Cardale Jones

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Cardale Jones
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Jones in 2015
No. 7 Buffalo Bills
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-09-29) September 29, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio
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Career information
High school: Glenville (OH)
College: Ohio State
NFL draft: 2016 / Round: 4 / Pick: 139
Career history
Roster status: Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
  • Fiesta Bowl champion (2016)
  • Big Ten champion (2014)
  • Big Ten Championship Game MVP (2014)
  • Sugar Bowl champion (2015)
  • CFP national champion (2015)

Cardale Jones (/ˈkɑːrdeɪl ˈdʒoʊnz/; born September 29, 1992) is an American football player. A quarterback attending Ohio State University, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2016 NFL Draft. At the beginning of the 2014 season, Jones was listed as third on the Ohio State depth chart at quarterback. He ended up as the starter after injuries to Braxton Miller [1] in August and J. T. Barrett in November.[2] That year he was the starter for the Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Jones was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Early years

Jones attended Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he played football for Ted Ginn, Sr., leading the Tarblooders to the OHSAA D-I Championship game in 2009.[3] While at Glenville, Jones also lettered in basketball and track. Jones was ranked by Rivals.com as a three-star recruit.[4] He committed to Ohio State University in October 2011. In order to improve his academic standing, Jones attended Fork Union Military Academy for a semester prior to his enrollment at Ohio State University in January 2012.

College career

2014 season

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Jones at the 2014 Ohio State spring game.

After entering the 2014 season as a redshirt sophomore, third on the Buckeyes' depth chart, Jones made his first start of his college career in the Big Ten Championship Game in place of J. T. Barrett, who had been injured the prior week versus Michigan. Jones led the #6 (AP) ranked Buckeyes squad to a 59–0 victory over the #11 ranked Wisconsin Badgers, on the eve of the NCAA football committee's inaugural playoff selection.[5] Jones was named MVP of the game.

Cardale Jones made the second start of his college career, and the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide 42–35 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship against the Oregon Ducks. In the championship game he excelled once again and led the Buckeyes to a 42–20 victory over the Ducks. Jones recorded 280 all-purpose yards, scoring two touchdowns. He completed 16 of 23 attempted passes for 242 yards, with one touchdown and one interception and ran for another 38 yards and a touchdown.[6] The day after winning the National Championship, Jones discussed his future football career. In a news conference, Jones said that while he did not officially rule out declaring for the 2015 NFL Draft, he believes that he is "not ready for that level yet," partly because he has only started in 3 college football games.[7] Jones confirmed on January 15, 2015 that he would not declare for the 2015 NFL Draft, and would stay with Ohio State for at least another year, most probably until he graduated.[8]

Twitter controversy

While red-shirting as a freshman, Jones posted the following on his Twitter account: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS

— Cardale Jones, Twitter: October 5, 2012.[9][10][11][12][13]

The tweet received heavy criticism and Jones was suspended for one game.[14][15][16] The tweet was featured as an example of bad social media behavior in the "Best Practices on Social Media" section of a textbook for "The Ole Miss Experience," a freshman year class at the University of Mississippi.[17][18] In March 2014, Urban Meyer described Jones as a "different guy" who was "making progress in the classroom."[19] Later, Jones provided context for the tweet: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

I remember I was in class, and I think I got, like, a B on a [sociology] exam. It was just something so stupid; of course I didn't feel that way about academics, and I don't. Nobody in this program feels that way, we actually take that stuff very serious around here. It was just a dumbass thing to do. I definitely didn't think that would happen. It was just a stupid thing to do at that time. It was something where I just got pissed because I studied my ass off.

— Cardale Jones, December 2014.[20]

2015 season

After a competition with Barrett that lasted the entire offseason, Jones was named the Buckeyes' starting quarterback immediately before gametime in Ohio State's season opener at Virginia Tech. Both he and Barrett remained listed as co-starters on the depth chart headed into September 12 meeting with Hawaii.[21][22] After Ohio State's final home game he apparently announced his intention to enter the 2016 NFL Draft.[23]

College statistics

NCAA collegiate career statistics
Ohio State Buckeyes
Season Passing Rushing
Comp Att Yards Pct. TD Int QB Rating Att Yards Avg TD
2013 1 2 3 50.0 0 0 62.6 17 128 7.5 1
2014 56 92 860 60.9 7 2 160.2 72 296 4.1 1
2015 110 176 1,460 62.5 8 5 141.5 64 193 3.02 2
NCAA career totals 167 270 2,323 61.85 15 7 153 617 4.03 4

Professional career

2016 NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 5 in 253 lb ​33 3⁄4 in ​9 3⁄4 in 4.81 s 36 in
All values from NFL Combine,[24]

Buffalo Bills

Jones was drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft, with the 139th overall selection, by the Buffalo Bills.

References

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