Datone Jones

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Datone Jones
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Datone Jones, Green Bay Packers
No. 95 Green Bay Packers
Position: Outside Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1990-07-24) July 24, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California
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Career information
High school: Compton (CA)
College: UCLA
NFL draft: 2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Pac-12 (2012)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015
Tackles: 58
Quarterback sacks: 8.0
Interceptions: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Datone Wayne Jones (born July 24, 1990) is an American football player for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Packers in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA. Jones will now play a hybrid role for the Packers as both an outside linebacker and defensive end.

Early years

Jones was born in Los Angeles, California.[1] He attended Compton High School in Compton, California, where he played for the Compton Tarbabes high school football team. As a junior, he had 60 tackles and four sacks.[1] As a senior, Jones had 91 tackles, seven sacks, two fumble recoveries, nine hurries and three pass deflections. Jones was named second-team all-state by Cal-Hi sports.[2] Additionally, he was also the Moore League co-defensive player of the year.[1]

In addition to football, Jones also lettered in basketball, baseball and track & field, where he competed in sprints, posting personal-best times of 12.97 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 25.45 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 56.69 seconds in the 400-meter dash.

College career

Recruiting

Jones was highly recruited coming out of high school and was given a four-star prospect ranking by both Rivals.com and Scout.com.[3][4] He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.8 seconds.[3] Scouts said that he had good explosion, pass rushing skills, and quickness off the ball, but also expressed concern about his techniques and moves.[4] "I go low, fast and hard. That's my strength," Jones said. "Every coach I talk with says how much they love how I fly around sideline-to-sideline and hit. I think quarterbacks are afraid of me and I'm really hard to block because I have such a fast get off."[4] He had a 3.0 GPA and an 810 SAT score which he planned to retake. He received scholarship offers from UCLA, Arizona State, Colorado, Notre Dame, Oregon, Arizona, Nebraska, and USC.[3]

UCLA

Jones ultimately decided to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, and play for the UCLA Bruins football team. In his first year with the team, he played in ten games with two starts.[1] His first start came against California, where he had six tackles (4 solo).[1] He finished the year with 15 tackles and was named to the rivals.com All-Pac-10 Freshman team.[5]

Going into his second year with the Bruins, Jones started all 13 games that season.[1] During the season opener against San Diego State, Jones defended two passes, a career high.[1] Later on against Stanford, he had three tackles and sacked quarterback Andrew Luck, forcing a fumble which he recovered.[6] He finished the season with four sacks, and 11 tackles for a loss which earned him Sophomore All-America honorable mention honors from college football news.[7]

In 2010, Jones missed the entire season due to fracturing his right foot in Fall Camp.[6] Returning from the injury the next season, he again started every game for the team and was named to the Hendricks Award watch list, given annually to the best defensive linemen in college football.[8] During the game against California, he had a career-best two sacks.[6] At the end of the year he led the Bruins in tackles with 41.[6]

In his final year with the team, he continued to be the starter and was named to the Chuck Bednarik award watch list, given annually to the best defensive player in college football.[9] During a game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Jones had a career best 3 tackles for loss and also was given credit for forcing a safety.[1][6] Later in the season against Houston, He matched his career-high with three tackles for a loss and also caught a seven-yard touchdown pass. Later on against Rice, Jones had six tackles and matched his career high with two sacks.[6] When the Bruins faced California, Jones had five tackles (four solo),a sack and blocked an extra point.[6] At the end of the year, Jones was selected to be a second-team all-conference by the league coaches. He finished with 148 tackles (90 solo), 36.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, five passes defensed, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.[6] He was also selected to play in the all-star Senior Bowl.

Professional career

Scouting

Jones was projected to be a late first, early second round pick in the NFL Draft.[10] Scouts commented that he was a well built athlete that had a good initial explosion off the ball and used his hands well. However, he was also described as a tweener who lacks the sustained speed and flexibility to be a 4-3 defensive end who also tired quickly.[10]

Measurables

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 4 in 283 lb 32 3/4 in 4.80 s 1.61 s 2.72 s 4.32 s 7.32 s 31.50 in 09 ft 04 in 29 reps
All results from NFL Combine [11]

Green Bay Packers

Jones lined up on defense for the Packers

Jones was drafted with the 26th pick of the first round (26th overall) by the Green Bay Packers.[6] He was the first UCLA defensive lineman taken in the first round since 1979 when Manu Tuiasosopo was drafted 18th overall by the Seattle Seahawks.[6]

Career statistics

Source:[12]

Regular season

Season Team Games Tackles
GP GS Total Solo Ast Sck Int
2013 Green Bay Packers 16 0 10 8 3 3.5 0
2014 Green Bay Packers 13 3 27 19 8 1.5 1
2015 Green Bay Packers 15 0 20 14 6 3.0 0
Total 44 3 58 41 17 8.0 1

Postseason

Season Team Games Tackles
GP GS Total Solo Ast Sck Int
2013 Green Bay Packers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Green Bay Packers 2 0 4 1 3 .5 0
2015 Green Bay Packers 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
Total 5 0 6 3 3 .5 0

References

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