- Birth name: Jacoby Rashi`d Jones
- Birthday: July 11, 1984
- Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana
- College: Lane College
- Draft: 2007
- Position: Wide Receiver
- Salary:$4.nine million
Jacoby Jones extensive receiver for the Baltimore Ravens signed a 2 12 months agreement in 2012 incomes him $4.nine million in 2013 and $6 million overall. He earned a $1.eight million sign up bonus and a $1 million bonus for making the roster. After 7 years withinside the league he proved his really well worth throughout the most important recreation of the NFL. During Super Bowl XLVII, he recorded the longest play withinside the recreation`s history, a 108-backyard kickoff go back for a touchdown. He assisted the underdogs to their first Super Bowl win.
Jacoby turned into born and raised in New Orleans. He evolved a love and ardour for soccer at an early age which brought about his own circle of relatives to switch him to a higher excessive college, Marion Abramson High School, with an first-rate athletic department. Rapper Lil Wayne and actress Lauren London additionally attended the college the identical years. He excelled in numerous sports activities along with tune and subject which he turned into recognized. In tune, he turned into an All-Metropolitan choice and an All-Area choice, with a non-public quality of 10.28 seconds withinside the one hundred meters and 21.three seconds withinside the two hundred meters.
Jones attended Southeastern Louisiana University in 2002 on a Track scholarship however transferred to Lane College to increase his soccer skills. Jones turned into drafted with the aid of using the Houston Texans withinside the third round (73rd overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. After being launched from the crew in May 2012 simply days later Jones signed a two-12 months, $7 million address the Baltimore Ravens.
