Jim Young

James Norman Young
Born: June 6, 1943
Hamilton, ON Canada
Position: HB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 205
College: Queens
Career: 1965-1979
Coaching record

Jim Young played from 1965 to 1979 during his career with the BC Lions and Minnesota Vikings. Young ran for 854 yards in his career on 174 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 522 passes for 9,248 yards and 65 receiving touchdowns..

Minnesota Vikings

BC Lions

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Rushing:

Year	Team	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
1965	NFL Minnesota Vikings	3	4	1.3	4	0
1967	CFL BC Lions	12	21	1.8	15	0
1968	CFL BC Lions	46	244	5.3	17	1
1969	CFL BC Lions	18	82	4.6	13	0
1970	CFL BC Lions	30	171	5.7	24	1
1971	CFL BC Lions	36	220	6.1	39	0
1973	CFL BC Lions	11	49	4.5	9	1
1974	CFL BC Lions	11	36	3.3	14	0
1975	CFL BC Lions	7	27	3.9	7	0
	NFL	3	4	1.3	4	0
	CFL	171	850	5.0	39	3
Totals		174	854	4.9	39	3

Receiving:

Year	Team	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
1967	CFL BC Lions	46	976	21.2	71	8
1968	CFL BC Lions	51	698	13.7	46	1
1969	CFL BC Lions	50	773	15.5	65	7
1970	CFL BC Lions	54	1041	19.3	80	6
1971	CFL BC Lions	55	793	14.4	60	7
1972	CFL BC Lions	63	1362	21.6	73	11
1973	CFL BC Lions	45	719	16.0	49	2
1974	CFL BC Lions	30	610	20.3	86	5
1975	CFL BC Lions	43	935	21.7	72	9
1976	CFL BC Lions	18	327	18.2	78	2
1977	CFL BC Lions	37	537	14.5	54	3
1978	CFL BC Lions	25	343	13.7	44	2
1979	CFL BC Lions	5	134	26.8	87	2
	CFL	522	9248	17.7	87	65
Totals		522	9248	17.7	87	65

Punt Returns:

Year	Team	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
1965	NFL Minnesota Vikings	4	7	1.8	5
1966	NFL Minnesota Vikings	2	7	3.5	6
	NFL	6	14	2.3	6
Totals		6	14	2.3	6

Kick Returns:

Year	Team	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
1965	NFL Minnesota Vikings	4	78	19.5	28
1966	NFL Minnesota Vikings	5	105	21.0	25
1967	CFL BC Lions	11	251	22.8	33
1968	CFL BC Lions	5	143	28.6	38
1969	CFL BC Lions	4	112	28.0	39
	NFL	9	183	20.3	28
	CFL	20	506	25.3	39
Totals		29	689	23.8	39

Interceptions:

Year	Team	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
1977	CFL BC Lions	1	12	12.0	12
	CFL	1	12	12.0	12
Totals		1	12	12.0	12

Defense and Fumbles:

Year	Team	Tackle	Brup	Fum
1965	NFL Minnesota Vikings			1
	NFL		0	1
Totals		0	0	1

Total Scoring:

		Touchdowns								Other					Total
Year	Team	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
1967	CFL BC Lions	0	8		0				0		0	0			48
1968	CFL BC Lions	1	1		0				0		0	0			12
1969	CFL BC Lions	0	7		0				0		0	0			42
1970	CFL BC Lions	1	6						0		0	0			42
1971	CFL BC Lions	0	7						0		0	0			42
1972	CFL BC Lions		11						0		0	0			66
1973	CFL BC Lions	1	2						0		0	0			18
1974	CFL BC Lions	0	5						0		0	0			30
1975	CFL BC Lions	0	9						0		0	0			54
1976	CFL BC Lions		2						0		0	0			12
1977	CFL BC Lions		3				0		0		0	0			18
1978	CFL BC Lions		2						0		0	0			12
1979	CFL BC Lions		2						0		0	0			12
	CFL	3	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	408
Totals		3	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	408

Playing Career:

Year	League	Team	GP	GS
1965	NFL	Minnesota Vikings	2	0
1966	NFL	Minnesota Vikings	4	0
1967	CFL	BC Lions	16
1968	CFL	BC Lions	16
1969	CFL	BC Lions	15
1970	CFL	BC Lions	16
1971	CFL	BC Lions	16
1972	CFL	BC Lions	16
1973	CFL	BC Lions	16
1974	CFL	BC Lions	12
1975	CFL	BC Lions	16
1976	CFL	BC Lions	10
1977	CFL	BC Lions	16
1978	CFL	BC Lions	16
1979	CFL	BC Lions	16

Awards

1970 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian
1972 - CFL Most Outstanding Canadian

Honors

1969 - CFL CFL West All-Star
1972 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1972 - CFL CFL West All-Star