James Lofton James David Lofton ( born July 5 , 1956 ) is a former American football player and coach . He is a former American football coach for the San Diego Chargers but is best known for his years in the National Football League as a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers ( 1978 – 1986 ) , Los Angeles Raiders ( 1987 – 1988 ) , the Buffalo Bills ( 1989 – 1992 ) , Los Angeles Rams ( 1993 ) and Philadelphia Eagles ( 1993 ) . He was also the NCAA champion in the long jump in 1978 while attending Stanford University . He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame . High school career . Lofton prepped at George Washington High School in Los Angeles , California where he played quarterback and safety . College career . Lofton graduated from Stanford University . As a senior in 1977 , Lofton received 57 passes for 1 , 010 yards ( 17 . 72 yards per reception average ) with 14 touchdowns , and was an AP & NEA Second Team All - American selection . He was a member of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity . Track and field . Lofton won the long jump at the 1978 NCAA Track and Field Championships with a wind - aided jump of 26 feet 11¾ inches . He won the long jump at the 1974 CIF California State Meet with a jump of 24 feet 3½ inches after placing sixth in this meet the year before . He was also a sprinter of note , with a best of 20 . 5 in the 200 meter . He has been an active participant in Masters track and field since 1997 . Professional career . Lofton was drafted in the first round ( sixth overall ) of the 1978 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers . He was named to the NFL Pro Bowl eight times ( seven with the Packers , one with the Bills ) . He was also named to four All - Pro teams . He also played in three Super Bowl s during his career with the Bills . Lofton was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003 . In his 16 NFL seasons , Lofton caught 764 passes for 14 , 004 yards and 75 touchdowns . He averaged 20 yards per catch or more in five seasons , leading the league in 1983 and 1984 with an average of 22 . 4 and 22 yards respectively . He also rushed 32 times for 246 yards and one touchdown . Lofton is the first NFL player to record 14 , 000 yards receiving and the first to score a touchdown in the 1970s , 1980s , and 1990s . During his nine seasons in Green Bay , Lofton played in seven Pro Bowls and left as the team ' s all time leading receiver with 9 , 656 yards ( since broken by Donald Driver ) . In 1991 , Lofton became the oldest player to record 1 , 000 receiving yards in a season ( since broken by Jerry Rice ) . On October 21 , of that same year , Lofton became the oldest player to record 200 yards receiving as well as 200 yards from scrimmage in a game ( 35 years , 108 days ) . He is also the 2nd oldest player to have 200 + all purpose yards in a game behind Mel Gray , ( 35 years , 204 days ) Coaching career . Lofton became the wide receiver coach for the San Diego Chargers in 2002 and continued that role until he was fired on January 22 , 2008 . In 2006 , Lofton was one of two finalists for the Stanford head coaching job . That job went to Jim Harbaugh . Lofton was later announced as a candidate to become head coach for Oakland Raiders in 2007 but the job would later go to Lane Kiffin . In 2008 , the Raiders hired him as their wide receivers coach . On January 13 , 2009 , Lofton was let go by the Oakland Raiders and replaced by Sanjay Lal . Broadcasting career . Lofton served as a color analyst and sideline reporter for NFL coverage on Westwood One radio from 1999 - 2001 . In 2009 he re - joined the network to team with Dave Sims on " Sunday Night Football " broadcasts . Personal . Lofton and his wife , Beverly , have four children : David , Daniel , Darryl Benton , and Rachel . David is a football player who most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League . Rachel ' s team took sixth place in the third season of television ' s " Endurance Hawaii " . Daniel is also a football player who received a scholarship to University of California , Berkeley but then transferred to the University of Hawaii after his freshman year . In 2009 , Daniel transferred to Hardin Simmons University in Abilene , Texas where he will play football as a wide receiver and run track as a sprinter . Rachel will be attending UCLA in the Fall of 2009 . Lofton is also the godfather of former college teammate and NFL player Gordon Banks ' children . Lofton ' s cousin , Kevin Bass , was a Major League Baseball player . In October 1984 , a dancer at the Marquee Club in Milwaukee accused James Lofton and his Packers teammate Eddie Lee Ivery of sexual assault . Lofton and Ivery asserted that the acts were consensual . Neither player ended up being charged in the incident due to a lack of evidence . Two years later , Lofton was charged with second - degree sexual assault following an incident in the stairwell of a Green Bay nightclub . He was found not guilty of that charge .