John James

John Wilbur James Jr.

Position: P

6-3, 197lb (190cm, 89kg)

Born: January 21, 1949 in Panama City, FL

College: Florida

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 25 (4439th overall since 1960)

High School: Gainesville (FL)

3x Pro Bowl

SUMMARY

Career

187

Pnt

1083

Yds

43992

Lng

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck	AV	Awards
1972	23	ATL	P	6	14	0	61	2609	42.8				59					0	3
1973	24	ATL	P	6	14	0	63	2682	42.6				72					0	3
1974	25	ATL	P	6	14	0	96	3891	40.5				65					1	3
1975*	26	ATL	P	6	14	0	89	3696	41.5				75					1	3	PB
1976*	27	ATL	P	6	14	0	101	4253	42.1	360	3653	36.2	67	12	11.9%	28	27.7%	0	4	AP2, PB
1977*	28	ATL	P	6	14	0	105	4349	41.4	519	3570	34.0	61	13	12.4%	19	18.1%	0	4	AP2, PB
1978	29	ATL	P	6	16	0	109	4227	38.8	305	3742	34.3	57	9	8.3%	24	22.0%	1	2
1979	30	ATL	P	6	16	0	83	3296	39.7	259	2957	35.6	62	4	4.8%	12	14.5%	1	2
1980	31	ATL	P	6	16	0	79	3087	39.1	240	2707	34.3	59	7	8.9%	25	31.6%	0	2
1981	32	ATL	P	6	16	0	87	3543	40.7	577	2866	32.9	62	5	5.7%	13	14.9%	1	2
1982	33	2TM	P		7	0	43	1741	40.5	195	1466	34.1	56	4	9.3%	7	16.3%	0	2
		DET	P	6	2	0	12	481	40.1	37	404	33.7	50	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	0	1
		HOU	P	6	5	0	31	1260	40.6	158	1062	34.3	56	2	6.5%	4	12.9%	0	1
1983	34	HOU	P	6	16	0	79	3136	39.7	354	2622	33.2	53	8	10.1%	12	15.2%	1	2
1984	35	HOU	P	6	16	0	88	3482	39.6	618	2764	31.4	55	5	5.7%	20	22.7%	0	2
Career					187		1083	43992	40.6	3427	26347	24.3	75	67	6.2%	160	14.8%	6	34
10 yrs		ATL			148	0	873	35633	40.8	2260	19495	22.3	75	50	5.7%	121	13.9%	5	28
3 yrs		HOU			37	0	198	7878	39.8	1130	6448	32.6	56	15	7.6%	36	18.2%	1	5
1 yr		DET			2	0	12	481	40.1	37	404	33.7	50	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	0	1

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1978	29	ATL		2	0	13	457	35.2	59	358	27.5	49	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	0
1980	31	ATL		1	0	4	144	36.0	-4	148	37.0	40	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	0
Career				3		17	601	35.4	55	506	29.8	49	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	0

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1975*	26	ATL	P	6	14	0	1	1	100.0	25	0.0	0	0.0	25	25.0	25.0	25.0	1.8	118.7	0	0	0.0	25.00	25.00
1977*	28	ATL	P	6	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1979	30	ATL	P	6	16	0	1	1	100.0	20	0.0	0	0.0	20	20.0	20.0	20.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.0	20.00	20.00
1980	31	ATL	P	6	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
1981	32	ATL	P	6	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
1983	34	HOU	P	6	16	0	1	1	100.0	7	0.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	7.0	7.0	0.4	95.8	0	0	0.0	7.00	7.00
Career					187		3	6	50.0	52	0.0	1	16.7	25	8.7	1.2	17.3	0.3	40.3	0	0	0.0	8.67	1.17
10 yrs		ATL			148	0	2	5	40.0	45	0.0	1	20.0	25	9.0	0.0	22.5	0.3	33.3	0	0	0.0	9.00	0.00
3 yrs		HOU			37	0	1	1	100.0	7	0.0	0	0.0	7	7.0	7.0	7.0	0.2	95.8	0	0	0.0	7.00	7.00
1 yr		DET			2	0

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1979	30	ATL	P	6	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1				0				1	0.0		0	0
1980	31	ATL	P	6	16	0	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1				0				1	13.0	13	0	0
1981	32	ATL	P	6	16	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1				0				1	-7.0	-7	0	0
1983	34	HOU	P	6	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1				0				1	0.0		0	0
Career					187		4	6	0	13	1.5	0.0	0.0				0				4	1.5	6	0
10 yrs		ATL			148	0	3	6	0	13	2.0	0.0	0.0				0				3	2.0	6	0
3 yrs		HOU			37	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0				1	0.0		0
1 yr		DET			2	0			0								0							0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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
1976*	27	ATL	P	6	14	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
1979	30	ATL	P	6	16	0			0				0	1	0	0	0.0
Career					187				0				0	2	0	0	0.0
10 yrs		ATL			148	0			0				0	2	0	0	0.0
3 yrs		HOU			37	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		DET			2	0			0							0	0.0

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