Spike Jones (American football)
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| Position | Punter | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | July 9, 1947 Louisville, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 197 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College | Georgia | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1970: 4th round, 92nd overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Awards and highlights | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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John Amos "Spike" Jones[1] (born July 9, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a punter for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1970 | HOU | 14 | 84 | 3,559 | 2,998 | 73 | 42.4 | 35.3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| 1971 | BUF | 13 | 72 | 2,966 | 2,442 | 62 | 41.2 | 33.5 | 1 | - | 6 |
| 1972 | BUF | 14 | 80 | 3,104 | 2,675 | 67 | 38.8 | 33.0 | 1 | - | 5 |
| 1973 | BUF | 14 | 66 | 2,660 | 2,248 | 62 | 40.3 | 34.1 | 0 | - | 5 |
| 1974 | BUF | 8 | 35 | 1,305 | 1,013 | 56 | 37.3 | 28.9 | 0 | - | 2 |
| 1975 | PHI | 12 | 68 | 2,742 | 2,139 | 64 | 40.3 | 31.5 | 0 | - | 6 |
| 1976 | PHI | 14 | 94 | 3,445 | 2,900 | 57 | 36.6 | 29.9 | 3 | 23 | 7 |
| 1977 | PHI | 14 | 93 | 3,463 | 3,119 | 68 | 37.2 | 32.8 | 2 | 22 | 5 |
| Career | 103 | 592 | 23,244 | 19,534 | 73 | 39.3 | 32.6 | 8 | 45 | 42 | |
References
- ^ "Spike Jones". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2008.
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