James Elijah Saxon
Position: FB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: March 23, 1966 in Buford, SC
College: San Jose St. (school history)
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 6th round (139th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 15 (5701st overall since 1950)
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| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1988 | 22 | KAN | fb | 21 | 16 | 4 | 60 | 236 | 2 | 14 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 19 | 177 | 9.3 | 0 | 22 | 1.2 | 11.1 | 413 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | 23 | KAN | fb | 21 | 16 | 2 | 58 | 233 | 3 | 19 | 4.0 | 14.6 | 3.6 | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 0 | 18 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 319 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 | 24 | KAN | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 25 | KAN | 21 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 26 | MIA | 22 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 14 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 27 | MIA | 22 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 28 | MIA | fb | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 27 | 151 | 5.6 | 0 | 25 | 1.7 | 9.4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1995 | 29 | PHI | fb | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Career | 111 | 16 | 145 | 533 | 5 | 19 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 69 | 515 | 7.5 | 0 | 25 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 1048 | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 4 yrs | KAN | 54 | 6 | 127 | 497 | 5 | 19 | 3.9 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 37 | 323 | 8.7 | 0 | 22 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 820 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 48 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 32 | 192 | 6.0 | 0 | 25 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1 yr | PHI | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1988 | 22 | KAN | fb | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 20.0 | 453 | |||||
| 1989 | 23 | KAN | fb | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 5.3 | 335 | |||||
| 1990 | 24 | KAN | 21 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 23 | 16.2 | 101 | ||||||
| 1991 | 25 | KAN | 21 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 23 | 14.0 | 124 | ||||||
| 1993 | 27 | MIA | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 20 | ||||||
| 1994 | 28 | MIA | fb | 22 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 179 | |||||
| 1995 | 29 | PHI | fb | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| Career | 111 | 16 | 17 | 215 | 0 | 27 | 12.6 | 1263 | |||||||||
| 4 yrs | KAN | 54 | 6 | 14 | 193 | 0 | 27 | 13.8 | 1013 | ||||||||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 48 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 9.5 | 247 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | PHI | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | ||||||||
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.