← 1983 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R3 · #78 OVERALL · WR

Jo-Jo Townsell

Drafted by NYJ · GM Jim Kensil · UCLA

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Jo-Jo Townsell across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played83
Games started13
Weighted career AV10
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons8

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1983 · Round 3 · #78

NYJ draft credit

GM Jim Kensil

Team games83
Team starts13
On-team AV11
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Bad-0.44 contribution26th of 68 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Bad pick

Jo-Jo Townsell was Jim Kensil's 26th-best of 68 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.44. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Jim Kensil's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
83
on drafting team
Games started
13
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
11
modeled; full weighted AV 10
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Jim Kensil's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Jim Kensil pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Jo-Jo Townsell totals -0.44. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+410. Toon#10 · Al Toon · aggregate +4.60Toon +4.624. O'Brien#24 · Ken O'Brien · aggregate +3.71O'Brien +3.763. McMillan#63 · Erik McMillan · aggregate +2.92McMillan +2.969. Mehl#69 · Lance Mehl · aggregate +2.78Mehl +2.864. Clifton#64 · Kyle Clifton · aggregate +2.28Clifton +2.340. Ray#40 · Darrol Ray · aggregate +1.87120. Benson#120 · Troy Benson · aggregate +1.36142. Woodring#142 · John Woodring · aggregate +0.6660. Rudolph#60 · Ben Rudolph · aggregate +0.41169. Neil#169 · Kenny Neil · aggregate +0.3951. Hector#51 · Johnny Hector · aggregate +0.37187. Nichols#187 · Gerald Nichols · aggregate +0.22176. Hamilton#176 · Harry Hamilton · aggregate +0.1323. Crable#23 · Bob Crable · aggregate +0.10146. Frase#146 · Paul Frase · aggregate -0.03191. Coombs#191 · Tom Coombs · aggregate -0.0395. Johnson#95 · Jesse Johnson · aggregate -0.1021. Vick#21 · Roger Vick · aggregate -0.15161. Martin#161 · Tracy Martin · aggregate -0.19172. Patton#172 · Gary Patton · aggregate -0.2774. Hasty#74 · James Hasty · aggregate -0.3542. Gordon#42 · Alex Gordon · aggregate -0.39107. Floyd#107 · George Floyd · aggregate -0.4079. Crutchfield#79 · Dwayne Crutchfield · aggregate -0.41178. Batton#178 · Bobby Batton · aggregate -0.4278. Townsell#78 · Jo-Jo Townsell · aggregate -0.44Townsell -0.4119. Withycombe#119 · Mike Withycombe · aggregate -0.44163. White#163 · Vincent White · aggregate -0.4522. Haight#22 · Mike Haight · aggregate -0.45189. White#189 · Bob White · aggregate -0.46190. Leverett#190 · Bennie Leverett · aggregate -0.47163. Phea#163 · Lonell Phea · aggregate -0.47124. Luft#124 · Brian Luft · aggregate -0.48136. Walker#136 · John Walker · aggregate -0.49134. Smith#134 · Tony Smith · aggregate -0.49190. Newbold#190 · Darrin Newbold · aggregate -0.51152. Schremp#152 · Tom Schremp · aggregate -0.533. McNeil#3 · Freeman McNeil · aggregate -0.538. Cadigan#8 · Dave Cadigan · aggregate -0.55149. Visger#149 · George Visger · aggregate -0.55105. Howell#105 · Wes Howell · aggregate -0.55122. Armstrong#122 · Tron Armstrong · aggregate -0.59151. Deaton#151 · Jeff Deaton · aggregate -0.6291. Bell#91 · Bobby Bell · aggregate -0.63132. Hadley#132 · Ron Hadley · aggregate -0.6494. Allen#94 · Doug Allen · aggregate -0.7240. Lyles#40 · Lester Lyles · aggregate -0.7339. Dennison#39 · Glenn Dennison · aggregate -0.78105. Alexander#105 · Rogers Alexander · aggregate -0.78129. Jackson#129 · Kirby Jackson · aggregate -0.782. Jones#2 · Lam Jones · aggregate -0.8386. Washington#86 · Al Washington · aggregate -0.8475. Elam#75 · Onzy Elam · aggregate -0.86123. Zidd#123 · Jim Zidd · aggregate -0.8979. Crawford#79 · Tim Crawford · aggregate -0.9610. Carter#10 · Russell Carter · aggregate -0.98149. Paige#149 · Tony Paige · aggregate -1.04166. Miano#166 · Rich Miano · aggregate -1.0537. Williams#37 · Terry Williams · aggregate -1.0615. Faurot#15 · Ron Faurot · aggregate -1.1549. Williams#49 · Doug Williams · aggregate -1.3147. Clayton#47 · Ralph Clayton · aggregate -1.3567. Elder#67 · Donnie Elder · aggregate -1.5330. Jr.#30 · Marion Barber Jr. · aggregate -1.61113. Keys#113 · Tyrone Keys · aggregate -1.8337. Sweeney#37 · Jim Sweeney · aggregate -1.89135. Jerue#135 · Mark Jerue · aggregate -1.9151. McElroy#51 · Reggie McElroy · aggregate -4.32McElroy -4.3

