Jim Strong
James Harold Strong, Jr.
Born: December 12, 1946
San Antonio, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 215
College: Houston
High School: Sam Houston (San Antonio, TX)
Career: 1970-1975
Drafted: 1970 in Round 7, #165 overall by the San Francisco 49ers
Jim Strong played from 1970 to 1975 during his career with the Florida Blazers, New Orleans Saints, San Antonio Wings and San Francisco 49ers. Strong ran for 1,786 yards in his career on 471 attempts, scoring 8 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 110 passes for 988 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 95 | 404 | 4.3 | 39 | 3 |
1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
1974 | WFL Florida Blazers | 183 | 683 | 3.7 | 15 | 4 |
1975 | WFL San Antonio Wings | 154 | 576 | 3.7 | 23 | 1 |
NFL | 134 | 527 | 3.9 | 39 | 3 | |
WFL | 337 | 1259 | 3.7 | 23 | 5 | |
Totals | 471 | 1786 | 3.8 | 39 | 8 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 |
1974 | WFL Florida Blazers | 47 | 429 | 9.1 | 20 | 2 |
1975 | WFL San Antonio Wings | 33 | 358 | 10.8 | 57 | 0 |
NFL | 30 | 201 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | |
WFL | 80 | 787 | 9.8 | 57 | 2 | |
Totals | 110 | 988 | 9.0 | 57 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 20 | 0 |
1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
1975 | WFL San Antonio Wings | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
NFL | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 22 | 0 | |
WFL | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Totals | 14 | 210 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1971 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1974 | WFL Florida Blazers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||
1975 | WFL San Antonio Wings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
WFL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
Totals | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | NFL | San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 14 | 0 |
1974 | WFL | Florida Blazers | 20 | |
1975 | WFL | San Antonio Wings | 13 |