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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
JAMES<br />
JONES<br />
WIDE RECEIVER<br />
SAN JOSE STATE<br />
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 208<br />
Third <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Third Packers Season<br />
Born: March 31, 1984<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 26/11<br />
Acquired: D3a-07<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
JONES COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Talented and physical<br />
third-year wideout will<br />
look to bounce back in<br />
2009 after a frustrating second season that saw him battle<br />
a knee injury throughout the year…Originally sprained his<br />
right knee in preseason game at Denver and struggled to<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
stay healthy for any extended period for<br />
the remainder of the season…Did show<br />
flashes of his abilities down the stretch,<br />
catching half of his 20 receptions during<br />
the final four games of 2008, including a career high 132-<br />
yard receiving game at Jacksonville (Dec. 14), the thirdhighest<br />
yardage output total by a Green Bay receiver on the<br />
season…As a rookie in 2007, quickly earned No. 3 receiver<br />
job and held it the entire season…Posted one of the top<br />
pass-catching seasons in Green Bay annals for a rookie,<br />
with his 47 catches and 676 yards both ranking fourth in<br />
club history…Reception total trailed only Sterling Sharpe<br />
(55, 1988), Billy Howton (53, 1952) and RB Gerry Ellis (48,<br />
1980) in team’s rookie record book, while yardage total<br />
trailed only Howton (1,231), James Lofton (818, 1978)<br />
and Sharpe (791)…His totals also ranked third, respectively,<br />
among all 2007 <strong>NFL</strong> rookies behind Kansas City’s<br />
Dwayne Bowe (70-995) and Detroit’s Calvin Johnson (48-<br />
756)…Also caught two TD passes, including a 79-yarder<br />
on Monday Night Football in Denver (Oct. 29), the longest<br />
TD catch by a Green Bay rookie in 53 years (Max McGee,<br />
82 yards, 1954)…Sure-handedness and run-after-thecatch<br />
ability drew attention in college at San Jose State,<br />
where he played 44 games (21 starts) and caught 126<br />
passes for 1,496 yards (11.2 avg.) and 12 touchdowns…<br />
Ranks third in school history in receptions and 11th in<br />
yards…Posted one of the best receiving seasons in school<br />
history as a senior in 2006, catching 70 passes for 893<br />
yards and 10 TDs…Voiced on draft day how excited he<br />
was to be selected, having <strong>com</strong>e from very humble beginnings…At<br />
times he and his mother moved around to different<br />
homeless shelters, at times going to bed hungry and<br />
getting by however they could…In high school, in order to<br />
help his mother get back on her feet, moved in with his paternal<br />
grandmother, who forced him to take special education<br />
classes during his early high school years to keep up<br />
academically…Was a three-sport star at Gunderson H.S.<br />
(San Jose) who played quarterback on the football team,<br />
an early sign of the various ways his athletic talents would<br />
be utilized on his hometown college football squad.<br />
2008 season<br />
►►Will look to bounce back in<br />
’09 after seeing his production<br />
decline from his rookie campaign<br />
as he battled a knee injury<br />
throughout the season.<br />
►►Held the No. 3 receiver spot<br />
his entire rookie season in<br />
2007, catching 47 passes for at a glance…<br />
676 yards and two TDs, including<br />
a 79-yarder on Monday Night Football at Denver, the<br />
longest TD catch by a Green Bay rookie since Max McGee’s<br />
82-yarder in 1954.<br />
►►His first-year totals ranked fourth all-time among Green Bay<br />
rookies.<br />
►►Finished his career at San Jose State third all-time in receptions<br />
with 126.<br />
►►Moved around to different homeless shelters as a child<br />
before moving in with his grandmother in high school.<br />
(Sept. 21): Started, but left the game on first series after<br />
re-injuring knee. Returned in second quarter, but played<br />
sparingly…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Returned from knee<br />
injury and caught one pass for 9 yards…At Minnesota<br />
(Nov. 9): Saw first action in over a month and caught a<br />
pass for 5 yards…Vs. Chicago (Nov. 16): Caught two<br />
passes for 26 yards, including an 18-yarder in the second<br />
quarter. Bruised his knee on the play and left the game,<br />
but returned in the second half…At Jacksonville (Dec.<br />
14): Caught four passes for a career-high 132 yards, the<br />
third-highest yardage output by a Packers receiver on the<br />
season, including receptions of 46, 40 and 34 yards. On<br />
the 40-yard grab in the second quarter, made a juggling<br />
catch on the sideline and absorbed a big hit from Jaguars<br />
S Reggie Nelson at the Jacksonville 10…At Chicago<br />
(Dec. 22): Had two receptions for 27 yards, including<br />
an 18-yard grab over the middle on a third down in the<br />
second quarter. Banged his knee on a 9-yard grab late in<br />
the fourth quarter and did not return…Vs. Detroit (Dec.<br />
28): Caught two passes for 14 yards, with both receptions<br />
going for first downs.<br />
2007<br />
Played in all 16 games with nine starts, and<br />
played in both playoff contests…Started the<br />
first two games of the season as the second receiver,<br />
then played as No. 3 for the next 12 games, after Jennings<br />
(hamstring) returned to the lineup; started vs. Minnesota<br />
(Nov. 11), with the team opening in a three-receiver set,<br />
again at Dallas (Nov. 29) in the team’s four-receiver formation,<br />
and once again at St. Louis (Dec. 16) with the team<br />
beginning five-wide…Started vs. Detroit (Dec. 30), with<br />
both Driver and Jennings inactive…Finished fourth on the<br />
team with 47 catches for 676 yards — both totals good for<br />
third in the league among rookies, behind Kansas City’s<br />
Bowe (70-995) and Detroit’s Johnson (48-756) — and<br />
two touchdowns…Reception and yardage totals also rank<br />
fourth in club history for a rookie…Finished the preseason<br />
tied for first in the <strong>NFL</strong> with 21 receptions and his 233 receiving<br />
yards ranked third, with two TDs…Vs. Philadelphia<br />
(Sept. 9): In his first <strong>NFL</strong> game, started as the No.<br />
2 receiver and caught four passes for 29 yards, including<br />
two 8-yard grabs on back-to-back plays…At New York<br />
Played in 10 games with two<br />
starts, and ranked sixth on the<br />
team with 20 receptions for 274 yards (13.7 avg.) and a<br />
touchdown…One of only three players, along with Greg<br />
Jennings and Donald Driver, to post a 100-yard receiving<br />
game on the season…Inactive for games vs. Minnesota<br />
(Sept. 8), at Tampa Bay (Sept. 28), at Seattle (Oct. 12), vs.<br />
Indianapolis (Oct. 19) and at New Orleans (Nov. 24) with<br />
sprained right knee originally suffered in preseason game<br />
at Denver (Aug. 22)…Also was inactive at Tennessee<br />
(Nov. 2)…At Detroit (Sept. 14): Made season debut as<br />
he started and finished with four receptions for 29 yards.<br />
Caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers in<br />
the first quarter to put the Packers up 7-0…Vs. Dallas Giants (Sept. 16): Started and caught four passes for<br />
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