Ester James Junior III
Position: LB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 238 lbs.
Born: December 8, 1959 in Salisbury, MD
College: Alabama (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1981 | 22 | STL | RLB | 54 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 23 | STL | LLB | 54 | 9 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 24 | STL | llb/MLB | 54 | 12 | 11 | 7.5 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1984*+ | 25 | STL | mlb/RLB | 54 | 16 | 16 | 9.5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| 1985* | 26 | STL | MLB | 54 | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 5 | 109 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 27 | STL | LILB | 54 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 28 | STL | RLB | 54 | 13 | 13 | 2.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1988 | 29 | PHO | RLB | 54 | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 1989 | 30 | MIA | LOLB | 54 | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 31 | MIA | 54 | 16 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 32 | MIA | 54 | 16 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 33 | 2TM | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| TAM | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| SEA | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | 34 | SEA | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Career | 170 | 119 | 36.5 | 12 | 186 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 69 | |||||||
| 8 yrs | STL-PHO | 111 | 107 | 24.5 | 12 | 186 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 61 | ||||||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 48 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 yrs | SEA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1984 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1984 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1985 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |