Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Julius Jones stuff

In his latest insider column about the Cowboys JJT talks about Julius Jones and his upcoming 2007 season.

Jones has been absence for offseason workouts and the organized team activities. Jones is in the final year of his contract and I doubt that Cowboys will take care of Jones who will be an unrestricted free agent.

With that I decided to look at some notable running backs that were drafted in 2004 and how they compare to Jones. There were 13 running backs taken in that draft, including three before Jones.

Here’s the career numbers for some of those players.

Player; Games; Games Started; Carries-Yards; Touchdowns
Steven Jackson 45; 34; 734-3,247; 25
Chris Perry 22; 3; 73-337; 0
Kevin Jones 40; 39; 608-2,486; 16
Tatum Bell 42; 14; 481-2,342; 13
Julius Jones 37; 35; 721-2,896; 16
Mewelde Moore 42; 11; 244-1,172; 1
Michael Turner 43; 1; 157-941; 5