Dominique Jones (American football)
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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
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Born: | San Diego, California | August 15, 1987||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | San Diego (CA) Horizon Christian | ||||||
College: | Shepherd (WV) | ||||||
Undrafted: | 2011 | ||||||
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Dominique Jones (born August 15, 1987) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Shepherd.
College career
[edit]He played college football at Shepherd University in 2010. As a tight end Jones totaled 403 yards on 34 receptions and averaged 11.9 yards a catch. He led the team in touchdown receptions with nine.[1] The Rams had their furthest Division II playoff run in the school's history and won the WVIAC title before becoming the first WVIAC team to advance to the national semi-finals.
Professional career
[edit]Sacramento Mountain Lions
[edit]He played the 2011 season for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.
Reading Express
[edit]He signed with the Reading Express of the Indoor Football League in 2012.[2]
Indianapolis Colts
[edit]On April 30, 2012, he signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent.[3] On October 8, 2012, he was released and was re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[4]
Miami Dolphins
[edit]On October 24, 2012, he was signed by the Miami Dolphins to join the practice squad.[5] On November 19, 2012, he was released.
Second stint with the Indianapolis Colts
[edit]On November 21, 2012, he signed with the Indianapolis Colts.[6]
Jones was released by the Colts on October 22, 2013.
Kansas City Chiefs
[edit]On October 30, 2013, he was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs to their practice squad. The Chiefs placed Jones on their active roster on December 7.[7] He was released by the Chiefs on March 6, 2014.
Buffalo Bills
[edit]He signed with the Buffalo Bills on July 26.[8] The Bills released Jones on August 29, 2014.[9]
Denver Broncos
[edit]He was signed to the Denver Broncos practice squad on September 9, 2014,[10] and cut on September 5, 2015.
Baltimore Ravens
[edit]Jones was signed to the Baltimore Ravens' practice squad on September 7, 2015.[11] On September 24, 2015, he was released by the Ravens.[12]
New York Giants
[edit]Jones was signed to the New York Giants' practice squad on October 7, 2015.[13] On October 15, 2015, he was released by the Giants.[14]
Minnesota Vikings
[edit]Jones was signed to the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad on November 17, 2015.[15]
Return to Miami
[edit]The Dolphins signed Jones to a reserve/futures contract on January 19, 2016, along with Zac Dysert.[16] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Dolphins as part of final roster cuts.[17] He was re-signed on October 3, 2016.[18] In a Week 9 victory over the New York Jets, Jones was the Dolphins' leading receiver with 3 catches for 42 yards and 1 touchdown, the first of his career. On March 6, 2017, the Dolphins declined to sign Jones to an offer sheet, making him a free agent.
References
[edit]- ^ "Shepherd Rams 2010 Statistics". ShepherdRams.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ "READING RECEIVER GETS CHANCE IN THE NFL". goifl.com/. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Colts Transactions of May 2012". nfl.com.
- ^ "Indianapolis Colts Transactions of 2012". colts.com.
- ^ "Dolphins sign former Colts TE Dominique Jones to practice squad". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ "Indianapolis Colts sign tight end Dominique Jones to the active roster". colts.co. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
- ^ Twitter / KCChiefs: The #Chiefs have promoted TE Dominique Jones to the 53-man roster and has released WR Chad Hall.
- ^ "The Official Website of the Buffalo Bills".
- ^ "Bills reduce roster to 62 ahead of 53-man deadline". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Dominique Jones". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ^ Downing, Garrett (September 7, 2015). "Ravens Sign Three More To Practice Squad". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ^ Downing, Garrett (September 22, 2015). "Ravens Release Running Back Terrence Magee". BaltimoreRavens.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ Eisen, Michael (October 7, 2015). "Giants add WR Myles White to active roster, TE Daniel Fells to IR". Giants.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Eisen, Michael (October 15, 2015). "DB Brandon McGee, Tackle Xavier Proctor added to Practice Squad". Giants.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Vikings Sign TE Dominique Jones to Practice Squad". Vikings.com. November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Dolphins sign QB Zac Dysert, TE Dominique Jones to futures deals". Miami Dolphins. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ Poupart, Alain (September 3, 2016). "Dolphins Make Moves To Get Roster To 53". MiamiDolphins.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Dolphins Make Roster Move". MiamiDolphins.com. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Reading Express bio
- Indianapolis Colts bio Archived September 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine