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James Brooks

James Robert Brooks

Position: RB

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: December 28, 1958 in Lansing, MI

College: Auburn (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 82 (373rd overall since 1960)

High School: Warner Robins (GA)

Draft: San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (24th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

4x Pro Bowl

+3

SUMMARY

Career

G

162

AV

101

Rush

1685

Yds

7962

Y/A

4.7

TD

49

FantPt

1585.6

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1981	23	SDG		21	14	2	109	525	3	28	4.8	37.5	7.8		46	329	7.2	3	29	3.3	23.5			155	5.5	854	6	7	8
1982	24	SDG		21	9	0	87	430	6	48	4.9	47.8	9.7		13	66	5.1	0	12	1.4	7.3			100	5.0	496	6	4	8
1983	25	SDG	rb	21	15	6	127	516	3	61	4.1	34.4	8.5		25	215	8.6	0	36	1.7	14.3			152	4.8	731	3	8	5
1984	26	CIN	RB	21	15	11	103	396	2	33	3.8	26.4	6.9		34	268	7.9	2	27	2.3	17.9			137	4.8	664	4	4	5
1985	27	CIN	RB	21	16	16	192	929	7	39	4.8	58.1	12.0		55	576	10.5	5	57	3.4	36.0			247	6.1	1505	12	7	13
1986*	28	CIN	RB	21	16	16	205	1087	5	56	5.3	67.9	12.8		54	686	12.7	4	54	3.4	42.9			259	6.8	1773	9	2	15
1987	29	CIN	RB	21	9	7	94	290	1	18	3.1	32.2	10.4		22	272	12.4	2	46	2.4	30.2			116	4.8	562	3	0	4
1988*	30	CIN	RB	21	15	15	182	931	8	51	5.1	62.1	12.1		29	287	9.9	6	28	1.9	19.1			211	5.8	1218	14	1	12
1989*	31	CIN	RB	21	16	14	221	1239	7	65	5.6	77.4	13.8		37	306	8.3	2	25	2.3	19.1			258	6.0	1545	9	9	14
1990*	32	CIN	RB	21	16	15	195	1004	5	56	5.1	62.8	12.2		26	269	10.3	4	35	1.6	16.8			221	5.8	1273	9	3	11
1991	33	CIN	RB	21	15	12	152	571	2	25	3.8	38.1	10.1		40	348	8.7	2	40	2.7	23.2			192	4.8	919	4	5	6
1992	34	2TM			6	2	18	44	0	13	2.4	7.3	3.0	6	2	-1	-0.5	0	4	0.3	-0.2	33.3%	-0.2	20	2.2	43	0	1	0
		CLE		28	4	2	13	38	0	13	2.9	9.5	3.3	5	2	-1	-0.5	0	4	0.5	-0.3	40.0%	-0.2	15	2.5	37	0	0	0
		TAM		20	2	0	5	6	0	4	1.2	3.0	2.5	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	5	1.2	6	0	1	0
Career					162	116	1685	7962	49	65	4.7	49.1	10.4	6	383	3621	9.5	30	57	2.4	22.4	33.3%	-0.2	2068	5.6	11583	79	51	101
8 yrs		CIN			118	106	1344	6447	37	65	4.8	54.6	11.4		297	3012	10.1	27	57	2.5	25.5	0%		1641	5.8	9459	64	31	80
3 yrs		SDG			38	8	323	1471	12	61	4.6	38.7	8.5		84	610	7.3	3	36	2.2	16.1	0%		407	5.1	2081	15	19	21
1 yr		CLE			4	2	13	38	0	13	2.9	9.5	3.3	5	2	-1	-0.5	0	4	0.5	-0.3	40.0%	-0.2	15	2.5	37	0	0	0
1 yr		TAM			2	0	5	6	0	4	1.2	3.0	2.5	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	5	1.2	6	0	1	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving										Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1981	23	SDG	RB	2	1	9	42	0	14	4.7	21.0	4.5		6	36	6.0	2	9	3.0	18.0			15	5.2	78	2	1
1982	24	SDG		2	0	6	29	1	18	4.8	14.5	3.0		3	29	9.7	0	14	1.5	14.5			9	6.4	58	1	3
1988*	30	CIN	RB	3	3	26	102	0	26	3.9	34.0	8.7		5	62	12.4	1	20	1.7	20.7		31.0	31	5.3	164	1	0
1990*	32	CIN	RB	2	1	17	43	0	14	2.5	21.5	8.5		1	22	22.0	0	22	0.5	11.0			18	3.6	65	0	0
Career				9	5	58	216	1	26	3.7	24.0	6.4		15	149	9.9	3	22	1.7	16.6	750.0%	74.5	73	5.0	365	4	4
2 yrs		CIN		5	4	43	145	0	26	3.4	29.0	8.6	2	6	84	14.0	1	22	1.2	16.8	0%		49	4.7	229	1	0
2 yrs		SDG		4	1	15	71	1	18	4.7	17.8	3.8		9	65	7.2	2	14	2.3	16.3	0%		24	5.7	136	3	4

