John James

John Wilbur James Jr.
Born: January 21, 1949
Panama City, FL USA
Position: P
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 197
College: Florida
High School: Gainesville (FL)
Career: 1972-1984

John James played from 1972 to 1984 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions and Houston Oilers. James punted 1083 times with a 40.6 yard average over his career.


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Rating
1975NFL Atlanta Falcons11100.02525.000.000.025 118.8
1977NFL Atlanta Falcons100.000.000.000.039.6
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons11100.02020.000.000.020 118.8
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons100.000.000.01100.00.0
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons100.000.000.000.039.6
1983NFL Houston Oilers11100.077.000.000.095.8
Totals6350.0528.700.0116.725 

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons100.00
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons11313.013 0
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons1-7-7.0-7 0
1983NFL Houston Oilers100.00
Totals461.513 0

Punting:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long
1972NFL Atlanta Falcons61260942.859
1973NFL Atlanta Falcons63268242.672
1974NFL Atlanta Falcons96389140.565
1975NFL Atlanta Falcons89369641.575
1976NFL Atlanta Falcons101425342.167
1977NFL Atlanta Falcons105434941.461
1978NFL Atlanta Falcons109422738.857
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons83329639.762
1980NFL Atlanta Falcons79308739.159
1981NFL Atlanta Falcons87354340.762
1982NFL Detroit Lions1248140.150
1982NFL Houston Oilers31126040.656
1983NFL Houston Oilers79313639.753
1984NFL Houston Oilers88348239.655
Totals10834399240.675

Defense and Fumbles:

Year Team Tackle Brup Fum F Rec FYds FTD FF
1976NFL Atlanta Falcons01000
1979NFL Atlanta Falcons01000
Totals0002000


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1972NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1973NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1974NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1975NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1976NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1977NFLAtlanta Falcons140
1978NFLAtlanta Falcons160
1979NFLAtlanta Falcons160
1980NFLAtlanta Falcons160
1981NFLAtlanta Falcons160
1982NFLDetroit Lions20
1982NFLHouston Oilers50
1983NFLHouston Oilers160
1984NFLHouston Oilers160

Honors

1975 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1975 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1976 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1976 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1976 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1977 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1977 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1977 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1977 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)


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