Chris Jones

Player

Popular As Chris Jones (defensive tackle, born 1994)

Birthday July 3, 1994

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Houston, Mississippi, U.S.

Age 29 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.98 m

Weight 141 kg

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1948

He was ranked the eighth-best defensive tackle and the 48th-best prospect by NFLDraftScout.com.

Jones was invited to the NFL Combine and completed the entire workout and all the positional drills.

While running the 40-yard dash, Jones had a wardrobe malfunction that exposed his genitalia before falling to the ground to fix the issue.

This went viral on social media.

He attended Mississippi State's Pro Day, but decided he was satisfied with his combine performance and only performed positional drills.

1992

Jones broke the NFL record held previously by Simon Fletcher who recorded a sack from Week 11 of 1992 to Week 3 of the 1993 season.

Jones was named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for November.

1994

Christopher Deshun Jones (born July 3, 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

2013

Jones played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs from 2013 to 2015.

As a true freshman in 2013, he appeared in all 13 games and made three starts.

He had 32 tackles and three sacks.

As a sophomore, he appeared in all 13 games and had 26 tackles and three sacks.

As a junior, he started all 13 games, recording 44 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

2016

He played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, and was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft.

Jones is a three-time Super Bowl champion, a five-time All-Pro member, and has been named a Pro Bowler on five occasions.

Jones attended Houston High School in Houston, Mississippi, where he played high school football for the Hilltoppers.

Jones was considered a five-star recruit and was ranked among the top players in his class.

He committed to Mississippi State University to play college football.

Following the conclusion of his junior year, Jones made the decision to forgo his senior year and enter the 2016 NFL draft.

Coming out of college, Jones was projected by analysts and scouts to be drafted in the second round.

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Jones in the second round with the 37th overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft.

Jones was the fifth defensive tackle drafted in 2016.

On May 8, 2016, the Chiefs signed Jones to a four-year, $6.23 million contract with $3.44 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.73 million.

He entered training camp competing with Jaye Howard, Allen Bailey, Nick Williams, and Jimmy Staten to be the starting defensive end.

Jones was named the backup left defensive end, behind Jaye Howard, to begin the regular season.

Jones made his professional regular season debut in the Chiefs' season-opening 33–27 victory over the San Diego Chargers.

The following week, he recorded his first tackle and finished with two solo tackles in a 19–12 loss to the Houston Texans.

On October 18, 2016, he was named the starting right defensive end after Allen Bailey was placed on injured-reserve with a shoulder injury.

On October 23, 2016, Jones earned his first career start and recorded two solo tackles in a 27–21 win against the New Orleans Saints.

The next game, he made a solo tackle and his first career sack on Andrew Luck in a 30–14 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

In a Week 10 matchup with the Carolina Panthers, Jones made three solo tackles and sacked Cam Newton in a 20–17 win.

On December 8, 2016, he recorded a season-high five combined tackles in a 21–13 win against the Oakland Raiders.

2017

On January 1, 2017, Jones recorded a season-high four solo tackles in a 37–27 win against the San Diego Chargers.

He finished his rookie season with 28 combined tackles, two sacks, and four pass deflections in 16 games and 11 starts.

He was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team.

On September 17, 2017, in Week 2, Jones recorded three sacks, two forced fumbles, and an interception in a 27–20 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, earning him AFC Defensive Player of the Week.

Overall, he finished the 2017 season with 6.5 sacks, 32 total tackles, one interception, seven passes defensed, and four forced fumbles with five starts and 16 appearances.

During Week 5 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jones returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown in the 30–14 victory.

Later in the same game, he was ejected for punching Andrew Norwell in his right thigh after an extra point attempt.

Jones has recorded a sack in all games from Week 5 to Week 16, setting an NFL record of 11 consecutive games with a sack.