Jim Hudson - #44 - S - Texas - Profile

PRO: One of the best safeties in the game ... has always graded out at or near the top of the Jets defenders ... suffered two serious injuries last year and forced out of the last seven games ... missed 11 of the 15 altogether ... tore ligaments in his left knee in the third game against San Diego and was on the move list for three games ... recovered quickly, though, to play in the seventh game against Boston, only to be sidelined for the year with torn ligaments in his right knee ... underwent an opera- tion on Oct. 26 and was placed on reserve ... fiery competitor who is perhaps the best tackler the Jets have had in the backfield ... has 14career intercep- tions, two of them last year ... Jets missed his "holler" type leadership in the defense and look forward to its return this year ... has always been plagued with injuries ... illness slowed his prog- ress as a rookie ... ruptured a tendon in his hip against Oakland in 1967... then, bitten by a black widow spider, early in 1968... good size and speed ... signed as a free agent.

PERSONAL: Married ... wife: Wendy ... son, Treg, age 3... in the real estate business in Texas ... also a partner in a Broadway Joe's franchise ... likes to play golf and hunt ... makes home in Aus- tin, Tex....

Hometown: LaFeria, Tex.

From 1970 Jets yearbook.