Former Enterprise football standout Marcus Jones is now officially a pro football standout.
The 2017 Enterprise High graduate and current New England Patriot player was voted to the 2022 NFL All-Pro team by members of the Associated Press as a punt returner, announced the AP on Friday.
During the season, Jones returned 29 punts for an NFL-high 362 yards with one touchdown, averaging an NFL best 12.5 average with more than 21 returns. People are also reading… Jones also earned the longest punt return of the NFL season, an 84-yarder for a touchdown with five seconds left that gave the Patriots a 10-3 win over the New York Jets on Nov. 20.
During the season, Jones, who played in college at Troy before transferring to the University of Houston, tied an NFL career record with a receiving touchdown, a punt return for a touchdown and an interception return of 40 plus yards for a career. He matched Deion Sanderson. Jones, though, accomplished the feat in just 14 games where Sanders didn’t reach it until 64 games into his NFL career.
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