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Gerald Jones
4  Gerald Jones
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Oklahoma City, Okla.

High School:
Millwood

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 199

Position:
WR

Major:
Criminal Justice

TENNESSEE TRIVIA - Tennessee's most versatile offensive performer finished with 714 all-purpose yards in 2008.

CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 20/7

2008 - Games/Starts: 11/7 ... Combined for 323 yards receiving, 150 via punt return, 126 rushing and 115 on kickoff returns ... Led Vols with 30 catches and four receiving touchdowns ... Added one rushing TD to finish just behind Montario Hardesty for combined team honors with five ... Scored twice on just three catches against UAB ... Career highs with five catches against both Florida and Wyoming ... Other touchdowns came against Georgia, Wyoming and Kentucky ... Best breakaway run was career long 55-yarder against Wildcats ... That play led to collegiate best 67 rushing yards on just five attempts, which, in turn, helped him earn SEC Special Teams Player of the Week ... Rushed 23 times, almost exclusively from "G-Gun" quarterback position ... Seventh among SEC punt return leaders with 10.0-yard average on 15 attempts ... Added three kickoff returns for 38.3-yard average that led the team ... Missed Alabama game because of injury ... Longest receiving play of career was 43-yarder against Northern Illinois ... Caught four passes for collegiate best 68 yards at Georgia.

2007 - Games/Starts: 9/0 ... Impacted final three games by displaying his versatility ... Caught first TD pass in initial overtime of Kentucky game ... Added key reception for first down in third overtime to set up another Vols score ... In SEC Championship Game, rushed twice for 39 yards from quarterback position ... In Outback Bowl, added second career rushing TD in Outback Bowl ... Also had season-high 34 receiving yards vs. Wisconsin ... Finished season with 58 rushing yards and two scores on eight attempts, along with 11 catches for 111 yards and score ... Caught first career pass at Alabama as part of two-catch, 27-yard day ... Rushed for 20 yards and touchdown in Louisiana-Lafayette game. HIGH SCHOOL - 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year in Oklahoma ... Ranked as nation's No. 22 overall player by Tom Lemming and No. 13 in Big 12 Region by G&W Recruiting Report ... Rushed for 1,202 yards and 11 touchdowns while also completing 87-of-152 passes for 1,561 yards and 21 touchdowns as senior ... Also recorded 39, two sacks and an interception in senior season ... Rushed for more than 1,900 yards and 24 touchdowns and passed for more than 850 yards and 10 touchdowns as junior ... Tallied four interceptions as junior on defense ... Helped Millwood to 12-1 record in 2006 ... Member of Millwood High Concert Choir and his own church choir ... Starter on Class 3A state basketball championship team as junior in 2005.

COACH AT MILLWOOD HIGH SCHOOL - Keith Bell.

BORN - Aug. 10, 1989.

GERALD JONES CAREER STATISTICS
RUSHING AVG AVG HIGH
YEAR G ATTYDSATTGMTDLONGYDS
2007 9 8 58 7.2 6.4 2 20-LSU 39-LSU
2008 11 23 126 5.5 11.5 1 55-Ky 67-Ky

Totals 20 31 184 5.9 9.2 3 55-Ky 67-Ky
RECEIVING AVG AVG HIGH
YEAR G RECYDSRECGMTDLONGYDS
2007 9 11 111 10.1 12.3 1 20-SC 34-Wis
2008 11 30 323 10.8 29.4 4 43-NIU 68-Ga

Totals 20 41 434 10.6 21.7 5 4-NIU 68-Ga
PUNT RETURNS AVG AVG HIGH
YEAR G NOYDSNOGMTDLONGYDS
2007 9 0 0 -- -- 0 -- --
2008 11 15 150 10.0 13.6 0 40-Aub 68-Aub

Totals 20 15 150 10.0 7.5 0 40-Aub 68-Aub
KICKOFF RETURNS AVG AVG HIGH
YEAR G NOYDSNOGMTDLONGYDS
2007 9 0 0 -- -- 0 -- --
2008 11 3 115 38.3 10.5 0 43-UCLA 76-UCLA

Totals 20 3 115 38.3 5.8 0 43-UCLA 76-UCLA
Jones has two career pass attempts (at Auburn and vs. Northern Illinois in 2008)
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