Franco Harris Football League
10-18-2122
#60|Jeff Backus Tackle
Retired (2001, Age 34)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating B-  Help Conditioning 95%
Status Deceased (09-20-2030) Potential B-
Age at Death 63 Born 02-11-1968 in Bloomfield, MI
Drafted Round 1, Pick 29 (1989) Experience 12 Years (223 Wks)
College Maryland College, 1990 Salary 845 ($2300.126M/2122 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power D- Catching C- Pass Cover F  Kick Power D+
Throw Acc C  Pass Blocking B+ Run Cover C- Kick Acc D 
Carrying C  Run Blocking B- Tackling D- Kick Return C-
        Pursuit C-    
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed C  Stamina C+ Execution C+ Agility B-
Strength B  Health D  Aggressiveness C  Hands C+
Jumping D      Attitude B  Break Tackle C 
ROLES
QB D+ C C  DT C- SS D+ K F  GUN C-
WR D+ G C+ DE C- FS D+ P D- KR C-
HB/TB C- T B- ILB C- CB D+ LS C  KRB C 
FB C  TE C+ OLB D+ H D+ HT C  KOS D-
Year Team ACT G GS COND INJ PEN PYDS TIME
1989 STL 16 16 16 94% 0 8 55 477:21
1990 STL 16 16 16 94% 0 16 96 472:58
1991 STL 16 16 16 94% 0 10 54 492:09
1992 STL 14 14 14 93% 0 8 50 384:26
1993 STL 16 16 16 93% 0 7 45 488:19
1994 STL 16 16 16 93% 0 5 40 479:14
1995 STL 16 16 16 94% 0 7 40 476:17
1996 STL 16 16 16 95% 0 7 55 486:13
1997 STL 16 16 16 95% 0 5 44 458:42
1998 HOU 16 16 16 95% 0 6 35 480:46
1999 HOU 16 16 1 95% 0 2 15 252:34
2000 HOU 16 15 11 94% 1 3 25 302:39
Total   190 189 170 94% 1 84 554 5251:38

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-2002Jeff Backus has retired from football.
04-29-2001The Houston Raptors have waived Jeff Backus.
11-19-2000Jeff Backus of the Houston Raptors is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 10 days.
08-25-1997The St. Louis Lions have moved Ken Hardy, Nick Fairley, Roy Williams, Jeff Hartings, Jeff Backus, Cory Redding, and Leroy Jenkins to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Alex Carter, Kalimba Edwards, Larry Lee, Ronnell Lewis, T.J. Jones, Chuck Richardson, and Alfonso Boone to the inactive roster.
08-10-1997The St. Louis Lions have moved Steve Baack, Titus Young, Luke Gamble, Chuck Richardson, Artose Pinner, Landon Cohen, David Sloan, Larry Lee, and Chris Spielman to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Roy Williams, Jeff Hartings, Cory Redding, Ken Hardy, Laken Tomlinson, Nick Fairley, Chris Claiborne, and Leroy Jenkins to the inactive roster.
08-26-1996The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Brandon Pettigrew to the inactive roster.
08-05-1996The St. Louis Lions have moved Boss Bailey, James Ihedigbo, Chuck Richardson, Big Johnson, Rodney Peete, Tony Ramirez, Ryan McNeil, Landon Cohen, and Jerry Ball to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Roy Williams, Cory Redding, Ken Hardy, Laken Tomlinson, Nick Fairley, Dre Bly, Kelly Butler, Sammie Hill, and Scott Mitchell to the inactive roster.
08-28-1995The St. Louis Lions have moved Roy Williams, Jeff Backus, Scott Mitchell, Cory Redding, Ken Hardy, Nick Fairley, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Chuck Richardson, Jonathan Scott, Rodney Peete, Ronald Cherry, James Ihedigbo, Landon Cohen, and Kevin Waldroup to the inactive roster.
