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James Sykes

Sykes, James
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
Born: November 7, 1954
High School:

Year	College	Status
1973	Rice	Lettered
1974	Rice	Lettered
1975	Rice	Lettered
1976	Rice	Lettered

Draft: 10th round (273rd overall) 1977 Washington Redskins

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	11	RB	15
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	11	RB	12
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	11	RB	16
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL	11	RB	15
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL	11	RB	15
1983 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1983 CAL CFL	11	RB	4
1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1983 WPG CFL		RB	1
1983 Year (CFL)1983 Year CFL			5
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL	10	RB	7
7 Years (CFL)7 Years CFL			85

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	5/4/1977	1977 Washington Redskins (NFL)1977 WAS NFL
Signed		1977 Washington Redskins (NFL)1977 WAS NFL
Released		1977 Washington Redskins (NFL)1977 WAS NFL
Signed		1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL
Released		1983 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1983 CAL CFL
Signed		1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1983 WPG CFL
Released		1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1984 WPG CFL
Signed		1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1984 WPG CFL
Free Agent		1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1984 WPG CFL
Signed		1985 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1985 WPG CFL
Released		1985 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1985 WPG CFL
Signed		1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL
Released		1987 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1987 WPG CFL

AWARDS
1978 Official All-CFL
1980 Official All-CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	15	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		0	0	90
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	6	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	36
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	11	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	66
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL	6	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	36
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL	11	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	66
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL	5	0	0		0		-	0	0		0	0	30
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	54	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	324

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	204	1020	5.0	31	13			0
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	151	703	4.7	38	5			0
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	222	1263	5.7	75	10
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL	240	1107	4.6	68	6
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL	193	1046	5.4	84	11
1983 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1983 CAL CFL	37	222	6.0	24	0			0
1983 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1983 WPG CFL	12	62	5.2	15	0		0	0
1983 Year (CFL)1983 Year CFL	49	284	5.8	24	0			0
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL	97	447	4.6	57	3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL		50		614	12.3	62	1
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL		31		269	8.7	25	1			0
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL		57		582	10.2	72	1
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL		51		495	9.7	65	0
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL		27		222	8.2	19	0		0	0
1983 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1983 CAL CFL		9		42	4.7	18	0		0	0
1983 Year (CFL)1983 Year CFL		9		42	4.7	18	0		0	0
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL		10		62	6.2	14	2		0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		235		2286	9.7	72	5		0	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	21	-	241	11.5	67	1
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	3	-	27	9.0	16	0	0	0
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	18	-	217	12.1	33	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	42		485	11.5	67	1	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	20	-	496	24.8	36	0		0
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	5	-	96	19.2	22	0		0
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	30	-	715	23.8	61	0
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL	25	-	594	23.8	45	0
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL	6	-	122	20.3	25	0		0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	86		2023	23.5	61	0		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1978 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1978 CAL CFL	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
1979 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1979 CAL CFL	7	6	1	0	1	0	0
1980 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1980 CAL CFL	7	4	4	0	4	0	0
1981 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1981 CAL CFL	12	8	3	0	3	0	0
1982 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1982 CAL CFL	9	5	3	0	3	0	0
1983 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1983 CAL CFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1983 Year (CFL)1983 Year CFL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)1986 WPG CFL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	43	29	12	0	12	0	0

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