Charles Jones (tight end)

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American football player (born 1996)

PositionTight end

Born (1996-08-05) August 5, 1996 (age 29)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)

Charles Jones

Jones with Tulane in 2017

No. 84

Position

Tight end

Personal information

Born

(1996-08-05) August 5, 1996 (age 29)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Listed height

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Listed weight

255 lb (116 kg)

Career information

High school

St. Augustine (New Orleans, Louisiana)

College

Tulane (2014–2018)

NFL draft

2019: undrafted

Career history

Jacksonville Jaguars (2019)
Buffalo Bills (2020)*
Pittsburgh Steelers (2020–2021)*
New Jersey Generals (2023)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Career NFL statistics

Receptions	1
Receiving yards	5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Charles Jones II (born August 5, 1996) is an American former football tight end. He played college football at Tulane.

Jones attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. In high school, he was teammates with Leonard Fournette.^[1]

College career

Jones played college football at Tulane. During his time for the Green Wave, he appeared in 40 games with 22 starts, and totaled 40 receptions for 268 yards and five touchdowns.^[2]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Three-cone drill	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Bench press
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m)	9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m)	4.90 s	1.67 s	2.83 s	4.70 s	7.83 s	33.0 in (0.84 m)	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)	24 reps
All values from Pro Day^[3]

Jacksonville Jaguars

After going undrafted in the 2019 NFL draft, Jones was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars.^[4] He was waived on August 31, 2019, and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on November 18, 2019.^[5]

Jones was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Jaguars on July 30, 2020.^[6] He was activated from the list on the morning of August 2, 2020,^[7] but was re-added to the list later that day.^[8] He was activated from the list again on August 7.^[9] He was waived/injured on August 22, 2020,^[10] and subsequently reverted to the team's injured reserve list the next day.^[11] He was waived from injured reserve with an injury settlement on September 1, 2020.^[12]

Buffalo Bills

On October 28, 2020, Jones was signed to the Buffalo Bills practice squad,^[13] but was released three days later.^[14]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On November 17, 2020, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Jones to their practice squad.^[15] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 21, 2021.^[16] He was waived on May 3.^[17]

New Jersey Generals

Jones signed with the New Jersey Generals of the USFL on January 11, 2023.^[18] He was placed on the injured reserve list before the start of the regular season on March 26.^[19] The Generals folded when the XFL and USFL merged to create the United Football League (UFL).^[20]

References

↑ Reid, John. "Leonard Fournette rooting for childhood friend TE Charles Jones to make Jaguars' 53-man roster". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ "Charles Jones". Jaguars.com. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ "Charlie Jones II College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
↑ "Jaguars sign former Tulane tight end Charles Jones". NOLA.com. Associated Press. May 12, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ "Jaguars sign TE Nick O'Leary". Jaguars.com. November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
↑ Oehser, John (July 30, 2020). "Transactions: Two added, one removed from reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
↑ Oehser, John (August 2, 2020). "Transactions: Three removed from reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
↑ Oehser, John (August 2, 2020). "Transactions: Minshew, four others added to reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
↑ Oehser, John (August 7, 2020). "Transactions: Jones, Walker moved to active roster". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
↑ Johnson, James (August 22, 2020). "Jags sign TE Matt Flanagan, waive/injured TE Charles Jones". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
↑ @AlbertBreer (August 23, 2020). "COVID-19 list update. John Ross comes off. No one goes on. Just 3 players left league-wide on the list. (Obviously, also, none of the false-positives from Saturday went on.)" (Tweet). Retrieved August 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
↑ "Charles Jones: Waived from IR". CBSSports.com. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
↑ "Bills sign tight end Charles Jones II to practice squad". The Buffalo News. October 28, 2020.
↑ "Bills activate CB Levi Wallace; elevate CB Dane Jackson". BuffaloBills.com. October 31, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
↑ @Steelers (November 17, 2020). "We have added TE Charles Jones to the practice squad and released LB Ray Wilborn" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
↑ Varley, Teresa (January 21, 2021). "Steelers sign four to Reserve/Future contracts". Steelers.com.
↑ Varley, Teresa (May 3, 2021). "Steelers sign Acy to one-year contract". Steelers.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
↑ @USFLGenerals (January 11, 2023). "Free Agent Signings" (Tweet). Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ @USFLGenerals (March 26, 2023). "Transferred Player to Injured Reserve List" (Tweet). Retrieved March 28, 2023 – via Twitter.
↑ Seifert, Kevin (January 1, 2024). "Newly formed United Football League sets 8 markets, tabs coaches". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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