Justin Jones (American football)
| No. 93 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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| Born: | August 28, 1996 Bronx, New York | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 309 lb (140 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | South Cobb (Austell, Georgia) | ||||||||||
| College: | NC State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2018 / round: 3 / pick: 84 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2018 | |||||||||||
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Justin Jones (born August 28, 1996) is an American football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC State.
College career
Following his senior season, Jones was selected to play in the 2018 Senior Bowl.[1]
Professional career
On November 29, 2017, it was announced that Jones had accepted his invitation to play in the Senior Bowl.[2] He impressed scouts by showing his agility during Senior Bowl practices and added value to his draft stock.[3] On January 27, 2018, Jones played in the 2018 Reese's Senior Bowl and was part of Denver Broncos' head coach Vance Joseph's South team that lost 45–16 to the North team, coached by Houston Texans' head coach Bill O'Brien. Jones attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine and positional drills. On March 19, 2018, he participated at NC State's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills and the short shuttle. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Jones was projected to be a fifth or sixth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts.[4] He was ranked as the 14th best defensive tackle prospect in the draft by Scouts Inc. and was ranked the 20th best defensive tackle by DraftScout.com.[5]
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 NFL Draft Profile: Justin Jones | |
| Justin Jones' NFL Combine Workout |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
309 lb (140 kg) |
33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
5.09 s | 1.75 s | 2.96 s | 4.74 s | 7.82 s | 29 in (0.74 m) |
8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
24 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[6] | ||||||||||||
The Los Angeles Chargers selected Jones in the third round (84th overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft. Jones was the eighth defensive tackle drafted in 2018.[7]
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| Chargers draft Justin Jones 84th overall |
On May 13, 2018, the Los Angeles Chargers signed Jones to a four-year, $3.62 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $854,140.[8][9]
References
- ^ Friedlander, Brett (November 27, 2017). "NC State's Justin Jones selected to play in Senior Bowl". North State Journal.
- ^ Riccette, Bill (November 29, 2017). "NC State DT Justin Jones accepts Senior Bowl invite". pantherswire.usatoday.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Lacy, Daniel (January 26, 2018). "Senior Bowl 2018: Jaylen Samuels, BJ Hill, Justin Jones Shining". 247sports.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Justin Jones, DS #20 DT, North Carolina State". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "NFL Justin Jones-ESPN". insider.espn.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "NFL Draft Profile: Justin Jones". National Football League. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Henne, Ricky (April 27, 2018). "Bolts Add Beef Up Front; Select DT Justin Jones in Third Round". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018.
- ^ "Spotrac.com: Justin Jones contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ Henne, Ricky (May 12, 2018). "Chargers Sign DT Justin Jones". Chargers.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2018.