James Jones (running back, born 1961)
Jones (right) playing for the Lions in 1985
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 21, 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pompano Beach, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 229 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Pompano Beach (FL) Ely | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing attempts: | 1,010 |
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| Rushing yards: | 3,626 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 26 |
| Receptions: | 318 |
| Receiving yards: | 2,641 |
| Touchdown catches: | 10 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
James Roosevelt Jones (born March 21, 1961) is an American former college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Jones played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.
Jones was born in Pompano Beach, Florida in 1961. He attended Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, where he was a star high school football player for the Blanche Ely Mighty Tigers. Jones was so versatile in his ability to play multiple positions that he was nicknamed the "Franchise."Parade magazine named him as a high school All-American after his senior season.
In 2007, twenty-eight years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Jones as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.
Jones received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell's Florida Gators football team from 1979 to 1982. During Jones' sophomore season in 1980, he was a member of the Gators team that posted the biggest one-year turnaround in the history of NCAA Division I football—from 0–10–1 in 1979 to an 8–4 bowl team in 1980.
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