Jon Staggers

Jon Staggers
No. 2, 22, 86
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1948-12-14) December 14, 1948 (age 75)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Helias Catholic (MO)
College:Missouri
NFL draft:1970 / round: 5 / pick: 105
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:93
Receiving yards:1,380
Touchdowns:7
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jonathan Leroy Staggers, Jr. (born December 14, 1948) is an American former professional football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was a star football player for Helias High School in Jefferson City, Missouri. He starred as a running back/wide receiver at the University of Missouri before playing six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, and Detroit Lions of the NFL. He is the first cousin of tennis great Arthur Ashe.[1][2][3] His father, Jonathan Staggers, was a basketball coach at Lincoln University Hayward State University and Claflin College[4]

  1. ^ Bill Beck, "Healthy Staggers Gives Mizzou New Dimension." St. Louis Post Dispatch 14 Nov. 1967: 30. Web.
  2. ^ Donovan, Dan (May 18, 1972). "Ashe Builds Strong Game on Tennis Court". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. ^ countrycal (July 8, 2013). "Mizzou's Greatest, #52: Mizzou vs. Alabama, The 1968 Gator Bowl Th". SB Nation. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Bob Priddy, "Heroes and bums". The Missourinet Blog, April 13, 2014. Available online: https://blog.missourinet.com/2014/04/13/heroes-and-bums/ . Downloaded August 21, 2020.