Players

• Ranks No. 5 among active NFL players (min. 20 career TDs) with a 31.0-yard average on his 20 career TD receptions.
• Has caught at least five TD passes each of the past three seasons, the only player on the team to do so over that span.
• Played in all 16 games for the third straight season in 2011, catching a career-high seven TD passes and posting a career-best 16.7-yard receiving average.
• Posted career highs in catches (50) and receiving yards (679) in 2010.
• Held the No. 3 receiver spot his entire rookie season in 2007, catching 47 passes for 676 yards and two TDs, including a 79-yarder on Monday Night Football at Denver, the longest TD catch by a Green Bay rookie since Max McGee’s 82-yarder in 1954.
• His first-year totals rank fourth all-time among Green Bay rookies.
• Finished his career at San Jose State ranked third all-time in receptions with 126.

Pro Highlights:

• Has played in all 16 games each of the last three seasons and in four of his five years in the NFL.
• Ranks No. 5 among active NFL players (min. 20 career TDs) with a 31.0-yard average on his 20 career TD receptions.
• Has posted at least one 100-yard receiving game in each of his five seasons in the league (2007-11), joining WR Greg Jennings as the only Packers to do so over that span.
• Has caught five-plus TD passes each of the past three seasons, the only Packer to do so over that span.
• Posted career highs in TD catches (seven) and receiving average (16.7) in 2011, catching 38 passes for 635 yards.
• Registered career bests in receptions (50) and receiving yards (679) in 2010 and tied for the team lead in the ’10 postseason with two TD catches.
• In 2009, bounced back from an injury-plagued ’08 season to catch a then-career-high five touchdown passes, plus another in the playoffs.
• Posted one of the top pass-catching seasons in Green Bay annals for a rookie in 2007, with his 47 catches and 676 yards both ranking fourth in club history. Reception total trailed only Sterling Sharpe (55, 1988), Billy Howton (53, 1952) and RB Gerry Ellis (48, 1980) in the team’s rookie record book, while the yardage total trailed only Howton (1,231), James Lofton (818, 1978) and Sharpe (791).
• For his career, has played in 74 games with 17 starts and has caught 187 passes for 2,704 yards (14.5 avg.) and 20 TDs. Ranks No. 16 in franchise history in receiving yardage.

2011 SEASON: Played in all 16 games for the third straight season as well as the team’s playoff contest…Caught 38 passes for 635 yards, a career-high 16.7-yard receiving average…Posted a career-best seven TD catches, one of three Packers to do so (Jordy Nelson, Jennings) as they became the first trio of WRs in franchise history to each catch seven-plus TD passes in the same season…Of his 38 receptions, 27 went for first downs, a 71.1 percentage that ranked No. 2 on the team among players with at least 10 catches…Averaged 30.9 yards on his TD catches…At Atlanta (Oct. 9): Led the team with a career-high 140 receiving yards on five catches (28.0 avg.), including a 70-yard TD catch in the third quarter that gave Green Bay a 15-14 lead, one they would not relinquish…At Detroit (Nov. 24): Paced the team with 94 receiving yards on three grabs (31.3 avg.), including his career-high-tying fifth TD catch of the season. The 65-yard grab, his fifth TD catch of 65-plus yards in his career, gave the Packers a 21-0 lead in the third quarter…Vs. Chicago (Dec. 25): Posted the first multi-TD game of his career, finishing with four receptions for 50 yards (12.5 avg.). His two TD catches (2 and 7 yards) gave him a career-best seven for the season, topping his previous high of five set in 2009 and 2010…Vs. Detroit (Jan. 1): Caught a season-high six passes for 89 yards (14.8 avg.). Made two catches for 56 yards (28.0 avg.) on the team’s final drive of the game that set up the game-winning TD in the 45-41 victory.

2010: Appeared in all 16 games for the third time in his career with two starts…Registered career-high marks with 50 catches for 679 yards (13.6 avg.), along with five TDs…Ranked third on the team in catches and second in receiving TDs…Of his 50 receptions, 33 (66.0 percent) went for first downs…Caught 11 passes for 144 yards (13.1 avg.) in the postseason and tied for the team lead with two TD receptions…Vs. Minnesota (Oct. 24): After being shut out the week before vs. Miami, bounced back with a team-high 107 yards receiving on four catches (26.8 avg.). On the Packers’ first TD drive, hauled in a short pass before going 45 yards down the sideline to the Minnesota 1 to set up a RB Brandon Jackson TD run…Vs. Dallas (Nov. 7): Caught a career-high eight passes for 123 yards (15.4 avg.) and a TD, a 10-yard score that gave the Packers a commanding 35-7 lead…At New England (Dec. 19): Led the team with five receptions for 95 yards (19.0 avg.), highlighted by a 66-yard TD catch from QB Matt Flynn on the opening play of the second quarter…At Atlanta (NFC Divisional, Jan. 15): Posted 75 yards receiving and a TD on four grabs (18.8 avg.). With 42 seconds left in the first half, made a leaping 20-yard TD catch in the right corner of the end zone over CB Brent Grimes to give the Packers a 21-14 lead they would never relinquish…Vs. Pittsburgh (Super Bowl XLV, Feb. 6): Started as the team opened up in a four-WR set and finished second on the team with a career postseason-high five catches for 50 yards (10.0 avg.).

2009: Played in all 16 games with three starts and made 32 catches for 440 yards (13.8 avg.)...Finished tied for second on the team with a then-career-high five TD catches, adding a sixth TD in the postseason…Was fifth on the team in receptions and fourth in yards…Vs. Detroit (Oct. 18): On opening drive of the game, hauled in pass deep down the right sideline from QB Aaron Rodgers at the Detroit 15, made a nice cutback move on S Marquand Manuel at the 10, and took it in for the 47-yard TD…At Tampa Bay (Nov. 8): On Packers’ second play, beat CB Elbert Mack down the right sideline for a 74-yard TD. Rodgers found him near midfield, and Jones took it the rest of the way for Green Bay’s longest opening-drive TD since WR Antonio Freeman’s 80-yard TD reception on Nov. 1, 1998, vs. San Francisco. Finished game with season-best four receptions for 103 yards (25.3 avg.), also a season high, the third 100-yard game of his career…At Arizona (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Posted 50 receiving yards and a TD on three catches (16.7 avg.).

2008: Played in 10 games with two starts, and ranked sixth on the team with 20 receptions for 274 yards (13.7 avg.) and a TD…One of only three players, along with Jennings and Donald Driver, to post a 100-yard receiving game on the season…Inactive for six games, five of them due to sprained right knee originally suffered in preseason game at Denver (Aug. 22)…Also was in and out of three other contests after banging knee during play…At Jacksonville (Dec. 14): Caught four passes for a season-high 132 yards (33.0 avg.), the third-highest yardage output by a Packers receiver on the season, including receptions of 46, 40 and 34 yards.

2007: Played in all 16 games with nine starts, and appeared in both playoff contests…Started the first two games of the season as the No. 2 WR, then played as No. 3 for the next 12 games, after Jennings (hamstring) returned to the lineup; started other games in multiple-WR sets, plus the regular-season finale with both Driver and Jennings inactive…Finished fourth on the team with 47 catches for 676 yards – both totals good for third in the league among rookies, behind Kansas City’s Dwayne Bowe (70-995) and Detroit’s Calvin Johnson (48-756) – and two TDs…Reception and yardage totals also rank fourth in club history for a rookie…Vs. Philadelphia (Sept. 9): In his first NFL game, started as the No. 2 WR and caught four passes for 29 yards (7.3 avg.), including two 8-yard grabs on back-to-back plays…At Minnesota (Sept. 30): With the offense opening with a three-WR set, started and caught his first career TD, beating CB Marcus McCauley down the right sideline for a 33-yard score in the fourth quarter; the TD gave Green Bay a 23-9 lead in the eventual 23-16 victory; the pass marked QB Brett Favre’s 422nd TD toss…At Denver (Oct. 29): Posted his first career 100-yard game and earned Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week honors after catching three passes for 107 yards (35.7 avg.), including a career-long 79-yard TD. In the first quarter, on the first play of the Packers’ second drive, caught a long pass down the right sideline and cut back across the field on his way to the 79-yard score. It marked the longest TD catch by a Packers rookie since 1954, when McGee caught an 82-yarder…2007 Draft: Selected with the first of Green Bay’s two third-round picks, the 78th overall selection and the 14th WR drafted. Became the fifth player drafted by the Packers from San Jose State and the first since 1974, when LB Emanuel Armstrong was chosen in the 13th round. Highest draft selection out of San Jose State since TE Sean Brewer in 2001 (Cincinnati, 66th overall).

