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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | March 25, 1958 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Weber (Pleasant View, Utah) | ||||||||||
| College: | Utah State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1980 / round: 2 / pick: 42 | ||||||||||
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Rulon Kent Jones (born March 25, 1958) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Jones played college football for the Utah State Aggies and was selected by the Broncos in the 1980 NFL draft. During his career, Jones played in 129 games and recorded 52.5 official quarterback sacks. Sacks were an unofficial statistic in his first two seasons, when he had 11+1⁄2 in 1980 and 9+1⁄2 in 1981.
During the 1986 season, he was named the UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year on defense.
Rulon Davis was named after Jones and would also go on to play with the Broncos in the 2000s.[1] Jones retired after the 1988 season.
- ^ "Another Rulon for Broncos' D-line". May 3, 2009.