Travis Jones is an American football player who plays as a nose tackle with the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens. He wears jersey number # 98 for the team after previously wearing number #57 for Connecticut.
At UConn, he played collegiate football. In the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft, Jones was selected by the Ravens as the 76th overall pick.
Jones attended New Haven, Connecticut’s Wilbur Cross High School. He made a commitment to play college football at the University of Connecticut.
From 2018 through 2021, Jones was a player at UConn He did not participate in the 2020 season since Connecticut postponed it due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He has 134 tackles and 8.5 sacks by the end of his career. In the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft, Jones was selected by the Baltimore Ravens as the 76th overall pick.
The 22-year-old Jones has stood out among the defensive linemen in a select group of big-bodied people. The most recent veteran to take notice was nose tackle, Michael Pierce.
Jones has demonstrated a significant ability to apply pressure on the quarterback with 8.5 sacks over his final 22 collegiate contests.
The rookie overcomes double teams and sheds blocks by using a powerful broad base and large hands. This will be crucial as the club attempts to improve upon its lowest number of sacks (34) since 2016.