COLLEGE: In 44 games at San Jose State, started 21 and caught 126 passes for 1,496 yards (11.2 avg.) and 12 TDs…Also ran the ball 24 times for 126 yards (5.3 avg.) with one score and completed 3 of 7 passes for 58 yards and a TD…On special teams, returned 42 punts for 307 yards (7.3 avg.) and made nine tackles (six solo)…His 126 career catches stood third in school history at the end of his career, while his 1,496 yards receiving ranked 11th…Majored in sociology...Senior season (2006): Named second-team All-Western Athletic Conference and team MVP with a career-high 70 receptions for 893 yards (12.8 avg.) and 10 TDs, including four 100-yard games…Played in 13 games with 12 starts at split end…Reception total ranked 27th in the nation…His 70 catches were the fourth-highest total in school history (now fifth), and his 10 TDs are the third-best mark…Led the team with an average of 83.85 all-purpose yards per game and was involved in seven plays of 40-plus yards…Started season off strong at Washington (Sept. 2), catching nine passes for 130 yards and a school-record-tying three TDs…Caught seven passes for 82 yards vs. Stanford (Sept. 9), and had a 42-yard TD run midway through the third quarter of 35-34 victory that was ESPN’s “Play of the Day”…Had eight receptions for a career-high 134 yards and a score vs. Utah State (Oct. 14)…Junior season (2005): Played in 11 games, starting three at split end…Ranked second on the team with 30 receptions for 278 yards (9.3 avg.) and a TD…Picked up 48 yards on eight carries (6.0 avg.) and 106 yards on 20 punt returns (5.3 avg.)…Sophomore season (2004): Started six of 11 games, ranking second on the team with 25 receptions for 317 yards (12.7 avg.) and a TD…Served as the team’s primary punt returner for the first half of the season, with 11 punt returns for 80 yards (7.3 avg.)…Snared career-long 67-yard TD pass vs. Morgan State (Sept. 18) in his first 100-yard game (four catches, 102 yards)…Freshman season (2003): Saw limited action in nine games, with one reception for 8 yards at Florida (Aug. 30)…Played special teams, recording three tackles, and was a reserve long snapper.

PERSONAL: Given name James Deandre Jones…Nicknamed “Dingo,” a moniker given to him by his college teammates in reference to the muscular professional wrestler The Dingo Warrior, when during his first college weight room workout he bench-pressed 225 pounds an impressive 16 times…Born in San Jose, Calif.…Married to Tamika; the couple has an infant son, James Martell Lightning Jones…Voiced on draft day how excited he was to be selected, having come from very humble beginnings…At times he and his mother moved around to different homeless shelters, sometimes going to bed hungry and getting by however they could…In high school, in order to help his mother get back on her feet, moved in with his paternal grandmother, who forced him to take special education classes during his early high school years to keep up academically…High school: Played QB, WR and FS at Gunderson High in San Jose…Was his conference’s MVP as a senior and a first-team All-Central Coast Section pick when he passed for 18 TDs and ran for 11 more, leading his team to a conference championship…Played in the 2002 Santa Clara County North-South All-Star Game…Also lettered in basketball and track…As a junior, averaged 18.2 points per game as a point guard to lead his team to a conference title and the third round of the playoffs…Upped his scoring average to 22 ppg as a senior…Registered a personal best of 6-8 in the high jump, good for third in the state meet as a senior…Community involvement: His humble beginnings influenced him to become actively involved in community events during his time in Green Bay…In 2010, helped build new and refurbish old playground equipment at local Nicolet Elementary School as part of local United Way’s NFL Hometown Huddle project, and rang The Salvation Army bell and signed autographs as Green Bay receivers competed with the Minnesota defensive line for holiday donations…His Love Jones 4 Kids Foundation focuses on the needs of children in the communities of Green Bay and San Jose, Calif., and also supports the efforts of the Milwaukee Rescue Mission…Hosts an annual “Never Think About Failure” football camp in San Jose and a “Toast To Success” dinner in De Pere, Wis., to raise money for his foundation and for underprivileged youth…Participated in the Packers Tailgate Tour in 2008 and 2010, traveling to several Wisconsin destinations and visiting residents and schools…Received the Nice Guy Award in 2008 at the annual Doug Jirschele Sports Awards Banquet in Clintonville, Wis. …Spoke to students at Fort Howard Elementary School on standing up to peer pressure…In his first season, assisted with a skills camp for kids at the Boys and Girls Club, helped to refurbish the Green Bay West H.S. football field as part of the Home Depot Neighborhood MVP Program, and helped with improvements at Golden House, a local domestic abuse shelter, as part of Hometown Huddle…Has participated in events to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Donald Driver Foundation…Has been a summertime volunteer coach for kids at football camps in Seattle, Wash., Portland, Ore., and St. Mary’s, Calif. …Hobbies/interests: Enjoys playing basketball…Is a mixed martial arts fan and has attended UFC fights in Las Vegas…Names Money Talks as his favorite movie and the Bible as his favorite book…Enjoys visiting the Bahamas…Residence: San Jose, Calif.