NFL Top Player -- Jacoby Jones

 
 
Jacoby Jones 
#12 WR
Baltimore Ravens
Height: 6-2   Weight: 215   Age: 29
Born: 7/11/1984 New Orleans , LA
College: Lane
Experience: 8th season
High School: Marion Abramson HS [New Orleans, LA]

Jacoby Rashi'd Jones (born July 11, 1984) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Lane College, and was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He was selected for the Pro Bowl in 2012. During Super Bowl XLVII, he recorded the longest play in the game's history, a 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Transactions

Jacoby Jones signed with the Ravens on 5/8/12...Originally drafted by the Texans in the third round (73rd overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft.

Honors

• Pro Bowler (2012)
• AFC Special Teams Player of the Month (November, 2012)
• AFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6, 2008; Week 8, 2008; Week 4, 2009; Week 6, 2012; Week 10, 2012)
• Associated Press first-team All-Pro (2012)
• PFW/PFWA first-team All-Pro (2012)
• Sports Illustrated (Peter King) All-Pro (2012)

Early years

Jones lived in New Orleans East.Jones attended St. Augustine High School and Marion Abramson High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a third-year student (junior) at St. Augustine he learned that the school considered him too small to play on the football team. Allen Woods, his godfather and the assistant principal of Abramson, advised him to transfer to that school.At Abramson, he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In basketball, he was an All-Metropolitan selection and an All-Area selection. In track, he was an All-Metropolitan selection and an All-Area selection, with a personal best of 10.28 seconds in the 100 meters and 21.3 seconds in the 200 meters.

His childhood house and his high school were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

College: Three-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honoree...Finished his career at Lane College as the all-time career leader in receptions (200), receiving yards (2,750) and receiving TDs (21)...Also established Lane records with 1,937 yards and 4 TDs on KORs and the school’s single-season record with 931 yards on KORs, as a junior... SIAC Offensive Player of the Year and MVP as a senior after leading the SIAC in receiving yards per game (74.7), receptions per game (6.2), receiving TDs (6), all-purpose yards (189.9) and PR average (13.8)...Had 2 KORs and a PR for TDs and finished second in the conference in scoring with 10 TDs...Also had 68 receptions for 822 yards, helping the Dragons finish with an 8-3 record...Led the conference with 50 receptions for 587 yards and 3 TDs as a junior...Posted 46 receptions for 664 yards and 5 TDs as a sophomore...Pulled in 36 receptions for 677 yards and a career-high 7 TDs as a freshman...Majored in interdisciplinary studies.

Career

 • Established Super Bowl records with a 108-yard KOR for a TD and 290 combined yards (206 KOR, 28 PR and 56 rec.) vs. SF in Super Bowl XLVII (2/3/13)
• Tied an NFL record with a 108-yard KOR for a TD vs. Dal. (10/14/12) - Ellis Hobbs (9/9/07) and Randall Cobb (9/8/11)
• Led the NFL with a Ravens’ franchise-record 30.7 KOR avg. in 2012
• Is the first Raven ever to post multiple KOR-TDs in a season and a career and is the only player in NFL history to record dual KOR-TDs of at least 105 yards (2012)
• Has returned 4 punts and 3 KOs for TDs
• Is the only Raven to produce 3 combined kick return TDs in a season (2 KORs and 1 PR) in 2012
• Owns the Texans’ franchise record with 4 career returns for a TD
• Only player in Texans history to have 3 PRs for TDs
• Caught a 70-yard TD pass from Joe Flacco with :31 seconds remaining in the Divisional Playoff at Den. (1/12/13), which tied the game eventually won by the Ravens, 38-35 in 2OT
• Had a career-long 79-yard PR vs. Ind. (9/11/11)

2007: (with Houston – 14/3) Posted 15 receptions for 149 yards, 4 KORs for 78 yards (19.5 avg.) and 30 PRs for 286 yards (9.5 avg.)

• Started his first-career NFL game at WR, pulling in 3 receptions for 11 yards and posting 2 KORs for 41 yards in game 7 vs. Ten. (10/21)
• Netted 3 receptions for 26 yards and had 2 PR for 86 yards in game 3 vs. Ind. (9/23)
• Recorded his first-career NFL reception (finished with 2 catches for 33 yards) in game 1 vs. KC (9/9)

2008: (with Houston – 16/0) Had 3 receptions for 81 yards and returned 32 punts 386 yards (12.1 avg.), with a career high 2 TDs and 13 KORs for 280 yards (21.5 avg.)

• Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after posting a PR for 73 yards for a TD and 3 KORs for 58 yards in game 7 vs. Cin. (10/26)
• Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after returning 4 punts for 87 yards, including a then career- long 70-yard TD return, in game 5 vs. Mia. (10/12)

2009: (with Houston – 14/1) Recorded 27 receptions for 437 yards and carried the ball 3 times for 22 yards...Established then-career highs in KORs (24), KOR yards (638), KOR avg. (26.6) and posted his first-career KOR for a TD...Also had 39 PRs for a career-high 426 yards (10.9 avg.), including a long of 62.

2010: (with Houston – 15/7) Established career highs in receptions (51), yards (562) and produced 3 receiving TDs...Also recorded 23 KORs for 494 yards (21.5 avg.) and 29 PRs for 204 yards (7.0 avg.)