08-07-1995The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Chuck Long, James Ihedigbo, Jonathan Scott, Kevin Smith, Manny Ramirez, Brandon Pettigrew, Van Malone, Chris Claiborne, Landon Cohen, Kelly Butler, and Kevin Waldroup to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Roy Williams, Sedrick Irvin, Stockar McDougle, Cory Redding, Ken Hardy, Golden Tate, Laken Tomlinson, Nick Fairley, Fred Moroski, Scott Mitchell, and Reuben Droughns to the inactive roster.
09-04-1994The St. Louis Lions have moved Dre Bly, Roy Williams, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Scott Mitchell, Ken Hardy, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Mike Machurek, Brandon Pettigrew, Tom Turnure, Haloti Ngata, Ronald Cherry, James Ihedigbo, and Quinton Reese to the inactive roster.
08-08-1994The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Lomas Brown, Sammie Hill, Brandon Pettigrew, Rodney Peete, Tom Turnure, Bobby Watkins, Garland Rivers, Michael Cofer, Oscar Smith, and Quinton Reese to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Frank Hettema, Cliff Avril, Dre Bly, Roy Williams, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Brad Ford, Scott Mitchell, Ken Hardy, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the inactive roster.
08-29-1993The St. Louis Lions have moved Chris Claiborne, Reuben Droughns, Roy Williams, Laken Tomlinson, Dre Bly, Scott Mitchell, Jeff Backus, and Cory Redding to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Ronnell Lewis, Scott Conover, Quinton Reese, Sammie Hill, Brandon Pettigrew, Mike Machurek, and Tom Turnure to the inactive roster.
12-21-1992The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades and Eric Ebron to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus and Ronnell Lewis to the inactive roster.
12-20-1992Jeff Backus of the St. Louis Lions is injured with a moderate concussion and is expected to be out for approximately 16 days.
08-31-1992The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Jim McNorton, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Gabe Wright, Mike Machurek, Tom Turnure, James Davis, Ronald Cherry, Eric Ebron, and Jamaal Alexander to the inactive roster.
08-10-1992The St. Louis Lions have moved Ronald Cherry, Tim Toone, Jamaal Alexander, Kevin Hancock, Ken Hardy, Tom Turnure, Eric Ebron, T.J. Jones, Mike Fuller, Kelly Butler, Sammie Hill, and Shaun Cody to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Carl Treu, Shaun Rogers, Glover Quin, Laken Tomlinson, Bennie Blades, Chris Claiborne, Dre Bly, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, and Reuben Droughns to the inactive roster.
09-01-1991The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Devon Taylor, Shaun Rogers, James Davis, Eric Ebron, Jamaal Alexander, Lewis Zimmerman, and Jerry Stehouwer to the inactive roster.
08-11-1991The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Gabe Wright, Mike Machurek, Devon Taylor, Shaun Rogers, Frank Billingsley, Rashean Mathis, Eric Ebron, Jamaal Alexander, and Jerry Stehouwer to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Shane Helmsley, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Reuben Droughns, and Laken Tomlinson to the inactive roster.
09-02-1990The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, and Golden Tate to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Dave Compton, Scott Conover, Devon Taylor, Alfonso Boone, Rashean Mathis, Jamaal Alexander, and George Smith to the inactive roster.
08-12-1990The St. Louis Lions have moved George Smith, Kalimba Edwards, Gerald Alexander, Rashean Mathis, Dave Compton, Scott Conover, Tim Toone, Brian Calhoun, and Jerry Stehouwer to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Golden Tate, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Spain Laughlin, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Scott Mitchell, and Theo Riddick to the inactive roster.
08-20-1989The St. Louis Lions have changed Dave Campbell's name to Jeff Backus.
08-14-1989The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Stan Baska, Bruce Molesworth, Bubba Dodd, James James, Dave Campbell, Jim Hogue, Ladrian Waddle, Elvis Bowling, Jeff Lamana, and Lindsay Graves to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Darius Slay, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Carl Treu, David Sloan, Ryan Broyles, and Laken Tomlinson to the inactive roster.
09-07-1987Dave Campbell has been moved from RB to T by the Maryland College Turtles.