J.C. Caroline
James C. Caroline
Born: January 17, 1933
Warrenton, GA USA
Deceased: November 17, 2017
Urbana, IL
Position: DB-HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
College: Illinois
High School: Booker T. Washington (Columbia, SC)
Career: 1955-1965
Drafted: 1956 in Round 7, #82 overall by the Chicago Bears
J.C. Caroline played from 1955 to 1965 during his career with the Chicago Bears, Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts. Caroline ran for 838 yards in his career on 175 attempts, scoring 5 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 19 passes for 196 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 43 | 190 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 |
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 64 | 385 | 6.0 | 19 | 2 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 34 | 141 | 4.1 | 26 | 2 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 33 | 121 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| CFL | 107 | 575 | 5.4 | 19 | 3 | |
| NFL | 68 | 263 | 3.9 | 26 | 2 | |
| Totals | 175 | 838 | 4.8 | 26 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 32 | 1 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 58 | 1 |
| CFL | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 32 | 1 | |
| NFL | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 58 | 1 | |
| Totals | 19 | 196 | 10.3 | 58 | 2 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 25 | 154 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| CFL | 25 | 154 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 | |
| NFL | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 203 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 13 | 336 | 25.8 | 39 | 0 |
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| CFL | 18 | 446 | 24.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| NFL | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 678 | 22.6 | 39 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 182 | 30.3 | 59 | 2 |
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 79 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| NFL | 24 | 405 | 16.9 | 79 | 2 | |
| Totals | 25 | 426 | 17.0 | 79 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | |
| NFL | 0 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1955 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 1955 | CFL Montreal Alouettes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||
| 1956 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1958 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1960 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| CFL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Totals | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 4 | |
| 1955 | CFL | Montreal Alouettes | 6 | |
| 1956 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 |
Honors
1956 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
