BIOGRAPHY
Justin Jones was born on August 28th, 1996, in Austell, Georgia. He is a defensive tackle in the NFL.
During college he played four seasons (2014-17) at North Carolina State, totaling 49 career games played and 29 starts. He posted 116 tackles (61 solo), 7.5 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a recovery, a pass defensed and a blocked field goal in Wolfpack career. Jones is a two-time honorable mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference, earning the recognition following his junior and senior seasons. As a senior, recorded a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss, seven tackles (four solo) and a sack in a win over Syracus and was invited to the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
On November 29, 2017, it was announced that Jones had accepted his invitation to play in the Senior Bowl. He impressed scouts by showing his agility during Senior Bowl practices and added value to his draft stock. On January 27, 2018, Jones played in the 2018 Reese's Senior Bowl and was part of Denver Broncos' head coach Vance Joseph's South team that lost 45–16 to the North team, coached by Houston Texans' head coach Bill O'Brien. Jones attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine and positional drills.
On March 19, 2018, he participated at NC State's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills and the short shuttle. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Jones was projected to be a fifth or sixth round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the 14th best defensive tackle prospect in the draft by Scouts Inc. and was ranked the 20th best defensive tackle by DraftScout.com
The Los Angeles Chargers selected Jones in the third round (84th overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft. Jones was the eighth defensive tackle drafted in 2018. On May 13, 2018, the Los Angeles Chargers signed Jones to a four-year, $3.62 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $854,140.
On September 26, 2020, Jones was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. He was activated on October 24.
