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Too Tall Jones
Edward Lee Jones
Position: DE
Height: 6-9 Weight: 271 lbs.
Born: February 23, 1951 in Jackson, TN
College: Tennessee State
3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1974 Draft
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1974 | 23 | DAL | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | 24 | DAL | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1976 | 25 | DAL | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 26 | DAL | LDE | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 1978 | 27 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 29 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1981* | 30 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1982*+ | 31 | DAL | LDE | 9 | 9 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1983* | 32 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1984 | 33 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1985 | 34 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 35 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 36 | DAL | LDE | 15 | 14 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1988 | 37 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 38 | DAL | LDE | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 224 | 203 | 57.5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
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1978 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1981 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1981 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1981 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1981 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1982 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. 1982 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1982 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1983 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1983 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1983 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL 1983 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL 1985 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf. |