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James Jones

Retired

Detroit Lions · RB

James Jones recorded 62 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 14 rostered seasons with Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys.

▶Best highlights

5.3

rush yds/gm

5.0

rec yds/gm

6

playoff games

62

career games

Five defining games

Start here

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

Regular Season
1981
DALLASCOWBOYS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
DEC 6, 1981

Dallas Cowboys vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1981

86 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Divisional Round
1981
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 2, 1982

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 2, 1982

32 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 2 rec

Conference Championship
1981
DALLASCOWBOYS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
JAN 10, 1982

Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers

Conference Championship · Jan 10, 1982

14 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 3 rec

Wild Card
1980
LOS ANGELESRAMS
DALLASCOWBOYS
DEC 28, 1980

Los Angeles Rams vs Dallas Cowboys

Wild Card · Dec 28, 1980

38 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 0 rec

Regular Season
1985
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
OCT 13, 1985

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Dallas Cowboys

Regular Season · Oct 13, 1985

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 8 rec

Single-game peaks

Career highs

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

Career high: 86 rushing yards

Regular Season
1981
DALLASCOWBOYS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
DEC 6, 1981

Dallas Cowboys vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1981

86 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 1 rec

Career high: 1 rushing touchdown

Divisional Round
1981
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DALLASCOWBOYS
JAN 2, 1982

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Divisional Round · Jan 2, 1982

32 rush yds · 1 rush TD · 2 rec

Career high: 47 receiving yards

Regular Season
1985
DALLASCOWBOYS
TENNESSEETITANS
SEP 29, 1985

Dallas Cowboys vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Sep 29, 1985

0 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 3 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: 06 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 8, 1980Most recent: Jan 4, 1986

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.