Craig James

Football Player

Craig James was born in Jacksonville, Texas, United States on January 2nd, 1961 and is the Football Player. At the age of 63, Craig James biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 2, 1961
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Jacksonville, Texas, United States
Age
63 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$3 Million
Profession
American Football Player, Sports Commentator
Craig James Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 63 years old, Craig James has this physical status:

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183cm
Weight
98kg
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Craig James Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Craig James Career

Professional football career

James was drafted by the Washington Federals of the United StatesFL with the fourth overall pick in the spring league's inaugural draft in 1983. James was signed by the federals for a series of four-year contracts. He said he preferred to play in the USFL rather than the NFL because of his desire to be a "pioneer" in a new league, similar to what he and Dickerson did at SMU. Despite being drafted to the Federals by James' former SMU coach Ron Meyer, the New England Patriots, who were coached by James' former SMU coach Ron Meyer, drafted James in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL Draft.

The Federals struggled to a 4–10 record in James' first pro season in Washington. He played all 14 games and four touchdowns, and he kicked for 823 yards and four touchdowns, as well as 40 passes out of the backfield. In 1984, James suffered a knee injury in a home game against the Philadelphia Stars. Later this week, he was put on injured reserve. A month later, James was released by the cash-trapped Federals, allowing him to join the Patriots for their training camp in August.

During James' first year with the Patriots in 1984–85, he was first a back-up to Tony Collins under new coach Meyer's guidance. After a 5-3 start to the season, Meyer was fired, and James became the Patriots' top rusher with 790 yards.

James started running back all season, rushing for 1,227 yards, and was selected for the Pro Bowl for the 1985-1986 season. He was the last white player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season before Peyton Hillis broke the record in 2010. Tony Eason's 90-yard touchdown pass against the Chicago Bears in Week 2 was the longest touchdown from scrimmage in Patriots history at the time. He was a major contributor in the Patriots' 31-14 victory over the Miami Dolphins in the AFC championship game, rushing for his first-season high of 105 yards. However, he was dominated by the Chicago Bears' defense in Super Bowl XX, which limited him to just one yard on five attempts.

In the 1986-1987 season, James struggled to regain his Pro Bowl form, finishing with 427 yards on 154 attempts. After suffering from recurrent dislocations throughout the year, he underwent surgery to repair his right shoulder. James returned to the game for the first two weeks as a result of another shoulder injury.

James suffered from posterior shoulder injuries and underwent surgery in October, leaving him out for the remainder of the season. In his five seasons with the Patriots, he retired from football after the 1988 season, passing for 2,469 yards and eleven touchdowns. He had 819 receiving yards and two touchdowns, as well as three of six pass attempts, with all three of them going for touchdowns.

In 2009, James was part of the Patriots All-1980s team, which was selected by local media and team members to celebrate the team's 50th anniversary.

Radio and television career

James moved on to become a radio analyst for SMU college football games and then became the sports anchor for KDFW-TV after he retired from football in 1989. During this time, he also appeared on ESPN as a studio analyst on the College GameDay and College Football Scoreboard teams. James was a student at the University of On the surface, Lee Corso gave him the nickname "Mustang Breath." In 1996, James joined CBS, where he spent as a studio analyst on College Football Today and also The NFL Today programs before becoming a game analyst on NFL on CBS. He served as a reporter during the NCAA men's basketball championship and the 1998 Winter Olympics. In 2003, James moved to ABC. During the 2008 season, he served as a college analyst on the network's college football coverage. James has also served as an analyst on ESPN's Thursday-night package, as well as other college football programs such as College Football Live. Mike Patrick and Laura Cox, a journalist for the 2009 season, joined Mike Patrick and Linda Cox as game analyst, attending ESPN on Saturday afternoon broadcasts, while still working the Thursday-night package. James revealed on December 19, 2011 that he was leaving ESPN to run for the United States Senate.

The Craig James School of Broadcasting is James' own broadcasting academy.

The Wisconsin Badgers were "the worst team to ever play in the Rose Bowl," James said in 1998, but Wisconsin went on to beat #6 UCLA 38–31. "I know we're at least the second worst," Badgers coach Barry Alvarez remarked afterwards: "I know we're at least the second worst."

James is a voter in the AP college football poll, and he has received some attention for his apparent decision to award low votes to teams from outside the Power Five conferences, such as Boise State and TCU.

Fox Sports Southwest revealed on August 30, 2013 that it had recruited James as a college football analyst and co-host of the network's college football studio show. After just one appearance, the network unexpectedly ended links with James before he had actually signed a contract. Fox Sports executives were dissatisfied that James' hire had not been verified, according to Fox Sports executives. In addition, the Dallas Morning News announced that Fox Sports officials were outraged over remarks against same-sex marriages made by James during his Senate tenure. The First Liberty Institute filed a lawsuit against James' behalf against Fox on February 25, 2014, Agreementing that he was dismissed for his religious convictions. James joined the Family Research Council as an assistant to president Tony Perkins in 2014, with the intention of "fighting the kind of "religious bigotry" [James] blames for Fox's dismissal.

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The population of Queensland is expected to increase at twice-speed above the national average

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 21, 2022
The population of Queensland has increased by 1.8 percent year on year, which is twice the national average. In a year, the Sunshine State (Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, left) welcomed 94,300 new residents, almost the same as the increase in NSW and Victoria. Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Queensland premier, (right with her deputy Steven Miles) last week convened a housing summit, with vacancy rates particularly high in her region.

With aggressive rate increases, the Reserve Bank is 'tipping Australia into a downturn.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 20, 2022
Australia came close to being plunged into a recession for the first time since the Reserve Bank raised interest rates so sharply. At its last meeting, the word 'inflation' was used 41 times, taking the cash rate to a seven-year high of 2.35 percent. Borrowers have seen five monthly cash rate increases in total, taking it to a seven-year high of 2.35 percent. It's also the most rapid rate of monetary policy tightening since 1994. Craig James and Ryan Felsman, two CommSec economists, said that vigorous rate rises in the mid-1990s nearly sparked a slowdown.

Barefoot Investor Scott Pape explains why you shouldn't listen to your parents on share market

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 23, 2022
Scott Pape, a Barefoot investor, has advised a 21-year-old woman not to bother her parents, who are worried about the loss on the Australian stock exchange. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 has dropped 7.6 percent since peaking at 7,628,9 points last year, with the index now at 7,046.9 points. Apps - particularly tech stocks, have dropped from $2.35 to just 95 percent as of Tuesday, with buy now, pay later app Zip Co falling from $20.35 in February 2021 to just 95 percent.