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James Owens

James Earl Owens

Position: RB-WR-DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: July 5, 1955 in Sacramento, CA
College: UCLA

Career AV: 12 (5854th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.

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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 AV
1979 24 SFO RET 20 16 0 7 33 0 11 4.7 2.1 0.4 10 121 12.1 0 17 0.6 7.6 154 0 4 2
1980 25 SFO wr 89 14 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 133 14.8 0 29 0.6 9.5 133 0 3 2
1981 26 TAM RET 26 16 1 91 406 3 35 4.5 25.4 5.7 12 145 12.1 0 35 0.8 9.1 551 3 1 4
1982 27 TAM RB 26 8 6 76 238 0 14 3.1 29.8 9.5 8 42 5.3 1 12 1.0 5.3 280 1 2 3
1983 28 TAM rb 26 12 5 96 266 5 15 2.8 22.2 8.0 15 81 5.4 1 11 1.3 6.8 347 6 0 2
1984 29 TAM 26 4 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 2 13 6.5 1 9 0.5 3.3 14 1 0 0
Career 70 18 271 944 8 35 3.5 13.5 3.9 56 535 9.6 3 35 0.8 7.6 1479 11 10 13
4 yrs TAM 40 12 264 911 8 35 3.5 22.8 6.6 37 281 7.6 3 35 0.9 7.0 1192 11 3 9
2 yrs SFO 30 6 7 33 0 11 4.7 1.1 0.2 19 254 13.4 0 29 0.6 8.5 287 0 7 4

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1979 24 SFO RET 20 16 0 41 1002 1 85 24.4 1156
1980 25 SFO wr 89 14 6 31 726 1 101 23.4 859
1981 26 TAM RET 26 16 1 24 473 0 34 19.7 1024
1982 27 TAM RB 26 8 6 3 52 0 27 17.3 332
1983 28 TAM rb 26 12 5 20 380 0 31 19.0 727
1984 29 TAM 26 4 0 8 168 0 36 21.0 182
Career 70 18 127 2801 2 101 22.1 4280
4 yrs TAM 40 12 55 1073 0 36 19.5 2265
2 yrs SFO 30 6 72 1728 2 101 24.0 2015

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
1979 24 SFO RET 20 16 0 4 0 0 0
1980 25 SFO wr 89 14 6 3 3 0 0
1981 26 TAM RET 26 16 1 1 1 0 0
1982 27 TAM RB 26 8 6 2 0 0 0
1983 28 TAM rb 26 12 5 0 1 0 0
Career 70 18 10 5 0 0
4 yrs TAM 40 12 3 2 0 0
2 yrs SFO 30 6 7 3 0 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
1979 24 SFO RET 20 16 0 1 1 6
1980 25 SFO wr 89 14 6 1 1 6
1981 26 TAM RET 26 16 1 3 3 18
1982 27 TAM RB 26 8 6 1 1 6
1983 28 TAM rb 26 12 5 5 1 6 36
1984 29 TAM 26 4 0 1 1 6
Career 70 18 8 3 2 13 78
4 yrs TAM 40 12 8 3 11 66
2 yrs SFO 30 6 2 2 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Non-Offensive TDs

1979 NFL 1 (6)
1980 NFL 1 (6)

Yds/Touch

1981 NFL 8.1 (10)

Kick Returns

1979 NFL 41 (8)
Career 127 (105)

Kick Return Yds

1979 NFL 1002 (8)
Career 2801 (116)

Kick Return TD

1979 NFL 1 (1/58)
1980 NFL 1 (1/58)
Career 2 (47)

Long Kick Return

1979 NFL 85 (6)
1980 NFL 101 (1/48)

Yds/Kick Return

1979 NFL 24.4 (5)
1980 NFL 23.4 (4)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

Career 2801 (181)

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

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1979 24 16 RB 15 125
1980 25 14 RB 13 130
1981 26 16 RB 73 54
1982 27 8 RB 34 61
1983 28 12 RB 71 53
1984 29 4 RB 7 130
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