1977 NFL 6.44 (5)
Career 6.32 (58)

Net Yds/Pass Att

1976 NFL 7.58 (2/30)
1977 NFL 5.88 (8)
Career 5.81 (94)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

1975 NFL 5.65 (6)
1976 NFL 7.78 (1/22)
1977 NFL 5.51 (3)
Career 5.07 (81)

Passes Completed/Game

1974 NFL 13.0 (9)
1975 NFL 14.5 (5)
1976 NFL 14.8 (7)
1977 NFL 16.0 (2)
1980 NFL 16.5 (9)
Career 14.0 (72)

Pass Completion %

1975 NFL 59.0% (3)
1976 NFL 60.3% (3)
1977 NFL 57.0% (5)
1981 NFL 57.3% (10)
Career 56.1% (93)

Pass Intercept. %

1975 NFL 2.3% (1)
1976 NFL 2.6% (2)
1977 NFL 2.8% (2)
Career 4.0% (108)

Passing TD %

1975 NFL 5.2% (8)
1976 NFL 7.0% (2/98)
1977 NFL 4.3% (10)
1980 NFL 5.2% (10)
1981 NFL 4.9% (10)
Career 4.9% (58)

Sack %

1977 NFL 6.21% (7)
Career 8.34% (131)

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

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1976Associated Press: 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
1977UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1973 22 8 QB 27 38
1974 23 11 QB 140 6 10 62
1975 24 14 QB 241 118 3 6
1976 25 14 QB 284 139 1 2
1977 26 14 QB 214 83 2 9
1978 27 3 QB 41 33
1979 28 4 QB 48 33
1980 29 15 QB 251 22 10 52
1981 30 15 QB 218 15
1982 31 4 QB 32 33
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