Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Tony Jones Jr. was born November 24, 1997, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a running back in the NFL. Jones did not see the field as a true freshman in 2016. As a redshirt freshman at Notre Dame in 2017, Jones played in 12 games and had 44 carries for 232 yards and three touchdowns. As a redshirt sophomore in 2018, he played in 13 games and had 392 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Jones took over as the starting running back his redshirt junior year in 2019. He missed a game and a half due to cartilage damage in his ribs suffered during a loss to Michigan. Jones graduated in December and announced that he would not return to Notre Dame for his fifth year, in order to enter the 2020 NFL Draft. In the 2019 Camping World Bowl, Jones had an 84-yard touchdown run that broke the record for the longest run in Notre Dame bowl game history. Jones rushed for 857 yards and six touchdowns in his senior season. At the end of the season, Jones was selected to play in the 2020 East-West Shrine Game in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida. Jones signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020. He was waived during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020, and re-signed to the team's practice squad the next day. He was elevated to the active roster on January 2, 2021, for the team's Week 17 game against the Carolina Panthers, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. On January 18, 2021, Jones signed a reserve/futures contract with the Saints.