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Kevin Jones Observations

Kevin Jones currently has 859 yards rushing.
——–G—-ATT—–YDS—YDS/ATT—LNG—TD—YDS/GM–TD
Jones 11—178—–859—-4.8———-74—-3——-78.1—-3

He needs 141 more yards to join Billy Sims and Barry Sanders as the Lions only rookie 1000 yard rushers! He has accounted for 632 yards rushing the last 5 games and the passing game has only accounted for 611 yds (yikes).

The last 5 games:
—————1st half——–2nd Half——TTL
vs. Jags——13/43———-6/38———-19/81
vs. Vikes—–15/95———-4/5———–12/99
vs.Colts——9/83———–3/16———-12/99
vs. Cards—–11/105——–15/91———26/196
vs. Pack——23/118——–10/38———33/156
Totals——–71/444———38/188——109/632

He now is listed 7th in most rushing yards in a gamee for a Lion:
1 Barry Sanders 237 1994
2 Barry Sanders 220 1991
3 Barry Sanders 216 1997
4 Barry Sanders 215 1997
5 Bob Hoernschemeyer 198 1950
6 Mel Farr 194 1967
7 Kevin Jones 196 2004
8 Dutch Clark 194 1934
9 Barry Sanders 194 1994
10 Billy Sims 189 1983

He is now sixth in most rushing attempts in a game for the Lions:
1. Barry Sanders 40 1994
2. James Stewart 37 2000
3. Billy Sims 36 1983
James Jones 36 1985
James Jones 36 1986
6. Kevin Jones 33 2004
7.Horace King 32 1983
Barry Sanders 32 1991
Barry Sanders 32 1993
James Stewart 32 2002
Jones is now 35th all-time in Lion’s rushing between Tobin Rote and Glenn Presnell. He should move up to at least 29th if he breaks 1000 yards this season.

Top 10 All-Time Lions Rushers
1. Barry Sanders 15, 269
2. Billy Sims 5, 106
3. Dexter Bussey 5, 105
4. Altie Taylor 4, 297
5. Nick Pietrosante 3, 933
6. James Jones 3, 452
7. Mel Farr 3, 072
8. James Stewart 2, 890
9. Dan Lewis 2, 698
10. Greg Landry 2, 502

He is also tied for ninth all-time in 100 yd rushing games:

1. Barry Sanders 77
2. Billy Sims 23
3. James Stewart 7
4. Nick Pietrosante 6
5. Mel Farr 5
Dexter Bussey 5
7. Altie Taylor 4
James Jones 4
9. Bob Hoernschemeyer 3
Tom Watkins 3
Steve Owens 3
Kevin Jones 3

I expect him to rise to at least 5th before the season is finished.