William Augustus Jones
Position: HB-DB-WB-TB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 202 lbs.
Born: December 29, 1924 in Arcadia, LA
College: LSU, Tulane
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1946 Draft
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View Details For: 41 Regular Season and 4 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1946 | 22 | 2TM | 11 | 4 | 43 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 3.9 | 164 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| MIA | 9 | 3 | 24 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| BDA | 2 | 1 | 19 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 31.0 | 9.5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1947 | 23 | BDA | RET | 8 | 2 | 43 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 17.0 | 5.4 | 136 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 1948 | 24 | CLE | 12 | 2 | 33 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 2.8 | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 268 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1949 | 25 | CLE | RH | 11 | 9 | 77 | 312 | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 28.4 | 7.0 | 12 | 241 | 20.1 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 21.9 | 553 | 5 | 0 |
| 1950 | 26 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 83 | 384 | 6 | 61 | 4.6 | 32.0 | 6.9 | 31 | 458 | 14.8 | 5 | 80 | 2.6 | 38.2 | 842 | 11 | 1 |
| 1951*+ | 27 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 104 | 492 | 7 | 43 | 4.7 | 41.0 | 8.7 | 30 | 570 | 19.0 | 5 | 81 | 2.5 | 47.5 | 1062 | 12 | 3 |
| 1952* | 28 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 65 | 270 | 2 | 35 | 4.2 | 22.5 | 5.4 | 43 | 651 | 15.1 | 4 | 63 | 3.6 | 54.3 | 921 | 6 | 2 |
| 1953 | 29 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 24 | 373 | 15.5 | 0 | 58 | 2.0 | 31.1 | 401 | 0 | 3 |
| 1954 | 30 | CLE | lh | 12 | 0 | 51 | 231 | 0 | 24 | 4.5 | 19.3 | 4.3 | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 2 | 48 | 1.6 | 28.9 | 578 | 2 | 1 |
| 1955 | 31 | CLE | rh | 12 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 1 | 46 | 0.3 | 9.6 | 159 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 114 | 17 | 540 | 2210 | 21 | 61 | 4.1 | 19.4 | 4.7 | 171 | 2874 | 16.8 | 20 | 81 | 1.5 | 25.2 | 5084 | 41 | 11 | |||
| 8 yrs | CLE | 95 | 11 | 454 | 1910 | 20 | 61 | 4.2 | 20.1 | 4.8 | 171 | 2874 | 16.8 | 20 | 81 | 1.8 | 30.3 | 4784 | 40 | 11 | ||
| 2 yrs | BDA | 10 | 3 | 62 | 198 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 19.8 | 6.2 | 198 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 9 | 3 | 24 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 102 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1946 | 22 | 2TM | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 261 | |
| BDA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 159 | |||
| 1947 | 23 | BDA | RET | 8 | 2 | 14 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 7 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 414 |
| 1948 | 24 | CLE | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 303 | ||||||
| 1949 | 25 | CLE | RH | 11 | 9 | 8 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 757 | |||||
| 1953 | 29 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 408 | |||||
| Career | 114 | 17 | 16 | 170 | 0 | 7 | 10.6 | 23 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 19.6 | 5705 | |||
| 8 yrs | CLE | 95 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 23.9 | 5030 | ||
| 2 yrs | BDA | 10 | 3 | 15 | 163 | 0 | 6 | 10.9 | 13 | 212 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 573 | ||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1946 | 22 | 2TM | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | |||||||
| BDA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 1947 | 23 | BDA | RET | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 2.5 | -3.5 | 12.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1952* | 28 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 95.8 | ||||||
| 1953 | 29 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||||
| Career | 114 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 40 | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 2.0 | -4.3 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 16.7 | |||||||||
| 8 yrs | CLE | 95 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 81.9 | ||||||||
| 2 yrs | BDA | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 2.2 | -5.8 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1947 | 23 | BDA | RET | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1950 | 26 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1951*+ | 27 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1952* | 28 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | 29 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | 30 | CLE | lh | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 31 | CLE | rh | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 114 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 yrs | CLE | 95 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | BDA | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1947 | 23 | BDA | RET | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1948 | 24 | CLE | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1949 | 25 | CLE | RH | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1950 | 26 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1951*+ | 27 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 72 | |||||||||
| 1952* | 28 | CLE | RH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1954 | 30 | CLE | lh | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 31 | CLE | rh | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Career | 114 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 246 | ||||||||||||
| 8 yrs | CLE | 95 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 240 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | BDA | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
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1951 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1951 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL 1951 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL |