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Abry Jones
American football player (born 1991)
Abry Jones (born September 8, 1991) is a former American football nose tackle. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars after the 2013 NFL Draft.[1] He played college football at Georgia.
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| Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | (1991-09-08) September 8, 1991 (age 32) Warner Robins, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 318 lb (144 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Northside (Warner Robins, Georgia) | ||||||||
| College: | Georgia | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2013 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 3+3⁄8 in (1.91 m) |
313 lb (142 kg) |
35 in (0.89 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 5.15 s | 1.82 s | 3.00 s | 4.94 s | 7.83 s | 26.5 in (0.67 m) | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) | 30 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[2] | ||||||||||||
Jacksonville Jaguars
Following the 2013 NFL Draft, Jones was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent. He made the team's 53-man roster on August 30, 2013. Jones made his NFL debut on October 6, 2013, against the St. Louis Rams.[3] On October 20, 2013, Jones made his first career tackle against the San Diego Chargers.[4] On December 22, 2013, Jones recorded his first career sack and a season high four tackles against the Tennessee Titans.[5]
On October 5, 2014, Jones recorded a career-high two sacks including his first career forced fumble against the Pittsburgh Steelers.[6][7] On December 18, 2014, Jones made his first career start and recorded a career high five tackles against the Tennessee Titans.[8] In the 2014 season at the time, Jones recorded a career-best 39 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, and one forced fumble.[9]
On October 4, 2015, Jones recorded his first career fumble recovery against the Indianapolis Colts.[10] On January 1, 2016, Jones was placed on injured reserve.[11]
On February 15, 2017, Jones signed a four-year, $16 million contract extension with the Jaguars.[12][13] On September 10, 2017, in the season opener against the Houston Texans, Jones's teammate Yannick Ngakoue forced a fumble off of quarterback Tom Savage. The fumble was recovered by Jones and set the Jaguars' offense up for a touchdown scoring drive.[14]
On October 22, 2020, Jones was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury.[15] He was designated to return from injured reserve on November 25, and began practicing with the team again,[16] but the team did not activate him before his practice period expired on December 16.[17]
Tennessee Titans
On June 3, 2021, Jones signed with the Tennessee Titans.[18] He announced his retirement from the NFL on July 24, 2021.[19]
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2013 | JAX | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | JAX | 16 | 2 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | JAX | 15 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | JAX | 15 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | JAX | 15 | 15 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | JAX | 15 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | JAX | 16 | 15 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | JAX | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | 52 | 196 | 129 | 67 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Playoffs
- Jags unveil 22 undrafted free agents, April 28, 2013
- "Abry Jones, Georgia, DT, 2013 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football". draftscout.com. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- "Jacksonville Jaguars: Abry Jones". www.jaguars.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- "Chargers vs. Jaguars - Box Score - October 20, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- "Titans vs. Jaguars - Box Score - December 22, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- "Steelers vs. Jaguars - Play-By-Play - October 5, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- "Steelers vs. Jaguars - Box Score - October 5, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- "Titans vs. Jaguars - Box Score - December 18, 2014 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- "Abry Jones: Career Stats at NFL.com". www.nfl.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- "Jaguars vs. Colts - Box Score - October 4, 2015 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- "Jaguars place Abry Jones on IR, sign Richard Ash from PS". FCN First For You. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- Bergman, Jeremy (February 14, 2017). "Jaguars sign DT Abry Jones to four-year, $16M deal". NFL.com.
- "Jaguars re-sign Abry Jones". Jaguars.com. February 15, 2017.
- "Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans - September 10th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- "Jaguars Make Roster Moves". Jaguars.com. October 22, 2020.
- "Jaguars' Abry Jones: Receives return designation". CBSSports.com. November 25, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- "Jaguars' Abry Jones: Shut down for season". CBSSports.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- Wyatt, Jim (June 3, 2021). "Titans Add Veteran D-Linemen Trevon Coley and Abry Jones While Waiving Two Others". TennesseeTitans.com.
- "Former Jaguars NT Abry Jones Retires". SI.com. July 24, 2021.