Project Ex

The Javelina football team is kicking off a new and exciting tradition on Thursday night at the annual Spring Football Game that starts at 7 o’clock at Javelina Stadium. Each year the Javelinas will attempt to bring back one of their former star student-athletes to participate and play in the game.

This year’s 2010 Project Ex is former Javelina, James Jefferson. Jefferson, from Kingsville, played for the Javelinas from 1982-85 and also ran on the track team for two years. He was a running back and defensive back during his collegiate career. As a senior, he was named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Back of the Year and earned Football News All-America Team honors. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.

Jefferson played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football league from 1986-88 before being signed by the Seattle Seahawks in 1989. He played five seasons with the Seahawks before finishing his career with the British Columbia Lions of the CFL. He was the AFC Player of the Week twice in 1990 and was on two Canadian Grey Cup Championship teams, once in Winnipeg and once in Britisth Columbia. He was selected to the all-CFL squad in 1987 and 1988.

After his pro career, Jefferson coached one year for Alabama State and became a scout for the New Orleans Saints in 2000. He also served as a Javelina assistant coach during two periods, 1995-96 and 1998-00.

Jefferson is currently an assistant coach at Academy High School in Kingsville. He has two daughters, Ashley and Amber, and is the son of Sandra Jefferson, the former Director of the University Police Department at Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Jefferson will play in a minimum of four series on defense in the Spring Football Game. Javelina fans can sponsor Jefferson to help raise money for the Football Locker Room Improvement Fund in a variety of ways including; Jefferson’s participation in the game, per tackle, per pass break-up, per pass interception, per touchdown, etc. Contact Joe Biedron at 593-2692 or joe.biedron@tamuk.edu to get involved.

Thank you very much for your support, we really appreciate it!

The Javelina Spring Game will be webcast online by clicking here. on Thursday at 7pm.