Dante Jones
American football player (born 1965)
American football player
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Born: | (1965-03-23) March 23, 1965 (age 59) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
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| High school: | Skyline (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1988 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51 | ||||||
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Dante Delaneo Jones (born March 23, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears from 1988 to 1994 and Denver Broncos in 1995. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and was selected by the Bears in the second round of the 1988 NFL draft.[1]
As a Sooner, Jones was the 1987 Orange Bowl MVP. As a senior Jones was an All Big 8 selection, Big 8 defensive player of the year and consensus All-American at linebacker in 1987. Jones came in third in the Butkus Award voting. He graduated in 1983 from Skyline High School in Dallas, Texas.
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1985 Oklahoma Sooners football—consensus national champions
- Troy Aikman
- Brian Bosworth
- Sonny Brown
- Lydell Carr
- Tony Casillas
- Patrick Collins
- Derrick Crudup
- Rickey Dixon
- Jamelle Holieway
- Mark Hutson
- Chris Howard
- Keith Jackson
- Dante Jones
- Tim Lashar
- Paul Migliazzo
- Lee Morris
- Kevin Murphy
- Anthony Phillips
- Darrell Reed
- Caesar Rentie
- Derrick Shepard
- Travis Simpson
- Spencer Tillman
- Head coach: Barry Switzer
- Assistant coaches: Tim Billings
- Joe Dickinson
- Jim Donnan
- Gary Gibbs
- Merv Johnson
- Charlie Sadler
- Lucious Selmon
References
- ^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
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