Felix Jones

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Felix Jones
Felix Jones in 2012.jpg
Felix Jones, 2012
Position (s):
running back 		Jersey numbers:
28, 23
born on May 8, 1987 in Tulsa , Oklahoma
Career information
Active : 2008 - 2013
NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22
College : Arkansas
Teams
* Offseason and / or Practice Squad member only
Career statistics
Gaining space through running play     2,912 yards
average     4.7 yards / run
Touchdowns     11
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Felix Jones Junior (* 8. May 1987 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) is an American American football poker players in the position of running backs . He last played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL).

Player career

college

Felix Jones played American football in high school and graduated from the University of Arkansas . With the Arkansas Razorbacks , he played as running back college football from 2005 to 2007 . In 2006, he gained a space gain of 1,225 yards in 154 runs, which corresponds to an average of 7.6 yards per run. In 2007 he was able to increase his average to 8.7 yards per run. He was then voted All American .

NFL

Dallas Cowboys

Jones was selected as the 22nd player by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft . He signed in at this time of Wade Phillips trained team from Dallas a five-year contract with an income of 10,525,000 dollars . Jones was used in the offense of the Cowboys as a backup of running back Marion Barber III . He was also given time in the cowboys' special teams as a kick-off return turner. In his rookie year he was able to kick off 98 yards into the end zone for a touchdown . In the 2009 season , his running average of 5.5 yards per run was above Barber's 4.4 yards. Jones succeeded for the first time this year with his team in the play-offs .

In the following years, Jones failed to prevail against Barber. It was only when he was fired by the Cowboys in 2011 that Jones was able to appear as a starter for Dallas. But in the 5th game of the season he injured himself and was replaced by rookie DeMarco Murray , who remained a starter from then on.

During the five years with the Dallas Cowboys , Jones achieved a total of 2,782 yards of space and eleven touchdowns from running plays , and 1,062 yards of space and three touchdowns from passing plays .

Pittsburgh Steelers

On May 14, 2013 Jones signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles , but was given to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a player swap before the start of the season . On August 23, 2013, the Eagles traded Jones for Adrian Robinson , a linebacker from the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Razorback's annual statistics 2006 ( Memento from November 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Razorback's 2007 Season Statistics ( Memento from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Felix Jones' contract ( Memento of December 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Annual cowboys statistics 2009
  5. ↑ Jones signs contract with the Eagles ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.philadelphiaeagles.com
  6. ↑ Eagles and Steelers trade Jones and Robinson
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Felix Junior (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulsa , Oklahoma , USA