Sidney Jones (American football)

Sidney Jones IV (born May 21, 1996) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington.

Sidney Jones
Jones in 2019
No. 35 – Jacksonville Jaguars
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1996-05-21) May 21, 1996
Diamond Bar, California
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:West Covina
(West Covina, California)
College:Washington
NFL Draft:2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Total tackles:76
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:0
Pass deflections:19
Interceptions:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Jones attended West Covina High School in West Covina, California. He played wide receiver, running back, cornerback and free safety. He originally committed to the University of Utah to play college football, but later flipped his commitment to the University of Washington.[1]

College career

Jones started 12 of 13 games as a true freshman at Washington in 2014. He finished the year with 61 tackles, two interceptions and one sack.[2] As a sophomore in 2015, Jones started all 13 games and was named first team All-Pac-12 after recording 45 tackles, four interceptions and a touchdown.[3][4] On January 3, 2017 Jones announced his decision to forego his senior season and enter the NFL Draft.[5]

On March 21, 2017, Jones underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles, an injury he suffered during pro day.[6][7]

College statistics
Washington Huskies
YearGPTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
TotalSoloAstPDefIntYdsAvgLngTDsFFFR
2014 13614813722211.022011
2015 1345301514412531.369132
2016 143927129300.00020
Total401451054030914716.369163
Source: GoHuskies.com

Professional career

Coming out of college, Jones was projected as a first-round pick by scouts and analysts. Prior to the NFL Scouting Combine, he was ranked as the fifth-best cornerback in the draft by Pro Football Focus.[8] He attended the combine and decided to forgo performing the bench press. On March 11, 2017, Jones participated in Washington's pro day. In the final positional drill, he suffered an Achilles injury and had to be carted off the field. The injury caused his draft stock to plummet, going from a projected first-round pick to a second- or third-round pick by draft experts and analysts. After he was injured at Washington's Pro Day, he was ranked as the ninth-best cornerback option by Sports Illustrated, the 13th-best by ESPN, and the 13th-best cornerback by NFLDraftScout.com.[9][10][11]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 0 in
(1.83 m)		 186 lb
(84 kg)		 31 1⁄2 in
(0.80 m)		 9 3⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		 4.47 s 4.28 s 7.02 s 33.5 in
(0.85 m)		 10 ft 3 in
(3.12 m)
All values from NFL Combine[12]

2017

The Philadelphia Eagles selected Jones in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[13] He was the seventh cornerback selected in the draft. On May 11, 2017, he signed a four-year, $6.14 million contract with $3.34 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.60 million.[14] He was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list to start the season due to his Achilles injury.[15] On December 30, 2017, Jones was activated to the 53-man roster for the regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys.[16] Jones was inactive for the playoffs, and the Eagles won Super Bowl LII 41–33 against the New England Patriots.[17]

2018

In 2018, Jones began the season as the starting nickelback for the first six games of the season. He suffered a hamstring injury in a week 6 game against the New York Giants on October 11, and missed the next three games. He returned in a week 11 game against the New Orleans Saints as the starting left cornerback, but left the game after re-aggravating his hamstring injury. He missed week 12 with the injury, and returned again the next week against the Washington Redskins as the starting left cornerback. He started the following week against the Dallas Cowboys, but left the game due to another hamstring flare up.[18] He missed the final three regular season games and the two playoff games with his hamstring injury.

2019

In 2019, Jones started the season splitting time at cornerback with Rasul Douglas for the first three games of the season. In week 2 against the Atlanta Falcons, Jones recorded his first career interception off Matt Ryan in the 24-20 loss.[19] In week 4, Jones became a full-time starter alongside Douglas with Ronald Darby out with an injury, but suffered a hamstring injury early in the game.[20] He missed the next week with the injury, but returned for a week 5 game against the Minnesota Vikings on October 13.[21] Jones was healthy and active on the gameday roster in week 7, but did not play in the game. He was the main nickelback against the Buffalo Bills in week 8, but was a healthy inactive for week 9 with Avonte Maddox recovered from an injury.[22] In week 17 against the New York Giants, Jones intercepted a pass thrown by rookie quarterback Daniel Jones late in the fourth quarter to seal a 34–17 Eagles' win.[23]

On September 5, 2020, the Eagles waived Jones during final roster cuts after three seasons.[24]

Jacksonville Jaguars

On September 8, 2020, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Jones to their practice squad.[25] He was promoted to the active roster on September 14, 2020.[26]

In Week 5 against the Houston Texans, Jones recorded his first interception as a Jaguar off a pass thrown by Deshaun Watson during the 30–14 loss.[27] He was placed on injured reserve on December 26, 2020.

References
  1. "Sidney Jones, West Covina: Signed with the University of Washington".
  2. "Budda Baker, Sidney Jones just sophomores, but bring valuable experience to Huskies defense".
  3. "Strong work ethic, copious film study helped Sidney Jones develop into an All-Pac-12 cornerback".
  4. "Huskies' Sidney Jones is cornerback to be reckoned with". August 30, 2016.
  5. "Baker, Jones, Ross & Qualls Headed To NFL Draft".
  6. Parr, Dan. "Injured draft prospect Sidney Jones: Doctor said I'll play in 2017". NFL. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  7. Bergman, Jeremy. "Washington DB Sidney Jones on pace for September return". NFL. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  8. "Top 32 Prospects for the 2017 NFL Draft". profootballfocus.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  9. Chris Burke (April 24, 2017). "2017 NFL Draft: Top Positional rankings". si.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  10. "*Sidney Jones, DS #13 CB, Washington". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  11. Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  12. http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/sidney-jones?id=2557958
  13. Rosenthal, Gregg (April 28, 2017). "Eagles select CB Sidney Jones at No. 43 of draft". NFL.com.
  14. "Spotrac.com: Sidney Jones contract". spotrac.com. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  15. "Eagles Announce 16 Moves; Trim Roster To 70 Players". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. September 1, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018.
  16. Spadaro, Dave (December 30, 2017). "Hard Work Pays Off: Sidney Jones Is Active". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
  17. "Eagles dethrone Tom Brady, Patriots for first Super Bowl title in stunner". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  18. Berman, Zach (December 10, 2018). "Sidney Jones' recurring injury further clouds Eagles' messy cornerback situation". Inquirer.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  19. "Jones scores late TD, leads Falcons past Eagles 24-20". www.espn.com. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  20. Gallen, Daniel (September 26, 2019). "Philadelphia Eagles injury update: CB Sidney Jones ruled out at Packers with hamstring injury (updated)". PennLive.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  21. McLane, Jeff (October 13, 2019). "Eagles' Rasul Douglas, Sidney Jones roasted by Vikings' Stefon Diggs, Kirk Cousins". Inquirer.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  22. Rosenblatt, Zack (November 3, 2019). "Some thoughts on Eagles benching Sidney Jones (and why drafting him was still the right call)". NJ.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  23. "Injury-ravaged Eagles beat Giants 34-17 to win NFC East". www.espn.com. Associated Press. December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  24. McLane, Jeff. "Here is why Sidney Jones and Rasul Douglas got cut by the Eagles". Inquirer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  25. Gowton, Brandon Lee (September 6, 2020). "Sidney Jones joins the Jaguars' practice squad". Bleeding Green Nation. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  26. "Jaguars Make Roster Moves". Jaguars.com. September 14, 2020.
  27. "Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans - October 11th, 2020". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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