Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1983
- Draft
- 1983Rd 1, Pk 23
- College
- Arizona State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1983
- Draft
- 1983Rd 1, Pk 23
- College
- Arizona State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 227
- TOT
- 81
- SOLO
- 59
- AST
- 22
- SACK
- 102.5
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 6
- FF
- 3
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 |  DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | DAL | 16 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1995 | BUF | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | BUF | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | BUF | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- TOT
- 15
- SOLO
- 13
- AST
- 2
- SACK
- 6.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 227
- TOT
- 0.4
- SOLO
- 0.3
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.0
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DAL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DAL | 16 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | DAL | 16 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | BUF | 16 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | BUF | 16 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | BUF | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Jim Jeffcoat's career stats?
Jim Jeffcoat played 15 seasons for the Cowboys and the Bills. He recorded 81 tackles, 102.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 28 tackles and 6.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1983 to 1997
Championships ×2
- 1992 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
- 1993 Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys
All-time career rank
- 40th in sacks (102.5)
Among the 9,225 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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