James Lofton

James David Lofton

Position: WR

6-3, 192lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: July 5, 1956 in Fort Ord, CA

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 102 (126th overall since 1960)

High School: Washington (CA)

Draft: Green Bay Packers in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

233

142

Rec

764

Yds

14004

Y/R

18.3

FantPt

1866.7

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving										Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1978*	22	GNB	WR	80	16	16		46	818	17.8	6	58	2.9	51.1			3	13	0	15	4.3	0.8	0.2	49	17.0	831	6	2	8	PB
1979	23	GNB	WR	80	16	16		54	968	17.9	4	52	3.4	60.5			1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	55	17.6	967	4	5	9
1980*	24	GNB	WR	80	16	16		71	1226	17.3	4	47	4.4	76.6										71	17.3	1226	4	0	9	AP2, PB
1981*+	25	GNB	WR	80	16	16		71	1294	18.2	8	75	4.4	80.9										71	18.2	1294	8	0	12	AP1, PB
1982*	26	GNB	WR	80	9	9		35	696	19.9	4	80	3.9	77.3			4	101	1	83	25.3	11.2	0.4	39	20.4	797	5	0	15	AP2, PB
1983*	27	GNB	WR	80	16	16		58	1300	22.4	8	74	3.6	81.3			9	36	0	13	4.0	2.3	0.6	67	19.9	1336	8	0	12	AP2, PB
1984*	28	GNB	WR	80	16	16		62	1361	22.0	7	79	3.9	85.1			10	82	0	26	8.2	5.1	0.6	72	20.0	1443	7	1	14	PB
1985*	29	GNB	WR	80	16	16		69	1153	16.7	4	56	4.3	72.1			4	14	0	21	3.5	0.9	0.3	73	16.0	1167	4	3	10	PB
1986	30	GNB	WR	80	15	15		64	840	13.1	4	36	4.3	56.0										64	13.1	840	4	3	6
1987	31	RAI	WR	80	12	12		41	880	21.5	5	49	3.4	73.3			1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	42	21.0	881	5	0	8
1988	32	RAI	WR	80	16	16		28	549	19.6	0	57	1.8	34.3										28	19.6	549	0	0	5
1989	33	BUF		86	12	2		8	166	20.8	3	47	0.7	13.8										8	20.8	166	3	0	2
1990	34	BUF	WR	80	16	14		35	712	20.3	4	71	2.2	44.5										35	20.3	712	4	0	9
1991*	35	BUF	WR	80	15	15		57	1072	18.8	8	77	3.8	71.5										57	18.8	1072	8	2	13	PB
1992	36	BUF	WR	80	16	15	110	51	786	15.4	6	50	3.2	49.1	46.4%	7.1								51	15.4	786	6	0	9
1993	37	2TM			10	2	33	14	183	13.1	0	32	1.4	18.3	42.4%	5.5								14	13.1	183	0	0	1
		PHI		80	9	2	29	13	167	12.8	0	32	1.4	18.6	44.8%	5.8								13	12.8	167	0	0	1
		RAM		22	1	0	4	1	16	16.0	0	16	1.0	16.0	25.0%	4.0								1	16.0	16	0	0	0
Career					233	212	143	764	14004	18.3	75	80	3.3	60.1	45.5%	6.8	32	246	1	83	7.7	1.1	0.1	796	17.9	14250	76	16	142
9 yrs		GNB			136	136		530	9656	18.2	49	80	3.9	71.0	0%		31	245	1	83	7.9	1.8	0.2	561	17.6	9901	50	14	95
4 yrs		BUF			59	46	110	151	2736	18.1	21	77	2.6	46.4	46.4%	7.1								151	18.1	2736	21	2	33
2 yrs		RAI			28	28		69	1429	20.7	5	57	2.5	51.0	0%		1	1	0	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	70	20.4	1430	5	0	13
1 yr		PHI			9	2	29	13	167	12.8	0	32	1.4	18.6	44.8%	5.8								13	12.8	167	0	0	1
1 yr		RAM			1	0	4	1	16	16.0	0	16	1.0	16.0	25.0%	4.0								1	16.0	16	0	0	0

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving										Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1982*	26	GNB	WR	2	2		8	161	20.1	2	50	4.0	80.5			2	58	1	71	29.0	29.0	1.0	10	21.9	219	3	0
1989	33	BUF	WR	1	1		3	66	22.0	1	33	3.0	66.0										3	22.0	66	1	0
1990	34	BUF	WR	3	3		13	323	24.8	3	61	4.3	107.7		161.5								13	24.8	323	3	0
1991*	35	BUF	WR	3	3		11	137	12.5	1	18	3.7	45.7		8.1	1	-3	0	0	-3.0	-1.0	0.3	12	11.2	134	1	1
1992	36	BUF	WR	4	4	15	6	72	12.0	1	18	1.5	18.0	40.0%	4.8								6	12.0	72	1	0
Career				13	13	34	41	759	18.5	8	61	3.2	58.4	45.5%	6.8	3	55	1	71	18.3	4.2	0.2	44	18.5	814	9	1
4 yrs		BUF		11	11	34	33	598	18.1	6	61	3.0	54.4	46.4%	7.1	1	-3	0	0	-3.0	-0.3	0.1	34	17.5	595	6	1
1 yr		GNB		2	2		8	161	20.1	2	50	4.0	80.5	0%		2	58	1	71	29.0	29.0	1.0	10	21.9	219	3	0

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Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1978*	22	GNB	WR	80	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
1979	23	GNB	WR	80	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
1982*	26	GNB	WR	80	9	9	1	1	100	43	0	0	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	4.8	118.7	0	43.00	43.00
1986	30	GNB	WR	80	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0.00	0.00
Career					233	212	1	5	20	43	0	0	43	8.6	8.6	43.0	0.2	62.9	0	8.60	8.60
9 yrs		GNB			136	136	1	5	20	43	0	0	43	8.6	8.6	43.0	0.3	62.9	0	8.60	8.60
4 yrs		BUF			59	46	0	0		0			0				0.0
2 yrs		RAI			28	28	0	0		0			0				0.0
1 yr		PHI			9	2	0	0		0			0				0.0
1 yr		RAM			1	0	0	0		0			0				0.0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1978*	22	GNB	WR	80	16	16							2	0	0	0	0.0
1979	23	GNB	WR	80	16	16							5	0	0	0	0.0
1981*+	25	GNB	WR	80	16	16							0	1	0	0	0.0
1984*	28	GNB	WR	80	16	16							1	0	0	0	0.0
1985*	29	GNB	WR	80	16	16							3	0	0	0	0.0
1986	30	GNB	WR	80	15	15							3	2	8	0	0.0
1988	32	RAI	WR	80	16	16							0	1	19	0	0.0
1990	34	BUF	WR	80	16	14							0	1	0	0	0.0
1991*	35	BUF	WR	80	15	15							2	1	0	0	0.0
Career					233	212						0	16	6	27	0	0.0
9 yrs		GNB			136	136							14	3	8	0	0.0
4 yrs		BUF			59	46							2	2	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		RAI			28	28							0	1	19	0	0.0
1 yr		PHI			9	2											0.0
1 yr		RAM			1	0											0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1991*	35	BUF	WR	3	3						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				13	13						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		BUF		11	11						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		GNB		2	2											0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1978*	22	GNB	WR	80	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	831
Career					233	212						1	0	0	0	0.0	14277
9 yrs		GNB			136	136						1	0	0	0	0.0	9909
4 yrs		BUF			59	46											2736
2 yrs		RAI			28	28											1449
1 yr		PHI			9	2											167
1 yr		RAM			1	0											16

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1978*	22	GNB	WR	80	16	16		6	6		36	2.3
1979	23	GNB	WR	80	16	16		4	4		24	1.5
1980*	24	GNB	WR	80	16	16		4	4		24	1.5
1981*+	25	GNB	WR	80	16	16		8	8		48	3.0
1982*	26	GNB	WR	80	9	9	1	4	5		30	3.3
1983*	27	GNB	WR	80	16	16		8	8		48	3.0
1984*	28	GNB	WR	80	16	16		7	7		42	2.6
1985*	29	GNB	WR	80	16	16		4	4		24	1.5
1986	30	GNB	WR	80	15	15		4	4		24	1.6
1987	31	RAI	WR	80	12	12		5	5		30	2.5
1989	33	BUF		86	12	2		3	3		18	1.5
1990	34	BUF	WR	80	16	14		4	4		24	1.5
1991*	35	BUF	WR	80	15	15		8	8		48	3.2
1992	36	BUF	WR	80	16	15		6	6		36	2.3
Career					233	212	1	75	76	0	456	2.0
9 yrs		GNB			136	136	1	49	50	0	300	2.2
4 yrs		BUF			59	46		21	21	0	126	2.1
2 yrs		RAI			28	28		5	5	0	30	1.1
1 yr		PHI			9	2				0	0	0.0
1 yr		RAM			1	0				0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1982*	26	GNB	WR	2	2	1	2	3	18	9.0
1989	33	BUF	WR	1	1		1	1	6	6.0
1990	34	BUF	WR	3	3		3	3	18	6.0
1991*	35	BUF	WR	3	3		1	1	6	2.0
1992	36	BUF	WR	4	4		1	1	6	1.5
Career				13	13	1	8	9	54	4.2
4 yrs		BUF		11	11		6	6	36	3.3
1 yr		GNB		2	2	1	2	3	18	9.0

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