Calvin Jones (running back)
American football player (born 1970)
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Position: | Halfback | |||||
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Born: |
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1970-11-27
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November 27, 1970
(age
52)
Omaha, Nebraska , U.S. |
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Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | |||||
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High school: |
Omaha Central
(Omaha, Nebraska) |
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College: | Nebraska | |||||
NFL Draft: | 1994 / Round: 3 / Pick: 80 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | ||||||
Calvin D'Wayne Jones (born November 27, 1970) is a former American football running back . He played for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders and the Green Bay Packers . In his only season with the Packers, he won Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots . He collegiately played for Nebraska Cornhuskers in the NCAA .
Jones was drafted by the Raiders in the third round of the 1994 NFL Draft . [1] In the NFL , Calvin Jones played with the Raiders for two years. He ran for 112 yards on 27 carries in 2 seasons. He spent his final season with Green Bay. [2]
Jones rushed for 3,166 yards and scored 40 rushing touchdowns from 1990–1993 for the University of Nebraska . He played I-back under the direction of head coach Dr. Tom Osborne . Jones' single season high was 1,210 rushing yards in 1992. [3]
His best single game performance came as a redshirt freshman on November 9, 1991 against Kansas when Jones ran the ball 27 times for 294 yards and scored on a 69-yard touchdown run. He had six touchdowns that day. [4]
In 1991, Jones led the nation with an incredible 8.3 yards per carry.
Jones played with the Omaha Beef in 2000. [5]
Statistics
Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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YEAR | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | NO. | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD |
1990 | Redshirt | |||||||||
1991 | 108 | 900 | 8.3 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
1992 | 168 | 1,210 | 7.2 | 90 | 14 | 14 | 162 | 11.6 | 41 | 1 |
1993 | 185 | 1,056 | 5.6 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 55 | 1 |
Totals | 461 | 3,166 | 6.9 | 90 | 40 | 24 | 304 | 12.7 | 55 | 2 |
Year | Team | ATT | YDS | AVG | TD |
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1994 | RAI | 22 | 93 | 4.2 | 0 |
1995 | OAK | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 |
1996 | GNB | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals | — | 27 | 112 | 4.1 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "1994 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved 2023-03-31 .
- ↑ "Pro-Football-Reference.com - Calvin Jones" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved 25 January 2013 .
- ↑ "#44 Calvin Jones" . Huskers.com . Retrieved 9 August 2012 .
- ↑ "#44 Calvin Jones" . Huskers.com . Retrieved 9 August 2012 .
- ↑ "Week eight IPFL Preview" . www.oursportscentral.com . OurSports Central. May 25, 2000 . Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ "1993 Nebraska football statistics" . HuskerMax.com . Retrieved 25 January 2013 .
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