Deion
Jones.
Deion
Jones.
LSU· 6'1"· 222 lb· 4.59s 40
Jones's athletic profile and coverage skills are best utilized in a modern 4-3 Cover-3 scheme that prioritizes speed and agility at the linebacker position.
As a rookie, Jones projects as immediate starter at weakside linebacker with the potential to develop into a Pro Bowl-caliber coverage specialist.
His size and run defense shortcomings would be exposed in a run-heavy 3-4 two-gap defense where he'd be asked to take on blockers consistently.
Jones is an undersized, athletic linebacker who excels in space and coverage, making him a valuable asset in schemes that emphasize sideline-to-sideline playmaking.
Selected #52 overall in Round 2 of the 2016 NFL Draft by Atlanta Falcons out of LSU.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.59sp50
- Vertical
- 33inp50
- Broad jump
- 120inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | LSU | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Deion Jones was a Pro Bowl linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons, playing seven seasons with the team. He later played for the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers, primarily as a starting inside linebacker.