Landry Jones

**Landry Jones** is one of the quarterbacks for the Dallas Renegades.

## Background

Born in Artesia, New Mexico, in 1989, Jones later played for Artesia's high school. He led the team to two state championships, throwing for 7,013 yards and 89 TDs. Jones received the New Mexico Class 4A Player of the Year Award, and he finalized in the Joe Montana Player of the year Award.

## College (2008-2012)

### Oklahoma Sooners

Jones began playing for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2008. He was redshirted his first season, playing under QB Sam Bradford.

In 2009, at the opening game against BYU, Jones played as starting quarterback when Bradford suffered a shoulder injury. Though the Sooners lost the first match, Jones threw for 286 yards, 18 out of 32 completions, and 3 touchdowns. The following game he threw for 6 TDs, and 2 interceptions for a 45-0 win vs Idaho State. Jones was named AT&T Player of the Week.

Jones played as starting QB for the 2010, 11, and 12 seasons. He finished his college career with 16,646 passing yards and 123 touchdowns.

2011 season
In 2011, Jones led the Sooners on dominant performances against opening foes such as Tulsa and Florida State. He would outdo his last year's performance in the Red River Shootout by defeating Texas by a score of 55–17. The Sooners suffered their first setback against Texas Tech, losing by a score of 44–41 at home after two missed field goals. He would continue Oklahoma's dominance before losing his lead wide receiver Ryan Broyles to a knee injury against Texas A&M. After the loss, Jones entered a slump that included two losses to the Baylor Bears and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Jones ended up leading the Sooners to a victory in the Insight Bowl against the Iowa Hawkeyes to bring the Sooners another double digit winning season.

2012 season
On January 5, 2012, Jones announced he was returning to Oklahoma for his senior season. In 2012, he led the Sooners to a 10–2 record overall (8–1 in the Big 12), and shared the Big 12 Conference Championship with Kansas State. Jones's turnovers were the difference in an early season loss to Kansas State, but he played well throughout the rest of the season. They faced former Big 12 member, Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they lost 13–41. Jones finished the season with a completion percentage of 66 percent with 4,267 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions. He finished his collegiate career with 16,646 passing yards and 123 touchdowns.

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## NFL Years (2013-2019)

Pittsburgh Steelers
2013–2014 seasons
The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Jones in the fourth round (115th pick overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year, $2.59 million contract with a $439,220 signing bonus on June 12, 2013. The Steelers drafted him to develop into a long term back-up quarterback, replacing retired quarterbacks Charlie Batch and Byron Leftwich.
Prior to the 2015 NFL season, Jones was primarily the third-string quarterback behind longtime starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and back-up Bruce Gradkowski.

2015 season
During the 2015 pre-season, Gradkowski was injured and missed the entire 2015 regular season. Due to this injury, Jones received the majority of the starting reps in the pre-season. The Steelers signed veteran Michael Vick to replace Gradkowski due to Jones's lack of experience.
On October 18, 2015, during the Steelers' Week 6 game against the Arizona Cardinals, Jones made his NFL debut, replacing an injured Vick in the third quarter with the Steelers down 10–6. He finished the game with 168 passing yards and two touchdowns to Martavis Bryant, as he led the Steelers to a 25–13 comeback win. Jones played in seven games, starting two, in 2015, completing 32-of-55 passes for three touchdowns and four interceptions. He also relieved an injured Roethlisberger in the Steelers' wild-card playoff victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, completing 2-of-5 passes for 11 yards and an interception.[ However, Roethlisberger later returned to the game.

2016 season
On October 23, 2016, Jones received his first start of the season against the New England Patriots after Roethlisberger suffered a torn meniscus the week prior. He finished the 27–16 loss completing 29-of-47 pass attempts for 281 passing yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Due to the Steelers resting some of their starters for the playoffs, Jones started the season finale, completing 24-of-37 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns with one interception, as the Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns in overtime by a score of 27–24. The game-winning touchdown was a pass from Jones to wide receiver Cobi Hamilton.

2017 season
On March 9, 2017, Jones signed a two-year contract extension with the Steelers. Due to the Steelers resting some of their starters, he started the final game of the 2017 regular season, completing 23 of 27 passes for 239 yards, one touchdown, and one interception as the Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns by a score of 28–24.

