Player
James Owens
Seasons
1981-84
College
UCLA
How acquired
Trade - 1981 - San Francisco
How left
Camp cut 1985
Height
5-11
Weight
200
Date of birth
5-Jul-55
Pos
RB
Games
40
Starts
12
Spent four seasons with Tampa Bay but his numbers diminished every season from 1981 when he was part of the three-headed Buc backfield team with
James Wilder and Jerry Eckwood. Missed all but four games of his final season in Tampa with a knee injury sustained on a kick return. Set a Buccaneer record
in 1983 by scoring touchdowns in five consecutive games. Was originally drafted by the 49ers in 1979 in the 2nd round as a wide receiver and only switched to
the backfield on being traded to the Bucs. He competed in the 1976 Olympics finishing 6th in the 110 meter hurdles.
1981
1
1982
1
1983
1
1984
1
Games
Starts
Games
Starts
Games
Starts
Games
Starts
16
1
8
6
12
5
4
0
No
26
Rushing
No
Yards
Avg
LG
TD
1981
91
406
4.5
35
3
1982
76
238
3.1
14
0
1983
96
266
2.8
15
5
1984
1
1
1.0
1
0
Total
264
911
3.5
35
8
Receiving
No
Yards
Avg
LG
TD
1981
12
145
12.1
35
0
1982
8
42
5.3
12
1
1983
15
81
5.4
11
1
1984
2
13
6.5
8
1
Total
37
281
7.6
35
3
Kick returns
No
Yards
Avg
LG
TD
1981
24
473
19.7
34
0
1982
3
52
17.3
27
0
1983
20
380
19.0
31
0
1984
8
168
21.0
36
0
Total
55
1,073
19.5
36
0
