Adrian Jones - #79 - T - Kansas - Profile

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS       

• Has played in 37 games and has made 16 starts.

• Started all 16 games in 2005, the first three at RT before moving to LT for the final 13 games.

• Has played in three postseason games.

SEASON BY SEASON

2006 (JETS) Played in the AFC Wild Card loss at NE. … Played in Week 17 win at OAK, reporting as tackle-eligible near goal line.

2005 (JETS) Started first three games at RT before starting remaining 13 games at LT. … Started at LT and was part of a line that blocked for Brooks Bollinger’s career-high 327 passing yards and Cedric Houston’s season-high 84 rushing yards in Week 15 loss at MIA. ... In the Week 14 win vs. OAK he started at LT and was part of a line that blocked for 184 rushing yards. … Made his first career start at RT in Week 1 loss at KC.

2004 (JETS) Appeared in both postseason games. ... Participated on special teams in Weeks 12-17. … Saw action on special teams in Week 6 win vs. SF. … Saw his first NFL action as member of return and FG units in first three weeks of the season.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

• Selected in fourth round (132nd overall) of 2004 NFL Draft with a compensatory draft pick, the first compensatory selection in club history.

BEFORE THE NFL

• Moved from TE to OT during spring ball going into his senior season at Kansas.

• Played in 42 games throughout his college career, catching 22 passes for 218 yards and 2 TD while playing TE his first three seasons.

• Lettered two years in football at Carter (Dallas, TX) HS, where he was named to the Texas top-100 player list as a senior. Carter was the school that defeated Permian for the Texas state title in the book and movie "Friday Night Lights."

OFF THE FIELD

• Majored in economics.

• Joined teammate David Barrett and ABC Television in building a new home for the Llanes family of Bergenfield, NJ, on ABC’s "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" last fall.

• Visited patients at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, NY, on 11/28/06.

• Attended Taste of the NFL, in partnership with ShopRite, in NYC on 5/3/07 to help raise money to fight hunger in the metropolitan area.