Christian Jones

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round (162nd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Texas, becoming the first Longhorn player drafted by Arizona in 11 years.
• After spending the majority of his rookie campaign on IR (ankle), saw action in the final two games and started at RT in the season finale.
• Earned a master's degree in Sports Management and was a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. Was a two-time (2023, 2021) first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection and two-time (2020, 2022) second-team All-Big 12 selection.
• Did not begin playing football until his junior year at Cypress Woods (Cypress, TX) High School. Grew up playing soccer and played the sport through his sophomore season before switching to football.

NoteCARDS:

• Selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round (162nd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Texas, becoming the first Longhorn player drafted by Arizona in 11 years.
• After spending the majority of his rookie campaign on IR (ankle), saw action in the final two games and started at RT in the season finale.
• Earned a master's degree in Sports Management and was a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. Was a two-time (2023, 2021) first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection and two-time (2020, 2022) second-team All-Big 12 selection.
• Did not begin playing football until his junior year at Cypress Woods (Cypress, TX) High School. Grew up playing soccer and played the sport through his sophomore season before switching to football.

Pro Career:

Drafted by the Cardinals in the fifth round (162nd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Texas.

2024: Played two games, making one start at right tackle ... placed on injured reserve on 8/27 with an ankle injury ... made his NFL debut @ LAR (12/28), seeing snaps at RT ... made his first NFL start at RT in the win vs. SF (1/5/25) and was a part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack of Murray as he tied his career high with four TD passes.

College:

A six-year (2018-23) tackle at Texas, appeared in 61 games with 48 starts during his college career … started all 48 games played over his final four seasons … his 48 starts came at right tackle (35) and left tackle (13) ... earning All-Big 12 honors in 2022-23 ... started all 13 games at RT in 2023 and earned All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive year; helped open holes for current Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks to run for 1,158 yards) ... started all 13 games at RT in 2022 and earned All-Big 12 honors and was part of an O-line that blocked for Doak Walker Award winner, unanimous All-American and current Falcons RB Bijan Robinson as he rushed for 1,580 yards (6.1 avg.) and 18 TDs ... started all 12 games at left tackle in 2021; helped run Robinson (1,127) run for over 1,000 yards ... started all 10 games in 2020 (nine games at RT and one at LT), part of an O-line that helped the Longhorns average 42.7 points per game, the second-best scoring average in school history; blocked for an offense that averaged 6.66 yards per play, the fourth-best mark in school history and best in a season since 2005, and a backfield that averaged 5.3 ypc and scored 20 rushing TDs ... saw action in 13 games in 2019, primarily on special teams with the field goal unit ... redshirted as a true freshman in 2018.

Personal:

Attended Cypress Woods (Cypress, TX) High School where he played soccer before switching to football as a junior in 2016 … earned all-district honors in football and for his academics … named a team captain as a senior in 2017, serving as a two-way player on both the offensive and defensive lines … selected first-team All-District 17-6A as an offensive lineman … part of an offense that rushed for 2,129 yards for an average of 236.6 yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry as a senior … volunteered to help victims during and after Hurricane Harvey … at Texas, was a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021, fall 2021, spring 2022, fall 2022, spring 2023).