Tony_Jones_(wide_receiver)

Tony Jones (wide receiver)

Tony Jones (wide receiver)

American football player (born 1965)


Anthony Bernard Jones (born December 30, 1965) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons with the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jones attended Grapeland High School, where he was a member of the 2A state champion basketball team in 1985.[1] He went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he was an All-American in track and lettered all three seasons that he played football.[2] At the 1987 Southwest Conference championships, Jones ran the 200 m in 20.28 seconds, a record that stood at the University of Texas for 32 years until it was broken in 2019 by Micaiah Harris, who ran a 20.21.[3]

Drafted by the Oilers in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL Draft, Jones was one of the smallest players in the league, weighing as little as 139 lb (63 kg) during his professional career.[4][5]


References

  1. 'The Leaguer, November 1985'. University Interscholastic League. p. 13.
  2. 'The Next Level / Tony Jones - 1981-1985'. Grapeland Independent School District.
  3. "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.



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