June James IV (December 2, 1962 – May 8, 1990) was an American football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts.
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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Jennings, Louisiana, U.S. | December 2, 1962
Died: | May 8, 1990 Gonzales, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 27)
Career information | |
High school: | Kansas City (MO) Southeast |
College: | Texas |
NFL draft: | 1985 / Round: 9 / Pick: 230 |
Career history | |
Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
James was born in Jennings, Louisiana and attended high school at Southeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He played college football at the University of Texas at Austin where he was an All-Southwest Conference linebacker.
He played in the East-West Shrine All-Star Game before being drafted by the Lions in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL Draft.[2] He played for the Lions in 1985 and the Colts in 1987. In 1988 he moved to the Canadian Football League (CFL) where he spend a season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was injured in the summer of 1989 and had planned to return to football in the summer of 1990. James died in a single car crash near Gonzoles, Louisiana, in May 1990 when he was 27.
References edit
- ^ "JUNE JAMES". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
- ^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-05.