Clinton Jones (American football)

Clinton Jones
Career information
Date of birth	(1945-05-24) May 24, 1945
Place of birth	Cleveland, Ohio
Position(s)	Running Back
College	Michigan State
NFL draft	1967 / Round: 1 / Pick 2
Career history
As player
1967–1972	Minnesota Vikings
1973	San Diego Chargers
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Clinton Jones (born 24 May 1945)^[1] is a former professional American football player in the United States from 1967 until 1973.

College Career

After his graduation from Cathedral Latin School in Cleveland, Ohio, Jones spent his college years at Michigan State University. He finished sixth in voting for the 1966 Heisman Award, the Michigan State Spartans second year in a row as national champions.

College Statistics

1964: 72 carries for 350 yards and 1 TD. 1 catch for 15 yards and 1 TD.^[2]
1965: 185 carries for 900 yards and 10 TD. 27 catches for 314 yards and 2 TD.
1966: 159 carries for 784 yards and 6 TD. 6 catches for 85 yards.

NFL Career

Jones was originally drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1967 NFL Draft. The pick used to draft Jones was one received by the Vikings from the New York Giants in exchange for the quarterback Fran Tarkenton.

Jones spent six seasons, 1967 to 1972, with Minnesota before moving on to the San Diego Chargers for one last season in 1973.

Clint Jones is a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. and National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.

On January 9th, 2015 Jones was named to the College Football Hall Of Fame.^[3]

His professional career highs were:

675 yards 1971
180 carries 1971
9 touchdowns 1970

References

External links

Clint Jones career statistics provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com.

1965 Michigan State Spartans football—FWAA & UPI national champions

16 Jimmy Raye 26 Clinton Jones 57 Jeff Richardson 84 Gene Washington 90 George Webster 95 Bubba Smith Head coach: Duffy Daugherty

1966 Michigan State Spartans football—NFF national co-champions

Clinton Jones Jimmy Raye Jeff Richardson Bubba Smith Gene Washington George Webster Head coach: Duffy Daugherty

1966 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Nick Eddy B Mel Farr B Clint Jones B Steve Spurrier E Jack Clancy E Ray Perkins OT Cecil Dowdy OT Ron Yary G LaVerne Allers G Tom Regner C Jim Breland

Defense	DL Tom Greenlee DL John LaGrone DL Wayne Meylan DL Alan Page DL Loyd Phillips DL Bubba Smith LB Jim Lynch LB Paul Naumoff DB Tom Beier DB Nate Shaw DB George Webster

1967 NFL draft first-round selections

Bubba Smith Clinton Jones Steve Spurrier Bob Griese George Webster Floyd Little Mel Farr Gene Washington Bob Hyland Loyd Phillips Cas Banaszek Paul Seiler Ray McDonald Ron Billingsley Alan Page Dave Williams Gene Upshaw Bob Matheson Harry Jones Jim Detwiler John Charles John Pitts Tom Regner Gene Trosch Don Horn Leslie Kelley

Minnesota Vikings 1967 NFL draft selections

Clinton Jones Gene Washington Alan Page Bob Grim Earl Denny Alvin Coleman Ken Last Bobby Bryant John Beasley Bill Morris Pete Tatman Bob Trygstad Fred Cremer Charles Hardt Jim Hargrove Jim Shea Gene Beard Dick Wagoner

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

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