Chris Jones (cornerback)
Chris Jones (born August 13, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Nebraska.
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Jacksonville, Florida | August 13, 1995||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Sandalwood (Jacksonville, Florida) | ||||||||||||
College: | Nebraska | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2019 | |||||||||||||
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College career
Jones started 26 games for the Cornhuskers over the course of Three seasons. As a junior, he had three interceptions, 10 pass breakups and 37 tackles, including three for loss and one sack and was named All-Big Ten honorable mention. Jones missed the first half of his senior season due to a knee injury.[1]
Professional career
Detroit Lions
Jones signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2018.[2] Jones failed to make the Lions' 53-man roster at the end of training camp and was waived by the team on September 1, 2018.[3]
Arizona Cardinals
On September 3, 2018, Jones was signed to the Arizona Cardinals practice squad.[4] Jones was promoted to the Cardinals active roster on November 20, 2018.[5] Jones made his NFL debut on November 25, 2018 against the Los Angeles Chargers.[6] He was waived on November 27, 2018 and re-signed to the team's practice squad two days later.[7][8] He was promoted to the active roster on December 18, 2018.[9]
Jones made his first career start on September 22, 2019 against the Carolina Panthers.[10] Jones was waived by the Cardinals on October 9, 2019 and re-signed to the practice squad.[11] On November 8, 2019, Jones was promoted to the active roster.[12]
References
- "Arizona Cardinals promote former Husker Chris Jones to active roster". Omaha.com. Omaha World-Herald. November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- Meinke, Kyle (April 28, 2018). "UDFA tracker: Lions sign wave of defensive backs after draft". MLive.com. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- Reisman, Jeremy; Platt, Kent Lee (September 1, 2018). "NFL roster cuts: Detroit Lions waive cornerback Chris Jones". PrideOfDetroit.com. SB Nation. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- Fitzgerald, Katherine (September 3, 2018). "With roster set, Cardinals begin preparing for season opener against Washington". The Arizona Republic. USA Today Network. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- Williams, Charean (November 20, 2018). "Cardinals sign David Amerson, promote Chris Jones, Jalen Tolliver". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- Horn, Christian (November 25, 2018). "Former Huskers making big contributions in NFL this season". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- Odegard, Kyle (November 27, 2018). "Cardinals Sign Cornerbacks Dontae Johnson and Quinten Rollins". AZCardinals.com.
- Urban, Darren (November 29, 2018). "Cardinals Bring Back Offensive Lineman Will Holden". AZCardinals.com. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
- Urban, Darren (December 18, 2018). "Cardinals Make More Moves At Cornerback". AZCardinals.com.
- "Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals - September 22nd, 2019-Snap counts". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- Williams, Charean (October 9, 2019). "Cardinals cut cornerback Chris Jones". Profootballtalk.com.
- Urban, Darren (November 8, 2019). "Cardinals Put Brooks Reed On IR, Promote Two From Practice Squad". azcardinals.com.