 2011: (with Houston – 16/10, 2/0) Produced 31 receptions for 512 yards and 2 TDs...Also recorded 49 PRs for 518 yards (including long of 79 yards - good for a TD)

 • Posted 2 receptions for 87 yards, including a career-long 80-yard TD, in game 10 at TB (11/13)
• Recorded 4 catches for 76 yards, including a 32-yard TD in game 6 at Bal. (10/16)
• Hauled in 3 passes for 43 yards and returned 3 punts for a career-high 91 yards, including a career-long 79-yard TD scamper, in the season opener vs. Ind. (9/11)

 • Posted 5 catches for a career-high 115 yards (first-career 100-yard receiving game) in game 15 at Den. (12/26)
• Netted a career-high 7 receptions for 50 yards in game 14 at Ten. (12/19)
• Pulled in 5 catches for 52 yards and 1 TD in game 13 vs. Bal. (12/13)

• Posted 5 receptions for 65 yards and 1 TD in game 16 vs.NE (1/3/10)
• Pulled in 2 receptions for a team-leading 79 yards, including a 44-yard TD in game 15 at Mia. (12/27)
• Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after returning a kickoff for a 95-yard TD in game 4 vs. Oak. (10/4)...Also had 7 PRs for 60 yards and 1 reception for 6 yards against the Raiders

2012: (with Baltimore – 16/3, 4/1) Earned his first-career Pro Bowl nod after leading the league with a franchise-record 30.7 KOR average, picking up 1,167 KOR yards and 2 TDs on 38 returns...Jones tied an NFL record with a 108-yard KOR for a TD vs. Dal. (10/14/12) and became the first Raven ever to post multiple KOR-TDs in a season and a career...He is also the only player in NFL history to record dual KOR-TDs of at least 105 yards...Jones had 37 PRs for 341 yards, including a 63-yard TD return (11/18 at Pit.), and pulled in 30 receptions for 406 yards (13.5 avg.) and 1 TD

• Pulled in 5 receptions for 50 yards, had 7 PRs for 61 yards and 2 KORs for 46 yards in the 16-13 overtime victory in game 11 at SD (11/25)
• Posted 2 PRs for 66 yards (33.0 avg.), including a 63-yard TD return (his third kick/punt return-TD in five games), in the 13-10 victory in game 10 at Pit. (11/18)...Also had 2 KORs for 58 yards (29.0 avg.)
• Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after becoming the first Raven ever to post multiple KORTDs in a season and a career with a 105-yard KOR-TD in the 55-20 victory in game 9 vs. Oak. (11/11)...Jones is the only player in NFL history to record dual KOR-TDs of at least 105 yards...He returned 3 punts for 36 yards (12.0 avg.), also pulling in 2 receptions for 54 yards and carrying the ball once for 6 yards against the Raiders
• Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after he tied an NFL record with a 108-yard KOR for a TD in the third quarter of the 31-29 victory in game 6 vs. Dal. (10/14)...Also pulled in 2 receptions for 15 yards against the Cowboys
• Started and caught 1 pass, good for a 21-yard TD in game 2 at Phi. (9/16)...Also posted 3 PRs for 34 yards (11.3 avg.) against the Eagles
• Started and posted 3 receptions for 46 yards in the 44-13 win in game 1 vs. Cin. (9/10)...Also had 1 PR for 9 yards
• Posted 619 combined yards, with 362 yards and 1 TD on KORs, 147 yards and 2 TDs receiving and 110 PR yards in four playoff games
• Set a Super Bowl record with 290 combined yards, including 206 on KORs (with a Super Bowl-record 108- yard KOR for a TD to open the second half), a 56-yard TD reception and 28 PR yards in the 34-31 victory in Super Bowl XLVII vs. SF (2/3/13)
• Pulled in 2 receptions for 77 yards, including a postseason franchise-long 70-yard TD with :31 remaining in the fourth quarter, sending the game to overtime, in the 38- 35 double-overtime win in the Divisional Playoff Game at Den. (1/12/13)...Also had 4 KORs for 64 yards and 1 PR for 14 yards against the Broncos.

2013:During the 2013 regular season, Jones was injured in the Kickoff game in Week 1 when teammate Brynden Trawick ran into him during a punt return. Jones would not return until Week 6 against the Green Bay Packers, where he had his first receiving touchdown of the season. In Week 13, on Thanksgiving against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jones was en route of returning a kickoff seemingly for a touchdown, when Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin disrupted the route by unknowing standing on the field while looking at the big screen in M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens would win, however, 22-20. The next week, in a snowy game against the Minnesota Vikings, Jones returned a kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown in the final two minutes. The Vikings would then answer with another touchdown with 45 seconds remaining, until fellow teammate, Marlon Brown, scored the game-winning touchdown with 4 seconds remaining, allowing the Ravens to win 29-26. In week 15, the Ravens played the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. On a key 3rd & 15 within two minutes left in regulation, Jones converted it for a first down with a pass from quarterback Joe Flacco. Shortly after that, second year kicker Justin Tucker kicked a career high and team record field goal from 61 yards for the 18-16 win. Jones had 6 receptions for 80 yards that game.

After testing the free agent market, on March 12, 2014 Jones agreed to a 4 year, $12 million contract with $4.5 million guaranteed to remain with the Baltimore Ravens

Community: Supports the Ravens’ charitable initiatives, including the Ravens TEAM Challenge Hometown Huddle, Giant Holiday Food Giveaway and A Purple Evening, the annual women’s event at M&T Bank Stadium...Supported teammates charitable initiatives, including Vonta Leach’s Celebrity Billiards Tournament benefitting breast cancer research, Lardarius Webb’s Charity Bowling Classic and Ravens Alumni Jonathan Ogden’s charity boxing event.

High School, Personal: Prepped at Marion Abramson (New Orleans, LA) HS...Did not start playing football until his junior year...Also lettered in basketball and track...Earned All-Metropolitan honors and was an All-Area selection in basketball...In track, he was also an All-Metropolitan and an All-Area selection in track as a senior...Finished third in the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars in 2013, with his partner Karina Smirnoff.