Incremental contribution by season

-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+41980 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.031980 · Darrol Ray · incremental +0.561980 · Jesse Johnson · incremental -0.021980 · Lam Jones · incremental -0.531980 · Bobby Batton · incremental -0.651980 · Bennie Leverett · incremental -0.781980 · Tom Schremp · incremental -0.931980 · George Visger · incremental -0.951980 · Jim Zidd · incremental -1.461980 · Ralph Clayton · incremental -2.151981 · Kenny Neil · incremental +0.011981 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.021981 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.131981 · John Woodring · incremental +0.151981 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.571981 · Darrol Ray · incremental +0.711981 · Lam Jones · incremental -0.031981 · Jesse Johnson · incremental -0.151981 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental -0.791981 · Al Washington · incremental -1.311981 · Tyrone Keys · incremental -2.931982 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental +0.031982 · Tom Coombs · incremental +0.061982 · Jesse Johnson · incremental +0.071982 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.081982 · John Woodring · incremental +0.161982 · Kenny Neil · incremental +0.211982 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.461982 · Darrol Ray · incremental +0.481982 · Lam Jones · incremental -0.181982 · Bob Crable · incremental -0.211982 · Dwayne Crutchfield · incremental -0.221982 · George Floyd · incremental -0.231982 · Lonell Phea · incremental -0.811982 · Freeman McNeil · incremental -2.251982 · Mark Jerue · incremental -3.041982 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -4.501983 · Jesse Johnson · incremental +0.031983 · Bob Crable · incremental +0.101983 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.111983 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.211983 · Kenny Neil · incremental +0.271983 · John Woodring · incremental +0.401983 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.621983 · Darrol Ray · incremental +0.631983 · Lam Jones · incremental -0.121983 · Ken O'Brien · incremental -0.141983 · Tom Coombs · incremental -0.221983 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.231983 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental -0.261983 · Dwayne Crutchfield · incremental -0.441983 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental -0.461983 · Vincent White · incremental -0.751983 · John Walker · incremental -0.851983 · Darrin Newbold · incremental -0.851983 · Johnny Hector · incremental -1.041983 · Wes Howell · incremental -1.071984 · Bob Crable · incremental +0.031984 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.141984 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.171984 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.261984 · John Woodring · incremental +0.291984 · Darrol Ray · incremental +0.461984 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.511984 · Harry Hamilton · incremental -0.081984 · Lam Jones · incremental -0.171984 · George Floyd · incremental -0.441984 · Tony Paige · incremental -0.481984 · Russell Carter · incremental -0.541984 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.591984 · Freeman McNeil · incremental -0.611984 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental -0.731984 · Tron Armstrong · incremental -0.971984 · Bobby Bell · incremental -1.021984 · Ron Faurot · incremental -1.251984 · Glenn Dennison · incremental -1.281984 · Kyle Clifton · incremental -1.701984 · Jim Sweeney · incremental -6.011985 · John Woodring · incremental +0.021985 · Bob Crable · incremental +0.051985 · Harry Hamilton · incremental +0.121985 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.141985 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.191985 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.221985 · Al Toon · incremental +0.361985 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.551985 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +1.341985 · Lance Mehl · incremental +1.621985 · Troy Benson · incremental -0.031985 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental -0.191985 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental -0.231985 · Russell Carter · incremental -0.251985 · Lester Lyles · incremental -0.261985 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.441985 · Tony Paige · incremental -0.471985 · Rich Miano · incremental -0.481985 · Ron Faurot · incremental -0.491985 · Freeman McNeil · incremental -0.561985 · Tony Smith · incremental -0.841985 · Brian Luft · incremental -0.851985 · Jeff Deaton · incremental -1.051985 · Doug Allen · incremental -1.181985 · Donnie Elder · incremental -2.421986 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental +0.041986 · Harry Hamilton · incremental +0.121986 · Bob Crable · incremental +0.131986 · Ben Rudolph · incremental +0.141986 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.151986 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.211986 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.221986 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.251986 · Troy Benson · incremental +0.251986 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.511986 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.591986 · Al Toon · incremental +3.371986 · Rich Miano · incremental -0.111986 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental -0.121986 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.301986 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.321986 · Russell Carter · incremental -0.361986 · Tony Paige · incremental -0.471986 · Bob White · incremental -0.791986 · Lester Lyles · incremental -0.791986 · Ron Hadley · incremental -1.071986 · Rogers Alexander · incremental -1.271986 · Tim Crawford · incremental -1.571986 · Doug Williams · incremental -2.081987 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental +0.061987 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental +0.061987 · Lance Mehl · incremental +0.081987 · Bob Crable · incremental +0.091987 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.101987 · Harry Hamilton · incremental +0.131987 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.141987 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.161987 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.311987 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.471987 · Troy Benson · incremental +0.531987 · Al Toon · incremental +1.351987 · Gerald Nichols · incremental -0.011987 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.011987 · Roger Vick · incremental -0.101987 · Lester Lyles · incremental -0.121987 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.231987 · Russell Carter · incremental -0.231987 · Tracy Martin · incremental -0.291987 · Alex Gordon · incremental -0.341987 · Rich Miano · incremental -0.371987 · Onzy Elam · incremental -1.131987 · Kirby Jackson · incremental -1.321988 · Roger Vick · incremental +0.011988 · Marion Barber Jr. · incremental +0.021988 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental +0.101988 · Gerald Nichols · incremental +0.131988 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211988 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.221988 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.231988 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.481988 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.491988 · Troy Benson · incremental +0.761988 · Al Toon · incremental +1.441988 · Erik McMillan · incremental +1.691988 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.081988 · Alex Gordon · incremental -0.121988 · Paul Frase · incremental -0.151988 · Onzy Elam · incremental -0.241988 · Mike Withycombe · incremental -0.401988 · Dave Cadigan · incremental -0.471988 · Rich Miano · incremental -0.491988 · Gary Patton · incremental -0.491988 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.591988 · Terry Williams · incremental -1.501988 · James Hasty · incremental -1.541989 · Dave Cadigan · incremental +0.001989 · Roger Vick · incremental +0.021989 · Paul Frase · incremental +0.061989 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.081989 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.111989 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141989 · Gerald Nichols · incremental +0.181989 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211989 · Al Toon · incremental +0.291989 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.431989 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.481989 · Troy Benson · incremental +0.681989 · Erik McMillan · incremental +1.811989 · Rich Miano · incremental -0.071989 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.091989 · Alex Gordon · incremental -0.131989 · Terry Williams · incremental -0.151989 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental -0.291989 · Mike Withycombe · incremental -0.351989 · Reggie McElroy · incremental -0.471990 · Jo-Jo Townsell · incremental +0.041990 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141990 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.151990 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.161990 · Gerald Nichols · incremental +0.171990 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211990 · Al Toon · incremental +0.421990 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.511990 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.581990 · Erik McMillan · incremental +0.681990 · Dave Cadigan · incremental -0.041990 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.111991 · Paul Frase · incremental +0.081991 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.111991 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141991 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.151991 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211991 · Erik McMillan · incremental +0.451991 · Al Toon · incremental +0.501991 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.531991 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +1.271991 · Mike Haight · incremental -0.051991 · Dave Cadigan · incremental -0.061992 · Johnny Hector · incremental +0.031992 · Paul Frase · incremental +0.051992 · Freeman McNeil · incremental +0.091992 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141992 · Ken O'Brien · incremental +0.171992 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211992 · Al Toon · incremental +0.211992 · Erik McMillan · incremental +0.261992 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.541992 · Dave Cadigan · incremental -0.061993 · Paul Frase · incremental +0.071993 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141993 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211993 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.541993 · Dave Cadigan · incremental -0.111994 · Paul Frase · incremental +0.081994 · James Hasty · incremental +0.141994 · Jim Sweeney · incremental +0.211994 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.301995 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.201996 · Kyle Clifton · incremental +0.20Clayton -2.2Keys -2.9McNeil -2.3Jerue -3.0McElroy -4.5Townsell -0.3Clifton -1.7Sweeney -6.0Townsell -0.2Elder -2.4Townsell +0.0Toon +3.4Williams -2.1Townsell +0.1Townsell +0.1McMillan +1.7McMillan +1.8Townsell -0.3Townsell +0.0198010 players198111 players198216 players198320 players198421 players198525 players198624 players198723 players198823 players198920 players199012 players199111 players199210 players19935 players19944 players19951 player19961 player
Above expectationBelow expectationJo-Jo TownsellGM total -20.5Jo-Jo Townsell by season -0.5

