Leroy Jones (American football)
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 29, 1950 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Greenwood, Mississippi | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 263 lb (119 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Norfolk State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1975 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 111 |
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| Games started: | 90 |
| INT: | 3 |
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Leroy Jones (born September 29, 1950) is a former American football player who played defensive end. He played the majority of his 10-year career with the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL).
Jones played both basketball and football in high school, and continued with both sports while attending college at Norfolk State University. He began his professional career in 1974 with the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League (CFL), and they won the Grey Cup championship in his second season. Jones was drafted in the 1975 NFL Draft in the second round with the 48th overall pick by the Los Angeles Rams, who traded him in 1976 to San Diego, where he played through 1983.
Jones was a standout at both football and basketball in high school at Amanda Elszy in Greenwood, Mississippi. He led his teams to multiple championships.
Jones attended Norfolk State University, where he was the center on three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) tournament basketball teams. He was named to the All-CIAA Tournament team each year. As a sophomore in 1972, he was named to the Associated Press All-State first team, and was named to the second team as a junior. Jones also played football, and he was named All-CIAA annually as a defensive end. Before the 1974 football season, Jones learned he would be academically ineligible to play due to poor grades. He dropped out of Norfolk State and signed a three-year contract to play football professionally in Canada.
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