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John Owens

Owens, John Wesley
Height: 6-3 Weight: 264
Born: January 10, 1980 Washington, DC
High School: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD)

Year	College	Status
1998	Notre Dame	Played
1999	Notre Dame	Played
2000	Notre Dame	Played
2001	Notre Dame	Played

Draft: 5th round (138th overall) 2002 Detroit Lions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	83	TE	15	8
2003 Detroit Lions (NFL)2003 DET NFL	83	TE	7	1
2004 Chicago Bears (NFL)2004 CHIB NFL	82	TE	2	0
2006 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2006 NO NFL	86	TE	5	0
2007 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2007 NO NFL	86	TE	8	0
2007 Detroit Lions (NFL)2007 DET NFL	83	TE	7	0
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL			15	0
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	83	TE	16	7
2009 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2009 SEA NFL	86	TE	16	3
7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL			76	19

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/21/2002	2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL
Signed	7/22/2002	2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL
Released	10/23/2004	2004 Detroit Lions (NFL)2004 DET NFL
Assigned on Waivers	10/25/2004	2004 Chicago Bears (NFL)2004 CHIB NFL
Signed	4/11/2005	2005 Chicago Bears (NFL)2005 CHIB NFL
Traded	8/29/2005	2005 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2005 MIA NFL
Released	9/3/2005	2005 Miami Dolphins (NFL)2005 MIA NFL
Signed	12/28/2005	2005 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2005 CLE NFL
Released	9/2/2006	2006 Cleveland Browns (NFL)2006 CLE NFL
Signed	11/8/2006	2006 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2006 NO NFL
Released	11/10/2007	2007 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2007 NO NFL
Assigned on Waivers	11/12/2007	2007 Detroit Lions (NFL)2007 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/29/2008	2007 Detroit Lions (NFL)2007 DET NFL
Signed	3/3/2008	2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/27/2009	2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL
Signed	3/5/2009	2009 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2009 SEA NFL
Released	4/7/2010	2009 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2009 SEA NFL
Signed	4/30/2010	2010 Oakland Raiders (NFL)2010 OAK NFL
Released	9/4/2010	2010 Oakland Raiders (NFL)2010 OAK NFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	15	5	33.3	49	9.8	13	0	3	0	0	43	0
2006 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2006 NO NFL	5	4	80.0	44	11.0	25	0	1	1	0	24	0
2007 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2007 NO NFL	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
2007 Detroit Lions (NFL)2007 DET NFL	2	1	50.0	9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	4	0
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL	3	2	66.7	13	6.5	9	0	0	0	0	7	0
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	12	8	66.7	56	7.0	19	1	3	0	0	30	0
2009 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2009 SEA NFL	6	3	50.0	16	5.3	8	0	1	0	0	14	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	44	24	50.0	191	8.0	25	1	8	1	0	118	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	FF	PD	BL
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003 Detroit Lions (NFL)2003 DET NFL	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0
2004 Chicago Bears (NFL)2004 CHIB NFL	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0
2006 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2006 NO NFL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2007 NO NFL	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009 Seattle Seahawks (NFL)2009 SEA NFL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	11	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2002 Detroit Lions (NFL)2002 DET NFL	3	1	2	15	0	0	2
2003 Detroit Lions (NFL)2003 DET NFL	1	0	1	10	7	0	1
2006 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2006 NO NFL	2	0	2	15	15	0	0
2007 Detroit Lions (NFL)2007 DET NFL	2	0	2	15	0	0	0
2007 Year (NFL)2007 Year NFL	2	0	2	15	0	0	0
2008 Detroit Lions (NFL)2008 DET NFL	2	0	2	18	7	0	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10	1	9	73	29	0	4

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