James Wilder
James Curtis Wilder
Born: May 12, 1958
Sikeston, MO USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 225
College: Missouri
High School: Sikeston (MO)
Career: 1981-1990
Drafted: 1981 in Round 2, #34 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
James Wilder played from 1981 to 1990 during his career with the Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins. Wilder ran for 6,008 yards in his career on 1,586 attempts, scoring 37 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 431 passes for 3,500 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 158.3 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 107 | 370 | 3.5 | 23 | 4 |
1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 83 | 324 | 3.9 | 47 | 3 |
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 161 | 640 | 4.0 | 75 | 4 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 407 | 1544 | 3.8 | 37 | 13 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 365 | 1300 | 3.6 | 28 | 10 |
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 190 | 704 | 3.7 | 45 | 2 |
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 106 | 488 | 4.6 | 21 | 0 |
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 86 | 343 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 |
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 70 | 244 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 1586 | 6008 | 3.8 | 75 | 37 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 48 | 507 | 10.6 | 38 | 1 |
1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 53 | 466 | 8.8 | 32 | 1 |
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 57 | 380 | 6.7 | 31 | 2 |
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 85 | 685 | 8.1 | 50 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 53 | 341 | 6.4 | 20 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 43 | 326 | 7.6 | 25 | 1 |
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 40 | 328 | 8.2 | 32 | 1 |
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 24 | 0 |
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 36 | 335 | 9.3 | 27 | 3 |
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
Totals | 431 | 3500 | 8.1 | 50 | 10 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
Totals | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 23 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 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 |
1981 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
1982 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
1983 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1984 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
1985 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
1986 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1987 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1988 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1989 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 9 |
1983 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 10 |
1984 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 16 |
1986 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 12 |
1987 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 12 |
1988 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 7 |
1989 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 4 |
1990 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 0 |
1990 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 |
Honors
1984 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1984 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1984 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)