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John Jefferson
John Larry Jefferson
Position: WR
Height: 6-1 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: February 3, 1956 in Dallas, TX
College: Arizona State
4-time Pro Bowler & 2-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1978 Draft
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View Details For: 47 Regular Season and 2 Playoff TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1978* | 22 | SDG | WR | 14 | 14 | 56 | 1001 | 17.9 | 13 | 46 | 4.0 | 71.5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1008 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979*+ | 23 | SDG | WR | 15 | 15 | 61 | 1090 | 17.9 | 10 | 65 | 4.1 | 72.7 | 1090 | 10 | 0 | |||||||
| 1980*+ | 24 | SDG | WR | 16 | 16 | 82 | 1340 | 16.3 | 13 | 58 | 5.1 | 83.8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1356 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | GNB | WR | 13 | 13 | 39 | 632 | 16.2 | 4 | 41 | 3.0 | 48.6 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 654 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982* | 26 | GNB | WR | 8 | 8 | 27 | 452 | 16.7 | 0 | 50 | 3.4 | 56.5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 468 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | GNB | WR | 16 | 16 | 57 | 830 | 14.6 | 7 | 36 | 3.6 | 51.9 | 830 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| 1984 | 28 | GNB | WR | 13 | 12 | 26 | 339 | 13.0 | 0 | 33 | 2.0 | 26.1 | 339 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1985 | 29 | CLE | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career | 102 | 96 | 351 | 5714 | 16.3 | 47 | 65 | 3.4 | 56.0 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 16 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5775 | 47 | 1 | |||
| 4 yrs | GNB | 50 | 49 | 149 | 2253 | 15.1 | 11 | 50 | 3.0 | 45.1 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2291 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 3 yrs | SDG | 45 | 45 | 199 | 3431 | 17.2 | 36 | 65 | 4.4 | 76.2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3454 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1 yr | CLE | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 30 | 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 | ||
| 1980*+ | 24 | SDG | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1356 | |||||
| 1981 | 25 | GNB | WR | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 657 | |||||
| Career | 102 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 5778 | ||||||||
| 4 yrs | GNB | 50 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2294 | |||||||
| 3 yrs | SDG | 45 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3454 | |||||||
| 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 |
| 1978* | 22 | SDG | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | GNB | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 102 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | GNB | 50 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | SDG | 45 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 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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| 1978* | 22 | SDG | WR | 14 | 14 | 13 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 1979*+ | 23 | SDG | WR | 15 | 15 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 1980*+ | 24 | SDG | WR | 16 | 16 | 13 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 25 | GNB | WR | 13 | 13 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | GNB | WR | 16 | 16 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Career | 102 | 96 | 47 | 282 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | GNB | 50 | 49 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | SDG | 45 | 45 | 36 | 216 |
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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)
All-Pro Teams
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1978 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1978 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1978 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1979 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf. 1979 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1979 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1979 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1979 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1980 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1980 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL |