Rod Jones (tight end)
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Richmond, California, U.S.
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | March 3, 1964 Richmond, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | December 8, 2018 (aged 54) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | El Cerrito (El Cerrito, California) | ||||||||
| College | Washington | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 8th round, 223rd overall pick | ||||||||
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Roderick Earl Jones (March 3, 1964 – December 8, 2018)[1] was an American professional football player who was a tight end for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies.
Born in Richmond, California, Jones attended El Cerrito High School, a public school in nearby El Cerrito, played defensive end and tight end on the football team,[2] and graduated in 1982.
Career
Jones played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James. He was part of the 1984 team that beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and finished the season at 11–1, earning a national title.[3]: 169 A team captain in his senior season of 1986,[4] he left with the all-time receiving record for a UW tight end, with 81 receptions.[5]
Selected by the New York Giants in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL draft,[6] Jones played two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with the Seattle Seahawks in 1989. He then returned to the University of Washington, earning a degree in Ethnic Studies in 2000.[7] Jones went on to spend nearly two decades within the athletic department as an academic coordinator.[1][7]