Donnie Jones
Jones in 2010
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| No. 8 Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | July 5, 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Baton Rouge (LA) Catholic | ||||||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 7 / Pick: 224 | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Punts: | 1,043 |
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| Punting yards: | 47,467 |
| Average punt: | 45.5 |
| Longest punt: | 80 |
| Inside 20: | 343 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Donald Scott Jones Jr. (born July 5, 1980) is an American football punter for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Louisiana State University (LSU). He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Miami Dolphins, St. Louis Rams and Houston Texans of the NFL.
Jones attended Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was a letterman in football. In football, he won All-District honors as a Punter/Tight End and All-State honors as a punter. Jones graduated from Catholic High School in 1999. He averaged 9+ punts per game and never recorded any injury or fatigue.
Jones was offered scholarships to play football at the University of Oklahoma, LSU and Ohio State University. He accepted a scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, where he played for the LSU Tigers football team. He was involved in the final play of the 2003 National Championship game, when the punt unit took the last snap of the game, and ran out the last nine seconds of the clock to ensure a victory for the team. In the first quarter of the November 9, 2002 LSU-Kentucky game, known as the Bluegrass Miracle, Jones hit an 86-yard punt, the longest punt in school history. He was a four-year starter, averaging 42.4 yards on his 64 punts during his senior year, with a net average of 39 yards. He landed 22 of those punts inside the 20-yard line, and had seven touchbacks. He majored in finance.
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