Julius Jones
Jones with the Seahawks in 2009
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 14, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Big Stone Gap, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Big Stone Gap (VA) Powell Valley | ||||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43 | ||||||||||
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| Games played: | 94 |
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| Rushing yards: | 5,068 |
| Rushing average: | 4.0 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 22 |
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Julius Andre Maurice Jones (born August 14, 1981) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.
Jones was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. His mother, Betty, worked the graveyard shift in a Virginia coal mine for nearly 20 years while raising seven children, including his big brother Thomas Jones. While in Appalachia, Virginia, his father encouraged the children to learn five new words per day, and made them read the front page of the newspaper, before they could read the sports section. Jones credits his parents with instilling the ambition and strong work ethic that he is known for in professional football.
He attended Powell Valley High School, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, as a senior he registered 2,564 yards and 36 touchdowns, earning honorable-mention USA Today All-American honors.
He contributed to his school winning 28 straight games and the Virginia Group A-Division II state title in 1997 and 1998, while being named the Virginia Group A Offensive Player of the Year in both years. He finished his high school career with 614 carries for 5,803 yards and 86 touchdowns. He also played safety and had 10 career interceptions.
Jones played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1999–2001 and 2003. As a freshman, he was a backup, playing mainly on special teams, while leading the team in both kickoff and punt return yardage, he also recorded 146-rushing yards and one touchdown against Navy. As a sophomore, he was a part of a three back rotation that included Tony Fisher and Terrance Howard, which limited him to only three 100 rushing yards games. In 2002, he was suspended from the team because of academic reasons.
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