Barrett Jones Barrett Jones ( born May 25 , 1990 ) is an American football offensive lineman for the St . Louis Ram s of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Alabama , and started three BCS National Championship Game s ( 2010 , 2012 , 2013 ) all at different positions along the offensive line . Following the 2011 season , Jones was recognized as a consensus All - American , and won the Outland Trophy for the best lineman in college football . After another All - American season in 2012 , he won the Rimington Trophy for the best center . Jones was chosen by the St . Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft . Early years . Jones was born in Memphis , Tennessee . He attended Evangelical Christian School in Memphis , where he played for the Evangelical Christian Eagles high school football team . Following his senior season in 2007 , he was a first - team all - state selection by " The Tennessean " and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association , and was a U . S . Army high school All - American . He was a highly sought - after college recruit , and was rated as the top high school football player in the state of Tennessee by Rivals . com . His father Rex attended the University of Alabama and played for the Alabama Crimson Tide men ' s basketball team from 1982 to 1984 . College career . Jones received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Alabama , where he played for coach Nick Saban ' s Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 2008 to 2012 . After redshirting his initial year at Alabama , Jones started all 14 games for Alabama ' s 2009 national championship team at right guard . He subsequently earned Freshman All - America honors from " College Football News " and Phil Steele . In his junior season , because of team needs , he switched from guard to left tackle where he started all 13 games for another Alabama national championship team . Following his 2011 junior season , he was a first - team All - Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) selection , and was recognized as a unanimous first - team All - American . He was the winner of the 2011 Outland Trophy given to the best lineman in college football . In his senior year , again because of team needs , he switched from tackle to center . He started every game at center for the team that won another National Championship in 2012 . He did not receive a second Outland Trophy but won the Rimington Trophy given each year to the outstanding college center becoming only the 2nd person in history to win both an Outland and a Rimington . He is the only person to win an Outland and a Remington at two different positions or in two different years . Barrett Jones ended his Alabama career winning 3 BCS National Championships — each Championship at a different position — as an All - American guard , an All - American right tackle and an All - American center . Off the field , he has earned a degree in accounting , graduating " summa cum laude " in August 2011 with a 4 . 0 grade point average . He graduated in December 2012 with his masters again maintaining a 4 . 0 GPA . In addition , he was honored as one of 11 members of the 2011 Allstate AFCA Good Work " which honors football student - athletes for exemplary community service . " Jones won the 2012 William V . Campbell Trophy , an award given by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame to college ' s football ' s " best and brightest . " He is a 2010 and 2011 Academic All - American and in his final school year of 2012 – 13 , he earned distinction as both the NCAA Division I Football Academic All - America Team Member of the Year and the Academic All - America Team Member of the Year for all NCAA Division I sports . He received the 2011 ARA Sportsmanship Award and 2011 Wuerffel Trophy for combined athletic , academic and community service achievement . On December 6 , 2012 , Jones was awarded the Rimington Trophy as the best center in college football . Finally , he was named one of the 2014 recipients of the Today ' s Top 10 Award , given annually by the NCAA to 10 outstanding student - athletes who graduated in the school year before the award presentation . Jones suffered a serious foot injury in the first quarter of the SEC Championship game but played the entire game so well that his teammates did not even know he had been injured . Even with the injury , in the BCS Championship game 4 weeks later , Jones earned praise for handling Notre Dame nose tackle Louis Nix III mostly by himself , giving left guard Chance Warmack the freedom to maneuver downfield to block Fighting Irish linebackers for Eddie Lacy and T . J . Yeldon . After the game , he announced that he had a Lisfranc injury of the left foot with at least 2 torn ligaments . He was scheduled for surgery immediately upon returning home to Alabama . As a result , he was unable to participate in the NFL Combine . Professional career . In the 2013 NFL Draft , Jones was selected by the St . Louis Rams in the fourth round with the 113th overall draft pick . He attended his alma mater ' s Alabama 2013 season opener against Virginia Tech as well as the Crimson Tide ' s 25 - 0 win over Mississippi .