#Julius jones nfl pro

He also tied for most career touchdowns (104) with Terry Kirby. He broke his late uncle's (Edd Clark) single-game rushing record in 1994 (462 yards against John I. He still holds the VHSL record for the most rushing yards in a season with 3,319.

While playing for Powell Valley High School in Big Stone Gap, he led the team to back-to-back state championships in 19. Jones credits his parents with instilling the ambition and strong work ethic that he is known for in professional football. While in Appalachia, Virginia, his father encouraged the children to learn five new words per day, and made them read the front page of the newspaper, before they could read the sports section. His mother, Betty, worked the graveyard shift in a Virginia coal mine for nearly 20 years while raising seven children, including his younger brother, Julius Jones. Thomas was born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Among his credits are 2015's Straight Outta Compton and a recurring role in the Luke Cage series. Jones due to the SAG-AFTRA's unique stage name requirements, he began an acting career. In 2013, performing under the name Thomas Q.

#Julius jones nfl pro

In September 2019 he was nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2020. He retired among the top 25 leading rushers in NFL history (currently 26th, after LeSean McCoy passed him ), and a member of the 10,000 rushing yards club. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals seventh overall in the 2000 NFL Draft, and played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in addition to the New York Jets, Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for the University of Virginia. He was a running back who played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Thomas Quinn Jones (born August 19, 1978) is an American actor and a former football player.