2018 season
After drafting Mason Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the Steelers released Jones on September 1, 2018.[55] Appearing in two of the Steelers' four preseason games, Jones completed 10 of 13 passes for 127 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

Jacksonville Jaguars
On October 31, 2018, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Jones following an injury to starting quarterback Blake Bortles. He was released on November 19, 2018.

Oakland Raiders
On March 26, 2019, Jones signed with the Oakland Raiders. He was later cut on May 22, 2019.
Following his release from the Raiders roster, Jones briefly took a minimum wage position at a construction company in Fort Worth. The San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football offered Jones over $1,000,000 to sign, but sensing correctly that the Alliance did not have the funds to cover the promise, he declined.

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## Dallas Renegades (2020-Present)

Landry signed to play for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL on August 15, 2019. He was the first player to sign with the league. Soon, the Pittsburgh Steelers asked Jones to play for them after their starting QB, Ben Roethlisberger was injured, but the XFL blocked them. Jones became injured on January 7th, 2020, which caused him to miss 4-6 weeks. Landry played the next few weeks, but he was again re injured and missed the rest of the season.

## Personal Life

Jones was named after Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry. Jones is a Christian and was featured in an "I Am Second" video proclaiming his faith in Jesus Christ. He married former Oklahoma Sooner women's basketball guard Whitney Hand-Jones on July 6, 2012. His wife was drafted by the San Antonio Stars in the 2013 WNBA draft in the third round with the 32nd overall pick.

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## Other Renegades Players

* 12 **Landry Jones**
* 9 Philip Nelson

**Running Backs**
* 34 Cameron Artis-Payne
* 25 Lance Dunbar
* 27 Austin Walter
* 22 Marquis Young

**Wide Receivers**
* 13 Jeff Badet
* 11 Joshua Crocket
* 1 Jazz Ferguson
* 16 Jerrod Heard
* 18 Freddie Martino
* 19 Flynn Nagel

**Tight Ends**
* 86 Julian Allen
* 49 Donald Parham
* 80 Sean Price

**Offensive Linemen**
* 66 Josh Allen G
* 65 Alex Balducci C
* 70 Willie Beavers T
* 71 Justin Evans T
* 62 Darius James T
* 52 John Keenoy G
* 78 Pace Murphy T
* 61 Maurquice Shakir G
* 74 Salesi Uhatafe G
* 96 Winston Craig DE
* 59 Jonathan Calvin OB
* 55 James Fulston Jr. OB
* 98 Tony Guerad DT
* 44 Hau'oli Kikaha OB
* 91 Tomasie Laulile DT
* 72 Gelen Robinson DE

**Linebackers**
* 58 Asantay Brown
* 50 Reshard Cliett
* 51 Ray Ray Davison
* 43 Christian Kuntz OLB
* 48 Greer Martini
* 47 Tobena Obeke OLB
* 46 Tegray Scales
* 40 Tre Watson

**Defensive Backs**
* 21 Micah Abernathy S
* 20 Tenny Adewusi S
* 38 Donatello Brown CB
* 24 Treston Decoud CB
* 28 Josh Hawkins CB
* 45 Doyin Jibowu S
* 41 Dashaun Philips CB
* 31 Derron Smith S
* 23 Josh Thornton CB
* 8 Austin MacGinnis K

**Reserves**
* -- Drew Bailey II DT (IR)
* -- Adam Bisnowaty OT (Unsigned)
* -- Ryan Broyles WR (Unsigned)
* -- Izaah Burks DT (IR)
* -- Curtis Cothran DT (Unsigned)
* -- Kurtis Drummond S (Unsigned)
* -- Steven Dunbar WR (IR)
* -- Dimitri Flowers RB (IR)
* -- Marquis Flowers LB (Unsigned)
* -- John Franklin III CB (Unsigned)
* -- Colin Holba LS (Unsigned)
* -- Ronald Martin S (IR)
* -- Sealver Siliga DT (Unsigned)
* -- C. J. Smith CB (Unsigned)

*Rookies in italics*
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## Gallery

Jones practicingJones playing for the Pittsburgh SteelersJones, in his Oklahoma Sooners uniform