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James Jones
James Jones Jr.
Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: December 6, 1958 in Starkville, MS
College: Mississippi State
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (80th overall) of the 1980 Draft
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View Details For: 2 Regular Season and 1 Playoff TDs Scored / 1 Regular Season TD Thrown
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1980 | 22 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 54 | 548 | 0 | 52 | 10.1 | 32 | 720 | 0 | 41 | 22.5 | 1442 |
| 1981 | 23 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 33 | 188 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 27 | 517 | 0 | 33 | 19.1 | 925 |
| 1982 | 24 | DAL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 23.0 | 46 | ||||||
| 1984 | 26 | DAL | 9 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 27 | DAL | 16 | 2 | 9 | 161 | 0 | 26 | 17.9 | 340 | ||||||
| Career | 62 | 2 | 87 | 736 | 0 | 52 | 8.5 | 70 | 1444 | 0 | 41 | 20.6 | 2823 | |||
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1980 | 22 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 41 | 135 | 0 | 9 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 16 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 174 | 0 | 5 |
| 1981 | 23 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 34 | 183 | 1 | 59 | 5.4 | 11.4 | 2.1 | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 16 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 220 | 1 | 4 |
| 1984 | 26 | DAL | 9 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 | 19 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 70 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 27 | DAL | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 24 | 179 | 7.5 | 0 | 35 | 1.5 | 11.2 | 179 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 62 | 2 | 84 | 331 | 1 | 59 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 42 | 312 | 7.4 | 1 | 35 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 643 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1985 | 27 | DAL | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 68.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Career | 62 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 12.0 | 0.2 | 68.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 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 |
| 1980 | 22 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 23 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 62 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 23 | DAL | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 26 | DAL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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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)