Kimani Jones

Kimani Jones

Personal information
Born:	(1981-12-21) December 21, 1981 (age 42) Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mound Bayou (MS) Kennedy
College:	Arkansas State
Position:	Offensive lineman
Undrafted:	2006
Career history
Cleveland Gladiators (2008) Omaha Beef (2009) Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings (2010) Kansas City Command (2011–2012) San Jose SaberCats (2014–2015)
Career highlights and awards
ArenaBowl champion (XXVIII) Second Team All-IFL (2009) First-team All-Sun Belt (2003)
Career Arena League statistics
Receptions: 6 Receiving yards: 20 Receiving TDs: 1 Tackles: 15.0 Stats at ArenaFan.com

Kimani Jones (born December 21, 1981) is a former American football offensive lineman. Prior to his Arena Football career, he played football at Arkansas State University; as a senior, Jones earned First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors.^[1]

In 2008, following his departure from Arkansas State, Jones joined the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators. As a rookie, Jones appeared in all sixteen of the team's regular season games; moreover, he caught six passes for twenty yards and a touchdown.^[2] His career was interrupted by the AFL's 2009 decision to suspend operations; during this time, Jones signed with the Omaha Beef of the Indoor Football League, where he earned Second Team All-IFL honors. When the league returned in 2010, Jones signed on with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings. He appeared in eleven games during his lone season with the team. In 2011, Jones joined the AFL's Kansas City Command; over two seasons, he would appear in all but two of Kansas City's games. The Command folded at the end of the 2012 season; following this, Jones sat out the entire 2013 Arena Football League season.^[2] On April 2, 2014, he signed with the San Jose SaberCats; Jones appeared in twelve games (starting nine) as the SaberCats won their first division title since 2008.^[3] In May 2015, following the SaberCats' 2014 playoff loss to the Arizona Rattlers, Jones rejoined the SaberCats; he won his first AFL Championship when San Jose beat the Jacksonville Sharks in ArenaBowl XXVIII at the end of the season. He resides in California.

References

1. "Team – Kimani Jones". thesanjosesabercats.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015.
2. "Kimani Jones Bio - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM". arenafootball.com.
3. "SaberCats Assigned Veteran Offensive Lineman". arenafootball.com.

External links

• San Jose SaberCats bio^{[permanent dead link‍]}