New England Patriots Rookie Marcus Jones Named First-Team All-Pro Punt Returner

Marcus Jones tau ua tiav nws lub xyoo tshiab nrog New England Patriots ua thawj pab pawg All-Pro punt rov qab.

Kev hloov pauv yav dhau los ntawm Troy mus rau Houston tau txais 47 ntawm 50 thawj qhov chaw pov npav ntawm txoj haujlwm, Associated Xovxwm tshaj tawm hnub Friday. Kalif Raymond ntawm Detroit Lions thiab Devin Duvernay ntawm Baltimore Ravens suav rau cov seem ntawm lub vaj huam sib luag.

Txawm hais tias tsis rov qab los ntawm nws thawj lub caij nyoog mus txog rau lub Kaum Hli, Jones tau mus ua tus coj NFL nrog 362 yards nyob rau theem ntawd. Nws tau ua li ntawd thaum nruab nrab 12.5 yards ib qho rov qab los ntawm 29 txoj hauv kev, suav nrog kev sib tw ua si los ntawm 84m xa nyob rau hauv lub vib nas this kaw tawm tsam New York Jets thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis.

AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors ua raws. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, ua li cas ib tug puv tes ntawm punts coj rov qab rau 20-ntxiv yards.

Qhov kev pom zoo All-American thiab Paul Hornung Award tus yeej tau kaw nws qhov kev sib tw los ntawm Sun Belt Conference rau American Athletic Conference khi rau NCAA cov ntaub ntawv nrog cuaj qhov sib xyaw ua ke ntawm kev sib tw thiab ncaws tawm. Tsis ntev tom qab tuaj txog ntawm qhov kev sib tw thib peb ntawm kev xaiv No. 85 tag nrho, nws kuj tseem yuav mus xyuas thaj tsam kawg uas yog tus txais thoob plaws yav dhau los thiab tam sim no rov qab.

"Yog li, pab pawg tshwj xeeb, tiv thaiv thiab tam sim no ntawm kev ua txhaum," Patriots txais thiab rov qab tus kws qhia Troy Brown hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm ntawm Jones 'versatility lub hli tas los. “Nws khiav zoo nrog pob hauv nws txhais tes. Nws ceev, nws ceev, nws muaj zog thiab nws tawv. Thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog nws muaj tus cwj pwm zoo txog kev ua si football. Nws yog ib tug txiv neej uas xav tawm mus, xav koom nrog thiab nws xav pab. "

Jones, 24, pom nws thawj NFL ua phem rau ntawm ib qho screen pass uas dhau los ua 48-yard touchdown tawm tsam Buffalo Bills pib lub Kaum Ob Hlis. Thiab ntawm Christmas Eve tawm tsam lub quarterback Joe Burrow thiab Cincinnati Bengals, nws txoj haujlwm thib ob cuam tshuam los ua 69-yard touchdown.

Muaj 18 snaps ntawm kev ua txhaum, 370 snaps ntawm kev tiv thaiv thiab 164 snaps ntawm pab pawg tshwj xeeb ua si thaum lub xyoo kawg thaum nqa cov nyiaj hli ntawm $ 705,000 thiab tus naj npawb ntawm $ 941,000.

Xyoo 2020, Gunner Olszewski tau cim tus neeg ua si Patriots kawg kom raug hu ua thawj pab pawg All-Pro punt rov qab. Lub 5-ko taw-8, 185-phaus Jones tam sim no yog tus tswv cuab ntawm lub koom haum 2022 cov npe nyob rau hauv pab pawg AP. Nws kuj tau txiav txim siab raws li tus neeg ncaws pob rov qab, qhov ntev ntawm 46 yards tau txais txiaj ntsig thaum nruab nrab 23.9 yards ib.

Mike Onwenu tsaws thib peb ntawm NFL tus neeg saib xyuas txoj cai thaum kav Pro Bowler Matthew Judon tsaws rau thib rau ntawm cov pab koomtes tiv thaiv ntug. Kev pov npav ntxiv rau New England yog kev nyab xeeb Kyle Dugger thiab Devin McCourty nrog rau cov tub ntxhais tshwj xeeb-team Matthew Slater thiab Brenden Schooler.