Clint Jones
Clinton Jones
Born: May 24, 1945
Cleveland, OH USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 205
College: Michigan St.
High School: Cathedral Latin (Cleveland, OH)
Career: 1967-1973
Drafted: 1967 in Round 1, #2 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Clint Jones played from 1967 to 1973 during his career with the Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers. Jones ran for 2,178 yards in his career on 602 attempts, scoring 20 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 38 passes for 431 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 43 | 1 |
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 54 | 241 | 4.5 | 80 | 3 |
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 120 | 369 | 3.1 | 23 | 9 |
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 180 | 675 | 3.8 | 73 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 52 | 164 | 3.2 | 33 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 55 | 170 | 3.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Totals | 602 | 2178 | 3.6 | 80 | 20 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 72 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 18 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 431 | 11.3 | 72 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 25 | 597 | 23.9 | 96 | 1 |
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 444 | 26.1 | 71 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 452 | 23.8 | 41 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 329 | 27.4 | 47 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 327 | 27.2 | 49 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 10 | 217 | 21.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Totals | 99 | 2426 | 24.5 | 96 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 12 |
| 1969 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 10 |
| 1972 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 12 | 5 |
