Originally a first-round (6th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2019. Jones was just the third quarterback selected by the Giants in the first round of the NFL Draft. The others were Phil Simms in 1979 and Philip Rivers in 2004…Rivers was sent to the Chargers in the trade that brought Eli Manning to the Giants. Jones started all 36 games in which he played at Duke from 2016-18…Was a team captain in 2017-18…Two-time recipient of the Carmen Falcone Award as Duke’s Most Valuable Player (2016 & 2018)...Three-time Academic All-ACC selection (2016-18)...Two-time ACC Quarterback of the Week (vs. Northwestern and North Carolina in 2018)...Four-time Manning Award Star of the Week recipient (vs. Notre Dame and North Carolina in 2016, and Northwestern and North Carolina in 2018)...MVP of the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl vs. Northern Illinois...Offensive Player of the Game of the 2018 Walk-On’s Independence Bowl vs. Temple.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a first-round (6th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2019.

GIANTS NOTES:

• Jones was just the third quarterback selected by the Giants in the first round of the NFL Draft. The others were Phil Simms in 1979 and Philip Rivers in 2004…Rivers was sent to the Chargers in the trade that brought Eli Manning to the Giants.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Jones started all 36 games in which he played at Duke from 2016-18…Was a team captain in 2017-18…Two-time recipient of the Carmen Falcone Award as Duke’s Most Valuable Player (2016 & 2018)...Three-time Academic All-ACC selection (2016-18)...Two-time ACC Quarterback of the Week (vs. Northwestern and North Carolina in 2018)...Four-time Manning Award Star of the Week recipient (vs. Notre Dame and North Carolina in 2016, and Northwestern and North Carolina in 2018)...MVP of the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl vs. Northern Illinois...Offensive Player of the Game of the 2018 Walk-On’s Independence Bowl vs. Temple.
• Completed 764 of 1,275 passes (60%) for 8,201 yards, 52 touchdowns, and 29 interceptions...Added 406 rushing attempts for 1,323 yards (3.3-yard avg.) and 17 touchdowns, caught 2 passes for 6 yards, and punted 5 times for 170 yards...Compiled 9,524 yards of total offense...Averaged 227.8 passing yards per game…Played 2,603 career snaps...Recorded 300+ yards of total offense in 13 games, including a career-high 547 (186 rushing & 361 passing) vs. North Carolina in 2018…Threw multiple touchdown passes in 16 games, including a career-high 5 vs. Temple in his final game in 2018...Completed 20+ passes in 20 games, including a career-high 34 vs. Miami in 2016...Threw for 300+ yards in 9 games, including a career-high 423 yards vs. Temple in 2018.
• Holds Duke single-game records for total offensive yards (547 vs. North Carolina, 2018) and rushing yards by a quarterback (186 vs. North Carolina, 2018) while sharing school game marks for touchdown passes of 20+ yards (3 vs. Temple, 2018), and 50+ yards (2 vs. Pittsburgh, 2018).

2018:

• Jones started all 11 games in which he played…Suffered fractured left clavicle in the 3rd quarter vs. Northwestern (9/8) and underwent surgery on Sept. 9, forcing him to miss games vs. Baylor and N.C. Central...Received the program’s Carmen Falcone Award as Duke’s Most Valuable Player, becoming the sixth 2-time recipient of the honor, joining Leo Hart (1969-70), Keith Stoneback (1973-74), Scottie Montgomery (1998-99), Mike Hart (2000-01) and John Talley (2005-06)...Two-time ACC Quarterback of the Week honoree and Manning Award Star of the Week recipient following performances vs Northwestern and North Carolina.
• Completed 237 of 392 passes (60.5%) for 2,674 yards, 22 touchdowns and 9 interceptions while rushing 104 times for 319 yards (3.1-yard avg.)...Compiled 2,993 total offensive yards...Averaged 243.1 passing yards per game...Caught 1 pass for 6 yards...Punted twice for 54 yards with both kicks downed inside the opponent 20-yard line...Completed 20+ passes in 6 games, including a season-high 31 vs. North Carolina…Threw for more than 300 yards in 3 games: Pittsburgh (396), North Carolina (361) and Temple (423)…Tossed 3+ TD passes vs. Northwestern (3), Georgia Tech (3), Pittsburgh (4), North Carolina (3) and Temple (5)...Threw a season-long 85-yard pass to wide receiver T.J. Rahming vs. Temple in the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl.
• Tallied season-high totals of 31 completions on 54 attempts for 361 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, plus 15 rushing attempts for 186 yards with a long of 68 yards and 1 score vs. North Carolina…Totaled a season-high 547 offensive yards to become the 3rd player in ACC history to post multiple 300-yard passing and 100-yard rushing games, joining Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (5) and Clemson’s Tahj Boyd (2)...The 547-yard performance ranked as the 5th-highest single-game outing in ACC history, trailing only Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (610 vs. Syracuse, 2016), Clemson’s Deshaun Watson (588 vs. Pittsburgh, 2016), Miami’s Stephen Morris (568 vs. N.C. State, 2012) and Wake Forest’s Rusty LaRue (554 vs. N.C. State, 1995).
• Jones’ 547 yards vs. North Carolina were a Duke single-game record, as were his 186 rushing yards by a quarterback…Matched Duke’s 2nd-highest single-game total for touchdown passes with 5 vs. Temple, 1 shy of the school record of 6 set by Steve Slayden vs. Georgia Tech in 1987.
• Matched Blue Devil single-season records for most games with 3+ touchdown passes (5), most games with 4+ touchdown passes (2), touchdown passes of 20+ yards (11) and touchdown passes of 50+ yards (5).
• On Dec. 31, 2018, Jones declared intention to forgo final season of collegiate eligibility and enter the 2019 National Football League draft…On Jan. 26, he was named MVP of the Reese’s Senior Bowl after completing 8 of 11 passes (72.7%) for 115 yards and 1 touchdown while rushing for another score in a 34-24 North team victory.

2017:

• Team captain...Quick Lane Bowl MVP…Recipient of Duke’s Ace Parker Award, an honor presented annually to an individual who displays unparalleled commitment to the team and overcomes adversity to contribute...Started all 13 games...Completed 257 of 453 passes (56.7%) for 2,691 yards, 14 touchdowns and 11 interceptions…Had 161 carries for 518 yards (3.2-yard avg.) and 7 touchdowns...Compiled 3,209 total offensive yards…Punted once for 45 yards ... scored 42 points…Was 1 of 6 quarterbacks among Power 5 schools to amass 2,500+ passing yards and 500+ rushing yards, joining Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett, Clemson’s Kelly Bryant, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson, Michigan State’s Brian Lewerke and Wake Forest’s John Wolford.
• Completed 20+ passes in 6 games, including a season-high 29 (on a season-high 45 attempts) vs. Northwestern...Posted a completion percentage of 60.0 or better in 6 contests including a season-best 76% (19 of 25) vs. N.C. Central...Threw for 200+ yards in 7 games.
• Opened the season with 29 pass attempts without an interception to push his streak to 202 dating back to 2016 and establish the 2nd-longest run in school history, behind only Thaddeus Lewis, who threw 206 consecutive passes without a pick over the 2007-08 seasons...Logged 24 rushes of 10+ yards, including a season-long 33-yarder at Virginia Tech...Compiled a season-high 413 yards of total offense vs. Northwestern while becoming the 2nd player in Duke history to post 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in a game, joining Brandon Connette, who accomplished the feat on Sept. 21, 2013 vs. Pittsburgh with 323 passing yards and 101 rushing yards.
• Set Quick Lane Bowl record for pass completions (27) while tying the bowl game mark with 2 touchdown passes…Engineered a Duke offense which set Quick Lane Bowl records for offensive plays (92) and time of possession (38:21) while tying the game record for total touchdowns (5), rushing scores (3) and first downs (27).