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		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	SDG		21	14	2	22	290	0	42	13.2	40	949	0	47	23.7	2093
1982	24	SDG		21	9	0	12	138	0	29	11.5	33	749	0	47	22.7	1383
1983	25	SDG	rb	21	15	6	18	137	0	30	7.6	32	607	0	34	19.0	1475
1984	26	CIN	RB	21	15	11						7	144	0	37	20.6	808
1985	27	CIN	RB	21	16	16						3	38	0	15	12.7	1543
1987	29	CIN	RB	21	9	7						2	42	0	23	21.0	604
1988*	30	CIN	RB	21	15	15						1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	1212
1991	33	CIN	RB	21	15	12						11	190	0	35	17.3	1109
1992	34	2TM			6	2						3	49	0	24	16.3	92
		TAM		20	2	0						3	49	0	24	16.3	55
Career					162	116	52	565	0	42	10.9	132	2762	0	47	20.9	14910
8 yrs		CIN			118	106						24	408	0	37	17.0	9867
3 yrs		SDG			38	8	52	565	0	42	10.9	105	2305	0	47	22.0	4951
1 yr		CLE			4	2											37
1 yr		TAM			2	0						3	49	0	24	16.3	55

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1981	23	SDG	RB	2	1	1	8	0	8	8.0	9	172	0	36	19.1	258
1982	24	SDG		2	0	3	16	0	10	5.3	8	111	0	36	13.9	182
1988*	30	CIN	RB	3	3						2	38	0	23	19.0	175
Career				9	5	4	24	0	10	6.0	19	321	0	36	16.9	707
2 yrs		CIN		5	4						2	38	0	23	19.0	267
2 yrs		SDG		4	1	4	24	0	10	6.0	17	283	0	36	16.6	440

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1981	23	SDG		21	14	2							7	2	0	0	0.0
1982	24	SDG		21	9	0							4	1	0	0	0.0
1983	25	SDG	rb	21	15	6							8	3	0	0	0.0
1984	26	CIN	RB	21	15	11							4	0	0	0	0.0
1985	27	CIN	RB	21	16	16							7	1	0	0	0.0
1986*	28	CIN	RB	21	16	16							2	0	0	0	0.0
1988*	30	CIN	RB	21	15	15							1	0	0	0	0.0
1989*	31	CIN	RB	21	16	14							9	1	0	0	0.0
1990*	32	CIN	RB	21	16	15							3	1	0	0	0.0
1991	33	CIN	RB	21	15	12							5	0	0	0	0.0
1992	34	2TM			6	2							1	0	0	0	0.0
		TAM		20	2	0							1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					162	116							51	9	0	0	0.0
8 yrs		CIN			118	106							31	3	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		SDG			38	8							19	6	0	0	0.0
1 yr		CLE			4	2											0.0
1 yr		TAM			2	0							1	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1981	23	SDG	RB	2	1						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1982	24	SDG		2	0						0	3	1	-3	0	0.0
Career				9	5						0	4	1	-3	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1985	27	CIN	RB	21	16	16		1	1	100	8	1	100	0	0	8	8.0	28.0	8.0	0.5	139.6	0	0	0	8.00	28.00
1986*	28	CIN	RB	21	16	16		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Career					162	116		1	2	50	8	1	50	0	0	8	4.0	14.0	8.0	0.0	100.0	0	0	0	4.00	14.00
8 yrs		CIN			118	106		1	2	50	8	1	50	0	0	8	4.0	14.0	8.0	0.1	100.0	0	0	0	4.00	14.00
3 yrs		SDG			38	8		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		CLE			4	2		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0
1 yr		TAM			2	0		0	0		0	0		0		0				0.0		0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1981	23	SDG		21	14	2	3	3						6									36
1982	24	SDG		21	9	0	6							6									36
1983	25	SDG	rb	21	15	6	3							3									18
1984	26	CIN	RB	21	15	11	2	2						4									24
1985	27	CIN	RB	21	16	16	7	5						12									72
1986*	28	CIN	RB	21	16	16	5	4						9									54
1987	29	CIN	RB	21	9	7	1	2						3									18
1988*	30	CIN	RB	21	15	15	8	6						14									84
1989*	31	CIN	RB	21	16	14	7	2						9									54
1990*	32	CIN	RB	21	16	15	5	4						9									54
1991	33	CIN	RB	21	15	12	2	2						4									24
Career					162	116	49	30						79			0						474
8 yrs		CIN			118	106	37	27						64			0						384
3 yrs		SDG			38	8	12	3						15			0						90
1 yr		CLE			4	2											0						0
1 yr		TAM			2	0											0						0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1981	23	SDG		2	1		2						2			0						12
1982	24	SDG		2	0	1							1			0						6
1988*	30	CIN	RB	3	3		1						1			0						6
Career				9	5	1	3						4			0						24
2 yrs		CIN		5	4		1						1			0						6
2 yrs		SDG		4	1	1	2						3			0						18

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