Damon Jones (American football)
Appearance
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Position: | Tight end |
Personal information | |
Born: | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | September 18, 1974
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Evanston |
College: | Southern Illinois |
NFL draft: | 1997 / round: 5 / pick: 147 |
Career history | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Damon Jones (born September 18, 1974) is an American former professional football player who played tight end for five seasons for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1997 NFL draft.[1] Jones was the first tight end selected in the draft by the Jaguars. He attended Evanston Township High School, where he was a star tight end and defensive end, and also a basketball star. Jones is currently the lineman football coach at Jean Ribault High School.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "Damon Jones Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American football tight ends
- Michigan Wolverines football players
- Southern Illinois Salukis football players
- Jacksonville Jaguars draft picks
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
- Players of American football from Evanston, Illinois
- Evanston Township High School alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football tight end, 1970s birth stubs