Patrick Jones II

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Contributed on both defense and special teams in each of the Vikings 17 games, making four starts.
• Amassed 31 tackles, including five for loss, 1.0 sack and eight quarterback hurries.
• In Week 17 against Green Bay, totaled a career-high nine tackles.
• Collected his first sack of the season and the fifth of his career on Christmas Eve against Detroit. Also posted career highs in tackles (six), solo tackles (five), tackles for loss (three) and passes defensed (one).
• Made his first career start at Carolina in Week 4 (10/1), recording three tackles, including two for loss.

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Contributed on both defense and special teams in each of the Vikings 17 games, making four starts.
• Amassed 31 tackles, including five for loss, 1.0 sack and eight quarterback hurries.
• In Week 17 against Green Bay, totaled a career-high nine tackles.
• Collected his first sack of the season and the fifth of his career on Christmas Eve against Detroit. Also posted career highs in tackles (six), solo tackles (five), tackles for loss (three) and passes defensed (one).
• Made his first career start at Carolina in Week 4 (10/1), recording three tackles, including two for loss.

2022 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Made his postseason debut and tallied one total tackle (1/15/23).
• Registered his fourth sack of 2022 after bringing down QB Nathan Peterman for a loss of six yards against Chicago in Week 18 (1/8/23).
• Tallied his third sack of his career and added four total tackles (three solo) and one QB hit (12/4).
  Inactive for Week 15.
• Registered a career-high four total tackles (two solo) vs. Dallas (11/20).
• Tallied his first and second career sack for a loss of 11 total yards at Miami. Also had three total tackles (10/16).
• Recorded his first tackle, a tackle for a loss, at Philadelphia (9/20).

2021 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Appeared in nine games during the 2021 season and made seven total tackles.
• Recorded two tackles in his second career game at Los Angeles Chargers (11/14).
• Played in his first NFL career game against Baltimore (11/7).
• Inactive for Weeks 1 and 3, and 4-8.

COLLEGE - PITTSBURGH

• Appeared in 48 games with 24 starts during Pitt career, starting every game over his final two seasons.
• Consensus All-America as a senior in 2020, led the ACC with 9.0 sacks, including a career-best 3.0 in a win over No. 24 Louisville.
• Had a three-sack game vs. Boston College that earned him ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week in 2020.
• Earned Second-Team All-ACC in 2019 in his first season as a starter.
• Led Pitt in tackles for loss, forced fumbles and quarterback hurries, and was second in sacks in 2019.
• Earned ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week vs. Duke in 2019 with 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and six tackles.
• Led the ACC and was sixth in the country with 0.31 forced fumbles per game in 2019.
• Helped Panthers to an 8-5 mark, the best of his career, and a win over Eastern Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit.
• Played in all 14 games in 2018 and had first full sacks of his career, ending season with 4.0, with 1.0 in Sun Bowl vs. Stanford.
• Helped Pitt to a berth in ACC title game in 2018, falling to Clemson but earning a spot in Sun Bowl against Stanford.
• As a redshirt freshman in 2017, played in 10 of the 12 games as Pitt went 5-7, upsetting No. 2 Miami in the final game of the year.
• Redshirted in 2016.

PREP - GRASSFIELD (VA.)

• Earned First-Team All-State for Group 6A as a senior at Grassfield High and named Co-Defensive Player of the Year in Monitor-Merrimac Conference.
• Helped team to 8-4 mark as a senior and a playoff berth with 83 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks.
• Rated the top DE in Virginia by Scout, 25th overall prospect in Virginia by ESPN and 26th overall by Scout.

OFF THE FIELD

• Son of Patrick and Angela Jones and has two sisters. Patrick Sr. was a U.S. Navy IT chief and spent most of his life overseas.
• Earned his bachelor's degree in administration of justice and is pursuing a second major in social sciences.
• Born in Yokosuka, Japan. After several relocations to bases in Jacksonville and Naples, Italy, the Jones family moved back to Japan, where they stayed until December 2012.
• During his international travels with his family, he climbed Mount Vesuvius, skied in the German Alps and skated at an Olympic rink in Munich.
• Discovered football in Japan where Jones also played baseball, basketball and wrestled.