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James Jones

Retired

Detroit Lions · RB

James Jones recorded 197 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 14 rostered seasons with Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys.

▶Best highlights

20.1

rush yds/gm

15.0

rec yds/gm

7

playoff games

197

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to James Jones's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1986
DETROITLIONS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
SEP 28, 1986

Detroit Lions vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Sep 28, 1986

68 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 12 rec

Regular Season
1983
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 9, 1983

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 9, 1983

64 rush yds · 3 rush TD · 3 rec

Regular Season
1984
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DETROITLIONS
NOV 4, 1984

Philadelphia Eagles vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Nov 4, 1984

80 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 5 rec

Regular Season
1985
DETROITLIONS
ATLANTAFALCONS
SEP 8, 1985

Detroit Lions vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Sep 8, 1985

75 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 3 rec

Regular Season
1986
DETROITLIONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
SEP 7, 1986

Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1986

174 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from James Jones's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 174 rushing yards

Regular Season
1986
DETROITLIONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
SEP 7, 1986

Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1986

174 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 0 rec

Career high: 3 rushing touchdowns

Regular Season
1983
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
OCT 9, 1983

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Oct 9, 1983

64 rush yds · 3 rush TD · 3 rec

Career high: 85 receiving yards

Regular Season
1986
DETROITLIONS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
SEP 28, 1986

Detroit Lions vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Sep 28, 1986

68 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 12 rec

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped James Jones's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1980–1988

01
DALJONES—James Jones
DALWHITE11Danny White
DALDORSETT33Tony Dorsett

Repeated near misses precede a historic teardown

Dallas Cowboys · The final Landry teams

Dallas reached three straight NFC title games before an aging roster declined and new ownership ended Landry's 29-year tenure.

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Franchise era

1959–1988

02
DETJONES—James Jones
DETLEBEAU—Dick LeBeau
DETBARNEY—Lem Barney

Great defenders and Billy Sims cannot sustain a winner

Detroit Lions · The long wait

Detroit produced elite players but only intermittent contention, and Sims's career-altering injury removed the brightest offensive hope.

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Franchise era

1983–1998

03
SEAJONES—James Jones
SEALARGENT—Steve Largent
SEAWARNER—Curt Warner

Ground Chuck reaches the AFC title game

Seattle Seahawks · The Chuck Knox years

Knox's physical style produced the franchise's first playoffs and a 1983 run to the AFC Championship Game before years of ownership uncertainty.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

04
DETJONES—James Jones
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons136 career games433 career receptions5,861 career receiving yards51 career receiving touchdownsJersey: 07 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 8, 1980Most recent: Dec 27, 1992

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history

Official regular-season games via NFL.com ↗. Indexed games are the box scores currently available in Athlore.