Van Jakes
Van Jakes, a DB, appears on NFL rosters across 1983–1990. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.
The basics
| Position | DB |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961-05-10 |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in |
| Weight | 185 lb |
Seasons on an NFL roster
7 seasons of roster appearances, 1983–1990. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.
| 1983 | Kansas City Chiefs |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1986 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1987 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1988 | New Orleans Saints |
| 1989 | Green Bay Packers |
| 1990 | New Orleans Saints |
What is not recorded
Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.
- College. Not recorded. nflverse carries a college for 39% of the 25,916 players in this set, and the gap is in the roster data rather than in the player's history.
- Draft. No draft is recorded. That is not the same as being undrafted — a pick is recorded for only 28% of players here, and 647 more have a drafting club named with no pick number against it. An empty field is a gap in the source, so this page does not call him undrafted.
- Game statistics. None exist for him. The open statistics begin in 1999 and all 7 of his recorded seasons (1983–1990) fall before that, so there is nothing to be missing.
Where this came from
Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.
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