2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

13 - TJ JONES
Wide Receiver Notre Dame Roswell, Ga.
Year: 2 Ht: 6-0 Wt: 190 Born: 7/19/92
Draft: ’14, R6 (189)-Det
Complete biographical information available on Detroitlions.com.
TRANSACTIONS
‣ ¾ Placed on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform on August 23, 2014.
‣ ¾ Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round (189th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.
PRO
Jones entered his first NFL season as the second Fighting Irish alumni to join the Lions in 2014 alongside free agent WR
Golden Tate. Detroit’s sixth-round pick (189th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
2014: Spent the 2014 season on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.
COLLEGE
Left Notre Dame ranking in the top 10 in multiple school receiving categories including single-season 100-yard games
(fourth), single-season receiving yards (seventh), single-season receptions (seventh), single-season receiving touchdowns
(tied for ninth), career receptions (second), career receiving yards (sixth), career receiving touchdowns (tied for sixth) and
career 100-yard games (tied for ninth).
2013: Ended his collegiate career as one of six wide receivers in school history with at least 150 receptions, 2,000 receiving
yards and 15 touchdowns. Played in all 13 games (seven starts) and led the Irish with 70 catches, 1,108 receiving yards
and nine touchdowns. Jones became just the seventh different Notre Dame receiver to break the 1,000-yard mark for a
single season, and his five 100-yard games tied for fourth-best in a single season all-time. Also had nine carries for 67
yards and two touchdowns.
‣ ¾ Had a string of seven consecutive games with a touchdown reception during the season, one shy of the school record.
Also led the team in receptions nine times.
‣ ¾ Invited to participate in the East-West Shrine Game, but was unable to play due to injury.
‣ ¾ Broke the 1,000-yard mark for the season at Stanford (11/30) on a six-catch, 56-yard performance.
‣ ¾ Finished the season with five receptions for 66 yards, as well as a nine-yard touchdown run in Notre Dame’s win over
Rutgers in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (12/28).
PERSONAL
Rated as the 10th-best (68th overall) wide receiver in the ESPNU 150 list coming out of Gainesville (Ga.) High School,
where he finished his senior season with 76 receptions for 1,399 yards and 18 touchdowns. Named first team all-state
by Georgia Sports Writers Association following his senior season in 2009, and was selected to play in the Under Armour
All-America Game in St. Petersburg, Fla.
‣ ¾ Helped Gainesville to a Georgia State Championship in 2009 for the first time since 1982.
‣ ¾ Father, Andre Jones, was a defensive end at Notre Dame from 1987-91 and played on the 1988 Notre Dame national
championship team. Also played six games for the Lions as a rookie in 1992.
• Godfather is former Notre Dame standout Raghib “Rocket” Ismail.
‣ ¾ Originally born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
JONES’ COLLEGE STATISTICS
RECEIVING
RUSHING
Year G S Rec Yds Avg Lg TD Att Yds Avg Lg TD
2010 12 7 23 306 13.3 53 3 0 0 - - 0
2011 13 12 38 366 9.6 26 3 0 0 - - 0
2012 13 11 50 649 13.0 34 4 1 8 8.0 8 0
2013 13 7 70 1108 15.8 80 9 9 67 7.4 35 2
Totals 51 37 181 2429 13.4 80 19 10 75 7.5 35 2
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