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James Wilder

James Curtis Wilder

Position: RB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: May 12, 1958 in Sikeston, MO
College: Missouri

Career AV: 63 (786th overall since 1950)

1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2nd round (34th overall) of the 1981 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
1981 23 TAM FB 32 16 16 107 370 4 23 3.5 23.1 6.7 48 507 10.6 1 38 3.0 31.7 877 5 3 7
1982 24 TAM FB 32 9 9 83 324 3 47 3.9 36.0 9.2 53 466 8.8 1 32 5.9 51.8 790 4 5 11
1983 25 TAM FB 32 10 10 161 640 4 75 4.0 64.0 16.1 57 380 6.7 2 31 5.7 38.0 1020 6 1 6
1984* 26 TAM RB 32 16 16 407 1544 13 37 3.8 96.5 25.4 85 685 8.1 0 50 5.3 42.8 2229 13 10 17
1985 27 TAM RB 32 16 16 365 1300 10 28 3.6 81.3 22.8 53 341 6.4 0 20 3.3 21.3 1641 10 9 11
1986 28 TAM RB 32 12 12 190 704 2 45 3.7 58.7 15.8 43 326 7.6 1 25 3.6 27.2 1030 3 10 7
1987 29 TAM FB 32 12 12 106 488 0 21 4.6 40.7 8.8 40 328 8.2 1 32 3.3 27.3 816 1 3 6
1988 30 TAM fb 32 7 7 86 343 1 19 4.0 49.0 12.3 15 124 8.3 0 24 2.1 17.7 467 1 1 3
1989 31 TAM 32 15 4 70 244 0 14 3.5 16.3 4.7 36 335 9.3 3 27 2.4 22.3 579 3 2 5
1990 32 2TM 16 0 11 51 0 13 4.6 3.2 0.7 1 8 8.0 1 8 0.1 0.5 59 1 0 1
WAS 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0
DET 34 15 0 11 51 0 13 4.6 3.4 0.7 1 8 8.0 1 8 0.1 0.5 59 1 0 1
Career 129 102 1586 6008 37 75 3.8 46.6 12.3 431 3500 8.1 10 50 3.3 27.1 9508 47 44 74
9 yrs TAM 113 102 1575 5957 37 75 3.8 52.7 13.9 430 3492 8.1 9 50 3.8 30.9 9449 46 44 73
1 yr DET 15 0 11 51 0 13 4.6 3.4 0.7 1 8 8.0 1 8 0.1 0.5 59 1 0 1

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
1981 23 TAM FB 32 16 16 3 1 0 0
1982 24 TAM FB 32 9 9 5 1 3 0
1983 25 TAM FB 32 10 10 1 0 0 0
1984* 26 TAM RB 32 16 16 10 4 0 0
1985 27 TAM RB 32 16 16 9 1 0 0
1986 28 TAM RB 32 12 12 10 3 0 0
1987 29 TAM FB 32 12 12 3 2 0 0
1988 30 TAM fb 32 7 7 1 0 0 0
1989 31 TAM 32 15 4 2 1 0 0
Career 129 102 44 13 3 0

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
1981 23 TAM FB 32 16 16 1 19 0 19 19.0 896
1989 31 TAM 32 15 4 2 42 0 23 21.0 621
Career 129 102 3 61 0 23 20.3 9569

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1984* 26 TAM RB 32 16 16 1 1 100.0 16 1 100.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 36.0 16.0 1.0 158.3 0 0 16.0 36.0 0.0
Career 129 102 1 1 100.0 16 1 100.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 36.0 16.0 0.1 158.3 0 0 16.0 36.0 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
1981 23 TAM FB 32 16 16 4 1 5 30
1982 24 TAM FB 32 9 9 3 1 4 24
1983 25 TAM FB 32 10 10 4 2 6 36
1984* 26 TAM RB 32 16 16 13 13 78
1985 27 TAM RB 32 16 16 10 10 60
1986 28 TAM RB 32 12 12 2 1 3 18
1987 29 TAM FB 32 12 12 1 1 6
1988 30 TAM fb 32 7 7 1 1 6
1989 31 TAM 32 15 4 3 3 18
1990 32 2TM 16 0 1 1 6
DET 34 15 0 1 1 6
Career 129 102 37 10 47 282
9 yrs TAM 113 102 37 9 46 276
1 yr DET 15 0 1 1 6

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1984

Rushing Att

1984 NFL 407 (1/3)
1985 NFL 365 (3/37)
Career 1586 (57)

Rushing Yds

1984 NFL 1544 (3/59)
1985 NFL 1300 (7)
Career 6008 (68)

Rushing TD

1984 NFL 13 (3/82)
1985 NFL 10 (5)
Career 37 (117)

Long Rush

1983 NFL 75 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1987 NFL 4.6 (2)

Rushing Yds/Game

1984 NFL 96.5 (4/96)
1985 NFL 81.3 (8)
Career 46.6 (142)

Receptions

1982 NFL 53 (3)
1984 NFL 85 (3)
Career 431 (146)

Touchdowns

1984 NFL 13 (5)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1984 NFL 13 (5)

Yds From Scrimmage

1984 NFL 2229 (2/14)
1985 NFL 1641 (7)
Career 9508 (86)

All-Purpose Yds

1984 NFL 2229 (2/36)
Career 9569 (132)

Touches

1984 NFL 492 (1/1)
1985 NFL 418 (3/21)
Career 2020 (49)

Fumbles

1985 NFL 9 (10)
1986 NFL 10 (6)
Career 44 (142)

Fumbles Recovered

1984 NFL 4 (5)

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

All-Pro Teams

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1984UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1981 23 16 RB 118 31
1982 24 9 RB 103 42 14 37
1983 25 10 RB 138 30
1984 26 16 RB 308 182 1 2
1985 27 16 RB 224 74 8 14
1986 28 12 RB 121 28
1987 29 12 RB 88 33
1988 30 7 RB 53 72
1989 31 15 RB 76 47
1990 32 16 RB 12 109
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