E.J. Junior
Ester James Junior III
Born: December 8, 1959
Salisbury, MD USA
Position: LB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 238
College: Alabama
High School: Maplewood (Nashville, TN)
Career: 1981-1993
Drafted: 1981 in Round 1, #5 overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
E.J. Junior played from 1981 to 1993 during his career with the Miami Dolphins, Phoenix Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Junior accounted for 6 points in his professional career.
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Punt Returns:
Interceptions:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 53 | 0 |
1987 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
1988 | NFL Phoenix Cardinals | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 12 | 186 | 15.5 | 53 | 0 |
Sacks:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
1984 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
1985 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
1987 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
1988 | NFL Phoenix Cardinals | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
1989 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
1990 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
1991 | NFL Miami Dolphins | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1983 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1986 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1987 | NFL St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
1988 | NFL Phoenix Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
1993 | NFL Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1988 | NFL Phoenix Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 13 |
1982 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 11 |
1984 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
1986 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 13 |
1987 | NFL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 13 |
1988 | NFL | Phoenix Cardinals | 16 | 16 |
1989 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 12 |
1990 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 0 |
1991 | NFL | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 0 |
1992 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 5 | 0 |
1992 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 |
1993 | NFL | Seattle Seahawks | 4 | 0 |
Honors
1984 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1984 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1985 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)