Chris Jones (cornerback)


Chris Jones is an American football cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at Nebraska.

College career

Jones started 26 games for the Cornhuskers over the course of Three seasons. As a junior, he had three interceptions, 10 pass breakups and 37 tackles, including three for loss and one sack and was named All-Big Ten honorable mention. Jones missed the first half of his senior season due to a knee injury.

Professional career

Detroit Lions

Jones signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2018. Jones failed to make the Lions' 53-man roster at the end of training camp and was waived by the team on September 1, 2018.

Arizona Cardinals

On September 3, 2018, Jones was signed to the Arizona Cardinals practice squad. Jones was promoted to the Cardinals active roster on November 20, 2018. Jones made his NFL debut on November 25, 2018 against the Los Angeles Chargers. He was waived on November 27, 2018 and re-signed to the team's practice squad two days later. He was promoted to the active roster on December 18, 2018.
Jones made his first career start on September 22, 2019 against the Carolina Panthers. Jones was waived by the Cardinals on October 9, 2019 and re-signed to the practice squad. On November 8, 2019, Jones was promoted to the active roster.