NFL 2026
CJ #95

Chris Jones

Defensive Tackle · Mississippi State

Chiefs three-time Super Bowl champion and most disruptive interior pass rusher in football.

Chris Jones has won three Super Bowls with Kansas City and made the Pro Bowl in every year since 2018. The 2025 season produced 9 sacks from the interior, an elite number for a defensive tackle, along with another All-Pro nod. Kansas City's defense is the unit that's kept the team in contention even with Patrick Mahomes' ACL absence.

3x Super Bowl champion
6x Pro Bowl
3x First-team All-Pro
80+ career sacks (interior)
Chiefs single-season DT sack record (15.5)

Path to the league

Mississippi State product taken 37th overall by the Chiefs in 2016. Took two years to break through. Has made the Pro Bowl every year since 2018.

Career highlights

3x Super Bowl champion (LIV, LVII, LVIII). 6x Pro Bowl. 3x First-team All-Pro. Career: 80+ sacks from the interior, top 10 all time among DTs. Chiefs single-season sack record by a DT (15.5 in 2018).

2025 season recap

9 sacks, 42 tackles, 18 QB hits. Kansas City went 11-6 with Carson Wentz at QB after Mahomes' Week 14 injury. Jones' impact extends past the sack total; his interior pressure created sacks for edge rushers George Karlaftis and Felix Anudike-Uzomah. Made his sixth Pro Bowl.

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Chris Jones (defensive tackle)
  • Pro Football Reference: Chris Jones

Statistics

2025 season and career

2025 Season · Defense

17 games played
29
TOT
15
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
FF
0
FR

Defense · career

YearTeamGPTOTSOLOSACKINTFFFRPD
2025chiefs17291570002
2024chiefs15371950100
2023chiefs16302010.50004
2022chiefs17443015.50214
2021chiefs14271890115
2020chiefs1536237.50204
2019chiefs13362390114
2018chiefs16403515.51205
2017chiefs1632226.51407
2016chiefs16281720004

Player Profile

95
Jersey
6' 6"
Height
310 lbs
Weight
11 seasons
Experience

Background

Position
Defensive Tackle
Group
defense
College
Mississippi State
Hometown
Houston, MS, USA
Age
31
Status
active