Daniel Stephen Jones III is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was born on May 27, 1997. Jones attended Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, North Carolina. During his high school career, he had 6,997 passing yards and 98 touchdowns.
After redshirting his first year at Duke in 2015, Jones became the starting quarterback in his sophomore season in 2016 after quarterback Thomas Sirk suffered a season-ending injury. Jones was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round with the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
On July 22, 2019, Jones signed his four-year rookie contract, worth $25.664 million, including a $16.7 million signing bonus. Jones was selected to be a team captain in his second season.
It was the fourteenth consecutive season that the Giants’ starting quarterback had served as a captain, as Eli Manning had held the honour for the last thirteen years. In April 2022, the Giants declined Jones’s fifth-year option for 2023.
Daniel Jones Stats
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Sck | SckY | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2019 | NYG | 13 | 12 | 3–9 | 284 | 459 | 61.9 | 3,027 | 6.6 | 24 | 12 | 87.7 | 45 | 279 | 6.2 | 2 | 38 | 295 | 18 | 11 |
| 2020 | NYG | 14 | 14 | 5–9 | 280 | 448 | 62.5 | 2,943 | 6.6 | 11 | 10 | 80.4 | 65 | 423 | 6.5 | 1 | 45 | 286 | 11 | 6 |
| 2021 | NYG | 11 | 11 | 4–7 | 232 | 361 | 64.3 | 2,428 | 6.7 | 10 | 7 | 84.8 | 62 | 298 | 4.8 | 2 | 22 | 160 | 7 | 3 |
| Total | 38 | 37 | 12–25 | 796 | 1,268 | 62.8 | 8,398 | 6.6 | 45 | 29 | 84.3 | 172 | 1,000 | 5.8 | 5 | 105 | 741 | 36 | 20 | |
Daniel Jones College
After redshirting his first year at Duke in 2015, Jones became the starting quarterback in his sophomore season in 2016 after quarterback Thomas Sirk suffered a season-ending injury.
Jones started all 12 games, completing 270 of 430 passes (62.8%) for 2,836 yards, sixteen touchdowns and nine interceptions.
Daniel Jones Contract
Daniel Jones signed a 4 year, $25,664,056 contract with the New York Giants, including a $16,684,768 signing bonus, $25,664,056 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $6,416,014.
In 2022, Jones will earn a base salary of $965,000 and a roster bonus of $3,229,644, while carrying a cap hit of $8,365,836 and a dead cap value of $8,180,836.
Daniel Jones Height
1.96 m
Daniel Jones Draft Class
The sixth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Jones has 37 starts under his belt with the Giants. He has completed 62.8% of his passes with 45 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. Last season, Jones completed a career-high 64.3% of his passes while getting sacked a career-low 22 times.