18 Matt Jones
WR
6-6
238 lbs
4/22/1983
Fort Smith, AR
Arkansas

Third-year receiver has ability to stretch the field … Made the switch from collegiate quarterback to NFL wide receiver as a rookie in 2005 … Career totals include 77 receptions for 1,075 yards (14.0 avg.) with nine touchdowns along with 14 rushes for 36 yards … Has started five of 30 games and posted three 100-yard receiving games … Only third player in team history to record three-plus 100-yard games (Jimmy Smith, 46; Keenan McCardell, 19) … Athletic playmaker who has ability to rush and pass the football … Led team in 2006 with a career-high 643 receiving yards on 41 receptions and four touchdowns … Surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in his 30th game, the fastest player in team history to accomplish the feat … Has completed 2 of 3 passes for 12 yards … Became the first Jaguars position player to complete two passes in his career and joined only LaBrandon Toefield and Bryan Barker as the three non-quarterbacks to complete a pass in a regular season game … Selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft … Was the fourth overall wide receiver drafted behind Braylon Edwards, Troy Williamson and Mike Williams … Ranked fifth among NFL rookies in yards (432), third in receptions (36) and second in receiving touchdowns (5) in 2005 …

2006:
Played in 14 games with a career-high four starts … Was inactive for two games with hamstring injury … Led team with 643 receiving yards along with a career-high 41 receptions for four touchdowns … Posted two 100-yard receiving games and had 13 receptions of 20-plus yards … Had career-best and team-high 15.7-yards average per reception … Led team with 71 yards receiving on five receptions in season-opener vs. Dallas on Sept. 10 … Finished with six receptions for 73 yards on Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh … Started at Washington on Oct. 1 and had two receptions for 13 yards … Led team with 66 receiving yards on three receptions on Nov. 5 vs. Tennessee with all three receptions resulting in first downs … Recorded career-long 49-yard reception from David Garrard vs. New York Giants on Nov. 20 … Made three-yard game-tying touchdown reception on Nov. 26 at Buffalo … Set career-highs in receiving with six receptions for 128 yards and one touchdown on Dec. 3 at Miami, his first 100-yard game of the season. Scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass from David Garrard against the Dolphins … Had three-yard touchdown grab in starting role on Dec. 17 at Tennessee … Finished with four receptions for a team-high 69 yards on Dec. 24 vs. New England, including a 33-yard touchdown reception … In season-finale on Dec. 31 at Kansas City, recorded five receptions for 104 yards.

COLLEGE

Four-year letterman at Arkansas at quarterback … Finished career with 417 of 755 passes for 5,857 yards, 53 touchdowns and 30 interceptions … Set conference record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,535 yards on 382 carries and 24 touchdowns … Set school record with 8,392 yards in total offense and was responsible for school-record 77 touchdowns … Finished with a career-high 2,073 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior along with 83 rushes for 622 yards and scores … Majored in education.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Van Buren, Ark. … Attended Northside (Fort Smith, Ark.) High as a senior … All-Arkansas and All-State quarterback who completed 62 of 137 passes for 830 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior and earned 939 yards and 13 touchdowns on 105 rushing attempts … Ranked in the top five in the state in punt returns … Spent the first three years of his prep career at Van Buren (Ark.) High … Split time as a junior between quarterback and wide receiver, recording 520 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 22 catches … Finalist for McDonald's All-America honors in basketball … As a junior in basketball, broke former All-America basketball player Corliss Williamson's conference record for season scoring average (24.5 points per game) … Avid hunter and fisherman … Enjoys reading to elementary students … Participated in Designs from the Heart home visit in 2006 … Supports and attends team sponsored events including Operation Blessing, Jaguars annual Taste of the NFL dinner and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Supports the charitable efforts of his teammate … Participated in youth football camps as a rookie in 2005 … Attended annual Jaguars food drive … Full name: Matthew Jones.