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CARDINALS AT PACKERS – PRESEASON WEEK 1
JONES JOINS SELECT COMPANY
WR James Jones led the league with 14 touchdown catches last season,
becoming the first Packer to lead the NFL in TD catches in a season since
WR Sterling Sharpe did so with a franchise-record 18 in 1994.
A look at the top receiving-TD totals in the league last season:
Player
Receiving TDs
1. James Jones, GB 14
2. Eric Decker, DEN 13
3. Dez Bryant, DAL 12
4t. A.J. Green, CIN 11
4t. Rob Gronkowski, NE 11
4t. Brandon Marshall, CHI 11
Jones’ season total is tied for No. 4 in franchise history:
Player
Receiving TDs
1. Sterling Sharpe, 1994 18
2. Don Hutson, 1942 17
3. Jordy Nelson, 2011 15
4t. Antonio Freeman, 1998 14
4t. James Jones, 2012 14
Since Week 16 of 2011, Jones has caught 16 TD passes, the most in the
league over that span:
Player
Receiving TDs
1. James Jones, GB 16
2t. Marques Colston, NO; Eric Decker, DEN; 13
Rob Gronkowski, NE; Julio Jones, ATL
In Green Bay’s Week 6 win last season at Houston, Jones caught two
TD passes for the third consecutive game. By doing so, he joined WR
Don Hutson (Nov. 14-Dec. 5, 1943) as the only two players in
franchise history to catch two TD passes in three straight games,
according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Jones’ seven TD catches through the first six games last season were the
most by a Packer in the opening six games since WR Billy Howton caught
eight TD passes in the first six games in 1956.
A glance at the top receiving TD totals in franchise history through the
opening six games of the season:
Player
Receiving TDs
1. Don Hutson, 1942 10
2t. Don Hutson, 1945 8
2t. Billy Howton, 1956 8
4t. James Jones, 2012 7
4t. Don Hutson, 1936 7
4t. Bob Mann, 1951 7
4t. Max McGee, 1954 7
Jones has caught five or more TD passes each of the past four seasons
(2009-12), the first Packer to do so since WR Antonio Freeman accomplished
that feat in six consecutive seasons (1996-2001).
FINDING FINLEY
With his season-high eight receptions last season in Week 17 at
Minnesota, TE Jermichael Finley brought his season total to 61 receptions,
the most by a tight end in franchise history. He is the only Green Bay
TE to register three 55-catch seasons:
Tight End
Receptions
1. Jermichael Finley, 2012 61
2. Paul Coffman, 1979 56
3t. Paul Coffman, 1981 55
3t. Jermichael Finley, 2009, 2011 55
Finley finished third on the team with the 61 catches for 667 yards (10.9
avg.) and two TDs. He now holds three of the top seven single-season
yardage totals by a tight end in team annals:
Tight End
Receiving Yards
1. Paul Coffman, 1983 814
2. Jermichael Finley, 2011 767
3. Paul Coffman, 1979 711
4. Paul Coffman, 1981 687
5. Mark Chmura, 1995 679
6. Jermichael Finley, 2009 676
7. Jermichael Finley, 2012 667
Over the final seven regular-season games in 2012, Finley caught 32
passes for 396 yards (12.4 avg.) and a TD. A look at where his reception
and yardage numbers over that span ranked among NFL tight ends:
Tight End Rec. Yards (Weeks 11-17)
1. Jason Witten, DAL 454
2. Jimmy Graham, NO 449
3. Jermichael Finley, GB 396
Tight End Receptions (Weeks 11-17)
1. Jason Witten, DAL 44
2. Jimmy Graham, NO 40
3. Brandon Myers, OAK 35
4. Aaron Hernandez, NE 34
5t. Jermichael Finley, GB 32
5t. Tony Gonzalez, ATL 32
Finley ranks No. 3 in franchise history among tight ends in career receiving
yards and No. 4 in receptions (games played in parentheses)
Tight End
Receiving Yards
1. Paul Coffman, 1978-85 4,223 (119)
2. Ron Kramer, 1957-64 2,594 (89)
3. Jermichael Finley, 2008-12 2,485 (64)
Tight End
Receptions
1. Paul Coffman, 1978-85 322 (119)
2. Bubba Franks, 2000-07 256 (114)
3. Ed West, 1984-94 202 (167)
4. Jermichael Finley, 2008-12 198 (64)
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