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JONES, JACOBY
returned kickoffs and punts...was inactive vs. Tennessee
(11/23)...caught three passes for 27 yards
and a touchdown vs. Indianpolis (11/29) to go
along with a 29-yard kickoff return and two punts
returned for eight yards...inactive at Jacksonville
(12/6)...caught one pass for 11 yards and returned
five punts for 56 yards vs. Seattle (12/13)...caught
two passes for a team-leading 79 yards including
a 44-yard touchdown at Miami (12/27) to go along
with his punt and kickoff return duties...tied a career
high with five receptions vs. New England
(1/3/10), gaining 65 yards and scoring a touchdown...also
had a 31-yard punt return.
punt for 28 yards and recorded the first rush of his
career, which was a five-yard loss, vs. Jacksonville
(12/1).
2007 (Houston 14/2): Saw action in 14 games,
missing two with injury…made two starts…returned
his season-long punt of 74 yards, along
with three receptions for 26 yards vs. Indianapolis
(9/23)...started his first NFL game and returned
one punt and two kickoffs for 41 yards vs. Tennessee
(10/21)…started second game of the season
and caught a career-high five passes for 51 yards
at San Diego (10/28).
2008 (Houston 16/0): Played in all 16 games…
caught three passes for 81 yards at wide receiver
and led the team with 32 punt returns for 386
yards and two touchdowns…was named the AFC
Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 6 and
Week 8…returned four punts for 45 yards with a
long of 33 yards at Tennessee (9/21)…caught his
first pass of the season for five yards at Jacksonville
(9/28) and returned two punts for 23 yards…
returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdown in the
second quarter vs. Miami (10/12)…it was the first
of his career and only the second in team history…returned
the first punt of the game back
73 yards for a touchdown vs. Cincinnati (10/26)…
it was his second returned punt for a touchdown
on the season and the second-longest return of
his career…also returned three kickoffs for 58
yards…caught one pass for 31 yards at Minnesota
(11/2)…returned two punts for minus-one yard
and four kickoffs for 70 yards…caught one pass
for a career-long 45 yards vs. Baltimore (11/9)...
returned one punt for 39 yards and six kickoffs for
152 yards at Indianapolis (11/16)…returned one
COLLEGE: The only player in Lane College history
to score via a reception, rushing attempt,
punt return and kickoff return in the same season
(2006)…became the first Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference player to earn All-SIAC honors
at three positions (receiver, punt returner,
kickoff returner) in the same season (2006)…
holds the school career record with 1,937 yards
and four touchdowns on kickoff returns…also
holds the school season record with 931 yards on
kickoff returns in 2005…became the first player in
Lane annals to catch 200 passes in a career.
PERSONAL: Attended Marion Abramson High
School in New Orleans…played football for the
first time as a junior for the Commodores…competed
two seasons on the gridiron and was an
all-area selection in basketball…also an all-area
sprinter in track, competing in the 100-and 200-meter
dashes…worked as a tutor for Upward Bound,
a nationwide program dedicated to preparing students
from low-income families for college.
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