Ernest Jones (linebacker)

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Ernest Jones IV
Ernest Jones South Carolina.jpg
Jones with the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2019
No. 13 – Seattle Seahawks
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1999-11-22) November 22, 1999 (age 25)
Waycross, Georgia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: Ware County (GA)
College: South Carolina (2018–2020)
NFL draft: 2021  / round: 3 / pick: 103
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2024
Total tackles:458
Sacks:6.0
Forced fumbles:2
Pass deflections:16
Interceptions:4
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ernest Jones IV (born November 22, 1999) is an American professional football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina.

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Early life

Jones grew up in Waycross, Georgia and attended Ware County High School. [1] As a senior, he recorded 112 tackles with six tackles for loss, two sacks and three forced fumbles and was named first-team Class AAAAA. [2] Jones committed to play at South Carolina after considering offers from Georgia Tech and Duke. [3]

College career

Jones played in five games as a freshman with 16 tackles and a forced fumble. [4] He became a starter and led South Carolina with 97 tackles in his sophomore season. [5] Going into his junior season, Jones missed most of South Carolina's preseason training due to an appendectomy. [2] He led the team again as a junior with 86 tackles, five of which were for a loss. [6] At the end of the season, Jones declared that he would forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. [7]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1+1⁄2 in
(1.87 m)		230 lb
(104 kg)		33+3⁄8 in
(0.85 m)		10+3⁄8 in
(0.26 m)		4.71 s1.63 s2.72 s4.38 s7.49 s38.5 in
(0.98 m)		10 ft 6 in
(3.20 m)		19 reps
All values from Pro Day [8] [9] [10]

Los Angeles Rams

Jones was selected in the third round with the 103rd overall pick of the 2021 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. [11] Jones signed his four-year rookie contract with the Rams on July 22, 2021. [12]

Jones entered his rookie season in 2021 as a backup inside linebacker behind Kenny Young and Troy Reeder. He was inserted into the starting lineup after the Rams traded Young prior to Week 8. In Week 14, Jones intercepted a pass from Kyler Murray in a 30–23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. He suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 16 and was placed on injured reserve on December 28, finishing the regular season with 61 tackles and one sack, with four passes defensed and two interceptions through 15 games and seven starts. [13] Jones was activated on January 29, 2022, for the National Football Conference Championship game, contributing two tackles as he backed up Reeder in the Rams' 20–17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. In Super Bowl LVI, Jones got the start at inside linebacker and recorded seven tackles with one sack and a pass defensed in the Rams' 23–20 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. [14]

During the team's voluntary minicamp in May 2022, the team announced that Jones was changing his jersey number from '50' to '53.' [15] In the 2022 season, Jones finished with 114 tackles, one interception, two passes defended, and one forced fumble. [16]

Jones became a full-time starter in 2023, starting 15 games while leading the team with 145 tackles. [17]

Tennessee Titans

Prior to the 2024 season, Jones was traded to the Tennessee Titans with a 2026 sixth-round pick for a 2026 fifth-round pick. [18] He played six games with the Titans, making 44 tackles and two pass deflections. [19]

Seattle Seahawks

On October 23, 2024, Jones was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for Jerome Baker and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. [20] [21] He played 10 games with the Seahawks as a starting linebacker, making 94 tackles, 0.5 sacks, one interception, and a forced fumble. [19]

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  2. 1 2 Cloninger, David (September 23, 2020). "Gamecocks' defensive leader looking 'to dominate' after appendicitis derailed his preseason". The Post and Courier . Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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  14. ↑ "Super Bowl LVI - Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals - February 13th, 2022". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ DaSilva, Cameron (May 23, 2022). "Ernest Jones changes jersey number to 53". Rams Wire. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
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  19. 1 2 "Ernest Jones 2024 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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