Jo-Jo Townsell
Joseph Ray Townsell
Position: WR
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: November 4, 1960 in Reno, NV
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 3rd round (78th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 10 (6894th overall since 1950)
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| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | wr | 83 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 13.0 | 13 | 322 | 1 | 93 | 24.8 | 387 | 1 |
| 1987 | 27 | NYJ | PR | 83 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 381 | 1 | 91 | 11.9 | 11 | 272 | 0 | 60 | 24.7 | 688 | 1 |
| 1988 | 28 | NYJ | KR/PR | 83 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 409 | 1 | 59 | 11.7 | 31 | 601 | 0 | 40 | 19.4 | 1050 | 1 |
| 1989 | 29 | NYJ | KR/PR/WR | 83 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 299 | 0 | 30 | 9.1 | 34 | 653 | 0 | 69 | 19.2 | 1739 | 5 |
| 1990 | 30 | NYJ | PR | 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 | ||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | 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 | wr | 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 | PR | 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 | KR/PR | 83 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 19 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 40 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 1989 | 29 | NYJ | KR/PR/WR | 83 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 787 | 17.5 | 5 | 63 | 2.8 | 49.2 | 787 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 1990 | 30 | NYJ | PR | 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 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
| 1985 | 25 | NYJ | wr | 83 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 27 | NYJ | PR | 83 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 28 | NYJ | KR/PR | 83 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 29 | NYJ | KR/PR/WR | 83 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 30 | NYJ | PR | 83 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 83 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1988 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
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