2016:

• Received the Carmen Falcone Award as Duke’s Most Valuable Player...Academic All-ACC selection...Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week choice following performances vs. Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Miami...The 4 weekly citations tied Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois for the league’s highest total…Davey O’Brien Award Great Eight weekly honoree following the win at Notre Dame...Runner-up to Francois for both ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association...Finished 3rd in the balloting for both ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year by the league’s head coaches.
• Started all 12 games...Completed 270 of 430 passes (62.8%) for 2,836 yards, 16 touchdowns and 9 interceptions while rushing 141 times for 486 yards (3.5-yard avg.) and 7 touchdowns…Completed 20+ passes in 8 contests and 30+ in 3 games: vs. Miami (34), Virginia (33) and Wake Forest (31)...Posted a completion percentage of 60.0 or better in 9 games, including a season-best 75% (24 of 32) at Notre Dame...Threw for 300+ yards vs. Wake Forest (332), Virginia (324), Miami (316) and Georgia Tech (305)…Had a season-high 3 touchdown passes vs. both Notre Dame and Miami…Completed a season-high 34 passes (on 59 attempts) vs. Miami…Threw a season-high 54 passes (completing 33) vs. Virginia.
• Engineered game-winning 10-play, 44-yard drive to set up AJ Reed’s 19-yard field goal with 1:24 remaining in the 4th quarter as Duke defeated Notre Dame, 38-35...Threw game-winning 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Davis Koppenhaver with 2:10 remaining in the 3rd quarter as the Blue Devils upended No. 15 North Carolina, 28-27.
• Set Duke single-season freshman records for attempts, completions, passing yards and touchdown passes, highest completion percentage, most games with 20+ and 30+ completions, most games with 100+, 200+ and 300+ passing yards, and most offensive plays and yards…Jones was the first freshman to lead Duke in passing and total offensive yards since Thaddeus Lewis in 2006...Became the 2nd quarterback in Duke history to post 16+ passing touchdowns and 7+ rushing touchdowns in a single season, joining Thomas Sirk (2015)...Helped Duke finish the season as 1 of 4 ACC schools to complete at least 62% of its passes along with a 2:1 TD-to-INT ratio, joining Clemson, North Carolina and Virginia Tech...Part of a Duke offensive unit that was the lone ACC squad to have zero turnovers in the red zone in league action...After throwing 6 touchdown passes against 8 interceptions through the first 5 weeks of the season, had 10 touchdown tosses vs. just 1 pick over the final 7 weeks.

2015:

• Did not see game action.

PERSONAL:

• Graduated from Duke in December 2018 with a degree in economics...Son of Becca and Steve Jones...Sister, Becca, lettered 4 seasons (2013-16) in field hockey at Davidson College...Brother, Bates, is a member of the basketball program at Davidson...Sister, Ruthie, signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Duke beginning in the fall of 2019.
• Three-year letterman at Charlotte Latin High School…Helped the Hawks to a 19-5 record and 2 state championship game appearances...Elected a team captain as both a junior and senior...Set school career records for total offensive yards (8,344), passing yards (6,997) and total touchdowns (98)...As a senior in 2014, completed 151 of 268 passes for 2,949 yards and 43 touchdowns and rushed 109 times for 778 yards and 10 scores to help Charlotte Latin to a 10-2 record and North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) Division I state championship game appearance...Earned first-team NCISAA all-state honors, first-team all-conference accolades and the South Charlotte Sports Report Quarterback of the Year Award after setting school single-season records for total yards (3,727), passing yards and touchdown passes passing TDs.
• As a junior, led the team to a 9-3 record and a berth in the NCISAA Division I state title game...Earned 2nd-team NCISAA all-state accolades and was an all-conference honoree after completing 158 of 290 passes for 2,398 yards and 27 touchdowns TDs…Earned 3 letters in basketball, serving as a team co-captain during senior season.