A 16-year NFL veteran who finished with 764 career catches, 14,004 yards and 75 touchdowns. James Lofton was a 1st round draft pick by Green Bay in 1978, he played 2 seasons with the Raiders and 4 seasons with the Bills. Named to the 1978 All-Rookie team. 8 Pro Bowls, Hall of Fame in 2003. He played in 3 Super Bowls with the Buffalo Bills.
Image Gallery of James Lofton, Receiver 1978-1993
Hall of Famer James Lofton stills ranks #2 for the Green Bay Packer's All-Time Receiving Yards (9656 yards) and #6 in Packer All-Time Catches (530).
The Packers leading receiver in 1978 - Rookie James Lofton had 46 catches for 818 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Packer Great James Lofton left Green Bay in 1986 as their #1 All-Time Career Leader for Receiving Yards with 9656. He is still #2 on that list today over 30 years later.
After leaving the Packers in 1986, James Lofton spent 2 seasons with the Oakland Raiders.
James Lofton
Played 9 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and is still the #2 All-Time Leading Packer in Receiving Yards (9656), 4th in Total Catches (530) and 8th in Touchdown Catches (49).
After leaving the Raiders in 1989 he joined the the Buffalo Bills and stayed with them until 1992. He played in 3 Super Bowls and went to 1 Pro Bowl as a Bill. He finished with 110 catches, 2736 yards, a 18.1 yards-per-catch average and 21 touchdowns.
James Lofton
James Lofton
James Lofton
An accomplished Long-Jumper on the Stanford Track and Field team, he was taken by the Green Bay Packers in the 1st round of the 1978 draft. He ended up playing 9 seasons with the Packers being named to the 1978 All-Rookie Team as well as 7 Pro Bowls. He left Green Bay in 1986 he was the Packers All Time Leading receiver in career yards with 9656.
James Lofton
James Lofton
James Lofton
James Lofton
James Lofton Football Cards
His 1982 Topps card. He made the Pro Bowl with 35 catches, 696 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns as well as an 83-yard TD run against the Giants.
James Lofton and his 1991 score card - 57 catches, 1072 yards, an 18.8 YPC average and 8 touchdowns. Named to the Pro Bowl.
His last of 4 seasons with the Bills and his 15th in the NFL, 1992 was a solid year for the future Hall of Famer - 51 catches, 786 yards, 15.4 YPC and 6 touchdowns.
James Lofton Regular Season Career Receiving Statistics Year Age Team No. Games Catches Yards Y/R Long TD 1978* 22 GNB 80 16 46 818 17.8 58 6 1979 23 GNB 80 16 54 968 17.9 52 4 1980* 24 GNB 80 16 71 1226 17.3 47 4 1981*+ 25 GNB 80 16 71 1294 18.2 75 8 1982* 26 GNB 80 9 35 696 19.9 80 4 1983* 27 GNB 80 16 58 1300 22.4♦ 74 8 1984* 28 GNB 80 16 62 1361 22.0♦ 79 7 1985* 29 GNB 80 16 69 1153 16.7 56 4 1986 30 GNB 80 15 64 840 13.1 36 4 1987 31 RAI 80 12 41 880 21.5 49 5 1988 32 RAI 80 16 28 549 19.6 57 0 1989 33 BUF 86 12 8 166 20.8 47 3 1990 34 BUF 80 16 35 712 20.3 71 4 1991* 35 BUF 80 15 57 1072 18.8 77 8 1992 36 BUF 80 16 51 786 15.4 50 6 1993 37 2 Teams 10 14 183 13.1 32 0 PHI 80 9 13 167 12.8 32 0 RAM 22 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 9 seasons Packers 136 530 9656 18.2 80 49 4 seasons Bills 59 151 2736 18.1 77 21 2 seasons Raiders 28 69 1429 20.7 57 5 9 games Eagles 9 13 167 12.8 32 0 1 game Rams 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 16 Year NFL Career 233 764 14004 18.3 80 75
James Lofton Career Playoffs Receiving Statistics Year Age Tm Pos G Catches Yads Y/R TD Long 1982* 26 GNB WR 2 8 161 20.1 2 50 1989 33 BUF WR 1 3 66 22.0 1 33 1990 34 BUF WR 3 13 323 24.8 3 61 1991* 35 BUF WR 3 11 137 12.5 1 18 1992 36 BUF WR 4 6 72 12.0 1 18 Bills 11 33 598 18.1 6 61 Packers 2 8 161 20.1 2 50 Career 13 41 759 18.5 8 61