How much retained production did Jo-Jo Townsell return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: WRs drafted within ±5 picks of Jo-Jo Townsell since 2010 (27 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5+1+1.5Model value above slot76. AllenKeenan Allen · model value +1.676. McLaurinTerry McLaurin · model value +1.379. DownsJosh Downs · model value +0.874. WilliamsTerrance Williams · model value +0.781. GallupMichael Gallup · model value +0.577. PalmerJosh Palmer · model value +0.377. WilliamsDamian Williams · model value +0.278. PettisAustin Pettis · model value +0.179. HankersonLeonard Hankerson · model value +0.179. WheatonMarkus Wheaton · model value +0.174. BryantPat Bryant · model value -0.178. LaFellBrandon LaFell · model value -0.179. NoelJaylin Noel · model value -0.180. BurtonJermaine Burton · model value -0.183. JerniganJerrel Jernigan · model value -0.182. BrownVincent Brown · model value -0.281. EdwardsBryan Edwards · model value -0.378. TownsellJo-Jo Townsell · model value -0.4-0.479. StewartArDarius Stewart · model value -0.483. SanuMohamed Sanu · model value -0.482. HendersonCarlos Henderson · model value -0.482. SandersEmmanuel Sanders · model value -0.574. TillmanCedric Tillman · model value -0.580. Jr.Lynn Bowden Jr. · model value -0.573. HyattJalin Hyatt · model value -0.682. BrownDyami Brown · model value -0.676. ConleyChris Conley · model value -0.978. GoodwinMarquise Goodwin · model value -1.2
Jo-Jo TownsellSlot-similar peers (27)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'84'86'88'90037101301Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (8 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1983000
1984000
1985NYJ1662
1986NYJ1411
1987NYJ1201
1988NYJ1601
1989NYJ1665
1990NYJ901

How to read this