• Spent 2018 on injured reserve (knee).
COLLEGE: Two-year starter who played in 50 games and started 27 consecutive games at left tackle as a junior and senior. An all-conference honoree twice without the benefit of a redshirt season, including first-team all-Big Ten in 2017 by both the coaches and the media polls, Jones helped Ohio State win six championships during his career: a CFP national championship in 2014 when he played in 10 games, a 2014 Sugar Bowl title, a 2015 Fiesta Bowl title, a 2017 Cotton Bowl title and Big Ten Conference championships in 2014 and 2017. His play also helped the Buckeyes rank among the Top 20 rushing teams in the nation four consecutive years, including 11th in 2016, 11th in 2015, ninth in 2014 and 17th in 2017 at 243.2 yards per game.
PERSONAL: Jones was a consensus four-star prospect and a Top 100 player nationally who was rated as high as the 63rd-best player in the nation overall by Scout. He was among the 10 best offensive tackle prospects nationally, with No. 6 rankings by both Scout and ESPN. He missed the first half of his senior season with a shoulder injury, but still earned Illinois Coaches Association first-team Class 6A allstate honors and Champaign News-Gazette all-state accolades. Graduated early with a degree in family resource management in December of 2017. He is the son of Urica Jones.
