Jones with the Rams during the 2013 offseason.
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Position: | Guard | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | May 25, 1990 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Memphis (TN) Evangelical Christian | ||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 4 / Pick: 113 | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015 | |||||||
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Games played: | 10 |
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Games started: | 0 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Barrett Jones (born May 25, 1990) is an American football guard who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Alabama, and was drafted by the Rams in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Evangelical Christian School in Memphis, where he played for the Evangelical Christian Eagles high school football team. Following his senior season in 2007, he was a first-team all-state selection by The Tennessean and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association, and was a U.S. Army high school All-American.
Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Jones was listed as the No. 1 center in the nation in 2008.
His father Rex attended the University of Alabama and played for the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team from 1982 to 1984. Barrett has 2 brothers, Harrison and Walker, that also played football for the University of Alabama.
Jones received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Alabama, where he played for coach Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 2008 to 2012. After redshirting his initial year at Alabama, Jones started all 14 games for Alabama's 2009 national championship team at right guard. He subsequently earned Freshman All-America honors from College Football News and Phil Steele.