Charles Jones (tight end)
Charles Jones (born August 5, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane.
| No. 88 – Pittsburgh Steelers | |||
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| Position: | Tight end | ||
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| Born: | August 5, 1996 New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | St. Augustine (New Orleans, LA) | ||
| College: | Tulane | ||
| Undrafted: | 2019 | ||
| Career history | |||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
| Roster status: | Reserve/Future | ||
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Early years
Jones attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. In high school, he was teammates with Leonard Fournette.[1]
College career
Jones played college football at Tulane. During his time for the Green Wave, he appeared in 40 games with 22 starts, and totaled 40 receptions for 268 yards and five touchdowns.[2]
Professional career
Jacksonville Jaguars
After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft, Jones was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars.[3] He was waived on August 31, 2019, and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on November 18, 2019.[4]
Jones was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Jaguars on July 30, 2020.[5] He was activated from the list on the morning of August 2, 2020,[6] but was re-added to the list later that day.[7] He was activated from the list again on August 7.[8] He was waived/injured on August 22, 2020,[9] and subsequently reverted to the team's injured reserve list the next day.[10] He was waived from injured reserve with an injury settlement on September 1, 2020.[11]
Buffalo Bills
On October 28, 2020, Jones was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad,[12] but was released three days later.[13]
Pittsburgh Steelers
On November 17, 2020, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Jones to their practice squad.[14] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 21, 2021.[15]
References
- Reid, John. "Leonard Fournette rooting for childhood friend TE Charles Jones to make Jaguars' 53-man roster". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "Charles Jones". Jaguars.com. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "Jaguars sign former Tulane tight end Charles Jones". NOLA.com. Associated Press. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "Jaguars sign TE Nick O'Leary". Jaguars.com. November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Oehser, John (July 30, 2020). "Transactions: Two added, one removed from reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Oehser, John (August 2, 2020). "Transactions: Three removed from reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Oehser, John (August 2, 2020). "Transactions: Minshew, four others added to reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Oehser, John (August 7, 2020). "Transactions: Jones, Walker moved to active roster". Jaguars.com. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
- Johnson, James (August 22, 2020). "Jags sign TE Matt Flanagan, waive/injured TE Charles Jones". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- @AlbertBreer (August 23, 2020). "COVID-19 list update. John Ross comes off. No one goes on. Just 3 players left league-wide on the list. (Obviously, also, none of the false-positives from Saturday went on.)" (Tweet). Retrieved August 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- "Charles Jones: Waived from IR". CBSSports.com. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- "Bills sign tight end Charles Jones II to practice squad". The Buffalo News. October 28, 2020.
- "Bills activate CB Levi Wallace; elevate CB Dane Jackson". BuffaloBills.com. October 31, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- @Steelers (November 17, 2020). "We have added TE Charles Jones to the practice squad and released LB Ray Wilborn" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- Varley, Teresa (January 21, 2021). "Steelers sign four to Reserve/Future contracts". Steelers.com.