{"id":82151,"date":"2020-03-16T18:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T22:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=82151"},"modified":"2020-03-16T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T23:23:12","slug":"byron-jones-signs-miami-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/03\/16\/byron-jones-signs-miami-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Jones Signs with Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Five-year NFL veteran cornerback <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneBy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byron Jones<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>signed a massive contract with the Miami Dolphins. As of this posting, the exact financial details are not available to the public, but Ian Rapoport notes that the price is like $17 million per year or more. Jones, a UConn product, spent the entirety of his NFL career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Update: ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter added the terms of the deal<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Byron Jones\u2019 new contract with the Dolphins will be a five-year, $82.5 million deal, including $57 million guaranteed, per source. It includes $40 million in first two years.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1239691755043336196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dolphins<\/a> are getting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cowboys<\/a> FA CB Byron Jones. A massive deal for the now highest-paid corner.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1239685663584370693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneBy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byron<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JoneBy00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Jones<\/a> Signs with XXXX<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Byron Jones has spent his entire five year career with the Dallas Cowboys. Jones spent his first three seasons in Dallas playing primarily safety. In 2018, Jones moved exclusively to cornerback and immediately became <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2020\/02\/29\/byron-jones-walk-bad-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the league\u2019s best<\/a> at the position. That season saw Jones receive second team all pro from the associated press and his first and only pro bowl selection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, Jones was the 17th ranked cornerback by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/pro-top-25-cornerbacks-in-the-nfl-in-2018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>. He started 14 games for Dallas and accumulated 46 combined tackles. While he didn\u2019t manage to intercept any passes, Jones did end the season with 6 passes defensed and a forced fumble. Jones\u2019 breakout season was 2018. That season saw him grade out as the fifth best cornerback per Pro Football Focus. He allowed only 37 receptions to opposing receivers on 69 targets and had 14 passes defensed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones entered the league as a first round draft pick in 2015 out of the University of Connecticut. Selected by the Dallas Cowboys as the 27th pick in the draft, he was a fast riser in the pre-draft process. Coming off of a shoulder injury, Jones set an NFL scouting combine record in the broad jump (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 feet, 3 inches). He also turned in an impressive vertical jump of 44.5 inches and a forty yard dash of 4.43 seconds. Before his performance at the combine, Jones was viewed as the 25th best cornerback in the draft. He ended up being the fifth corner taken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his career, Jones has played in 79 games with 73 starts for the Cowboys. In those contests he put up 349 combined tackles with 43 passes defensed. For his career he has three forced fumbles and two interceptions with one being returned 21 yards for a touchdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ehFIcc_tScJRN32WKTpo7g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1195470305\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ehFIcc_tScJRN32WKTpo7g',sig:'ieOFoP54EJqXoNbuuhqU0DseGt9zit8P8LKCNvDsR_Y=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1195470305',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron Jones is no longer a free agent. 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