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Jo-Jo Townsell

Joseph Ray Townsell

Position: WR
Height: 5-9    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: November 4, 1960 in Reno, NV
College: UCLA

Career AV: 10 (6348th overall since 1950)

Drafted by the New York Jets in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1985 25 NYJ wr 83 16 6 6 65 0 2 10.8 2 42 0 23 21.0 294 2
1986 26 NYJ 83 14 1 4 52 0 28 13.0 13 322 1 93 24.8 387 1
1987 27 NYJ RET 83 12 0 32 381 1 91 11.9 11 272 0 60 24.7 688 1
1988 28 NYJ RET 83 16 0 35 409 1 59 11.7 31 601 0 40 19.4 1050 1
1989 29 NYJ WR 83 16 16 33 299 0 30 9.1 34 653 0 69 19.2 1739 5
1990 30 NYJ RET 83 9 0 17 154 0 20 9.1 7 158 0 38 22.6 369 1
Career 83 23 127 1360 2 91 10.7 98 2048 1 93 20.9 4527 11

Receiving & Rushing

Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1985 25 NYJ wr 83 16 6 12 187 15.6 0 36 0.8 11.7 187 0 1
1986 26 NYJ 83 14 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.8 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 13 0 0
1987 27 NYJ RET 83 12 0 4 37 9.3 0 11 0.3 3.1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 35 0 3
1988 28 NYJ RET 83 16 0 4 40 10.0 0 19 0.3 2.5 40 0 3
1989 29 NYJ WR 83 16 16 45 787 17.5 5 63 2.8 49.2 787 5 4
1990 30 NYJ RET 83 9 0 4 57 14.3 0 18 0.4 6.3 57 0 2
Career 83 23 70 1119 16.0 5 63 0.8 13.5 2 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1119 5 13

Defense & Fumbles

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
1985 25 NYJ wr 83 16 6 1 1 0 0
1987 27 NYJ RET 83 12 0 3 2 0 0
1988 28 NYJ RET 83 16 0 3 0 0 0
1989 29 NYJ WR 83 16 16 4 3 0 0
1990 30 NYJ RET 83 9 0 2 0 0 0
Career 83 23 13 6 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1986 26 NYJ 83 14 1 1 1 6
1987 27 NYJ RET 83 12 0 1 1 6
1988 28 NYJ RET 83 16 0 1 1 6
1989 29 NYJ WR 83 16 16 5 5 30
Career 83 23 5 2 1 8 48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Non-Offensive TDs

1987 NFL 1 (6)
1988 NFL 1 (6)

All-Purpose Yds

1989 NFL 1739 (7)

Yds/Touch

1989 NFL 15.5 (2/52)

Kick Returns

1989 NFL 34 (7)
Career 98 (171)

Kick Return Yds

1989 NFL 653 (9)

Kick Return TD

1986 NFL 1 (1/58)

Career 1 (108)

Long Kick Return

1986 NFL 93 (6)

Punt Returns

1987 NFL 32 (6)
1988 NFL 35 (9)
1989 NFL 33 (7)
Career 127 (102)

Punt Return Yds

1987 NFL 381 (6)
1988 NFL 409 (4)
1989 NFL 299 (8)
Career 1360 (83)

Punt Return TD

1987 NFL 1 (2)
1988 NFL 1 (2)
Career 2 (74)

Long Punt Return

1987 NFL 91 (2/33)
1988 NFL 59 (7)

Yds/Punt Return

1987 NFL 11.9 (8)
1988 NFL 11.7 (3)
1990 NFL 9.1 (10)
Career 10.7 (38)

Kick & Punt Returns

1987 NFL 43 (7)
1988 NFL 66 (4)
1989 NFL 67 (3)
Career 225 (93)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1987 NFL 653 (9)
1988 NFL 1010 (4)
1989 NFL 952 (7)
Career 3408 (120)

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

All-Pro Teams

1988Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.

Fantasy

Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1985 25 16 WR 19 93
1986 26 14 WR 1 135
1987 27 12 WR 4 191
1988 28 16 WR 4 126
1989 29 16 WR 109 1 29 73
1990 30 9 WR 6 130
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