Bert Jones
American football player (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bertram Hays Jones (born September 7, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams. He was named the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1976 with the Colts.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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Born: | (1951-09-07) September 7, 1951 (age 72) Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Ruston | ||||||||||||
College: | LSU | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||||||
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At Ruston High School in Ruston, Louisiana, he was given the nickname "the Ruston Rifle". Jones played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors in 1972. He was selected by the Colts in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft with the second overall pick. He is the son of former NFL running back Dub Jones of the Cleveland Browns. In 2016, Jones was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.