Rulon Jones
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Salt Lake City, Utah | March 25, 1958||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||
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College: | Utah State | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1980 / Round: 2 / Pick: 42 | ||||||
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Rulon Kent Jones (born March 25, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a retired American football defensive lineman.
Jones was drafted out of the Utah State University in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. He played his entire career in Denver. During his career, Jones played in 129 games and recorded 52.5 official quarterback sacks. Sacks were an unofficial statistic in his first two seasons, when he had 11+1⁄2 in 1980 and 9+1⁄2 in 1981.
During the 1986 season, he was named the UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year on defense.
Rulon Davis was named after Jones and would also go on to play with the Broncos in the 2000s.[1] Jones retired after the 1988 season.
Personal[]
Jones now lives in Firth, Idaho with his wife, Kathy.
References[]
- ^ "Another Rulon for Broncos' D-line". May 3, 2009.
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Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Denver Broncos players
- American Conference Pro Bowl players
- Utah State Aggies football players
- Players of American football from Salt Lake City
- American football defensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs