Ricky Seals-Jones

Ricky Seals-Jones
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Seals-Jones in 2017.
No. 86 – Arizona Cardinals
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1995-03-15) March 15, 1995
Houston, Texas
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school: Sealy (TX)
College: Texas A&M
Undrafted: 2017
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018
Receptions: 22
Receiving yards: 324
Receiving touchdowns: 4
Player stats at NFL.com

Roderick Seals-Jones (born March 15, 1995) is an American football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He played college football at Texas A&M.

High school career

A two-sport athlete at Sealy High School, Seals-Jones contributed to the football team was named a Parade Magazine All-American in basketball.[1][2]

College career

Seals-Jones played college football for Texas A&M from 2013 to 2016 under head coach Kevin Sumlin.[3][4]

2013 season

As a true freshman, he ended up redshirting after only appearing in two games before suffering a season-ending injury.[5] In the game against Rice, he had his first three collegiate receptions for 84 yards, which included a 71-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Matt Joeckel.[6][7]

2014 season

As a redshirt freshman, his role in the offense expanded. In the season opener against #9 South Carolina, he recorded five receptions for 67 yards and a touchdown.[8][9] In the next two games, against Lamar and Rice, he recorded a receiving touchdown in both games.[10][11][12][13] On October 4, in a 48–31 loss against SEC West rival #12 Mississippi State, he had a season-high 10 receptions for 72 yards.[14][15] He finished his redshirt freshman season with a single reception for 21 yards against West Virginia in the 45–37 victory in the 2014 Liberty Bowl.[16]

2015 season

As a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 13 games. On October 3, he scored his first receiving touchdown of the season against #21 Mississippi State.[17][18] On October 17, he had a his best collegiate performance against #10 Alabama with six receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown.[19][20] He finished out the season with three receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown in the 27–21 defeat to Louisville in the 2015 Music City Bowl.[21][22]

2016 season

As a redshirt junior, his production dropped but still was an important contributor to the Aggies. On September 3, against #16 UCLA in the season opener, he had four receptions for 57 yards in the 31–24 victory.[23] On September 24, against #17 Arkansas, he recorded one reception for 47 yards before suffering a left leg injury.[24][25] He returned from his injury to play against #1 Alabama over a month later, but only had a single reception for 25 yards in the 33–14 loss.[26] On November 19, against UTSA, he had six receptions for a season-high 75 yards.[27][28] In his final game with the Aggies, he had six receptions for 34 yards and his lone touchdown of the 2016 season in the 33–28 loss to the Kansas State Wildcats in the 2016 Texas Bowl.[29][30] After the 2016 season, he decided to enter the 2017 NFL Draft.[31]

Collegiate statistics

Year School Conf Pos G Rec Yds Avg TD
2013 Texas A&M SEC WR 1 3 84 28.0 1
2014 Texas A&M SEC WR 11 49 465 9.5 4
2015 Texas A&M SEC WR 13 45 560 12.4 4
2016 Texas A&M SEC WR 9 26 333 12.8 1
Career Texas A&M 123 1,442 11.7 1

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 5 in
(1.96 m)		 245 lb
(111 kg)		 4.69 s 4.33 s 7.46 s 10 ft 1 in
(3.07 m)
All values from NFL Combine[32]

Seals-Jones was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2017.[33] He was waived on September 2, 2017 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[34][35] He was promoted to the active roster on September 25, 2017.[36]

On September 25, 2017, in Week 3 against the Dallas Cowboys, he appeared on special teams in his NFL debut.[37] In Week 11, against the Houston Texans, he had recorded three receptions for 54 yards and the first two touchdowns of his professional career.[38][39] He followed that up with four receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown in the next game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.[40][41] He finished the season with 12 receptions for 201 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games and one start.[42]

Personal life

Seals-Jones is the cousin of Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson.[43] Both Seals-Jones and Dickerson attended the same high school, and Dickerson has been a mentor to Seals-Jones.

Seals-Jones scored a 27 on the Wonderlic test.[44]

References

  1. ↑ McLaughlin, Brian (May 18, 2013). "Meet PARADE's 2013 All-America Basketball Teams". Parade. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Seals-Jones adjusting to life in the pros with the Cardinals". The Sealy News. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones commits to Texas A&M". 247Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones Bio". Texas A&M Athletics. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  6. ↑ "Rice at Texas A&M Box Score, August 31, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Manziel shines in return from brief exile; No. 7 Aggies rout Rice". WFMY. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  8. ↑ "Texas A&M at South Carolina Box Score, August 28, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  9. ↑ "No.21 Texas A&M Upset No.9 South Carolina". Sports Dallas Fort-Worth. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. ↑ "Lamar at Texas A&M Box Score, September 6, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  11. ↑ "Rice at Texas A&M Box Score, September 13, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  12. ↑ "Texas A&M rebounds from weather delay to rout Lamar 73-3". star-telegram. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  13. ↑ "No. 7 Aggies Roll Past Rice 38-10". KBTX. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  14. ↑ "Texas A&M at Mississippi State Box Score, October 4, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  15. ↑ "Bulldogs Blow Out Texas A&M 48-31". KBTX. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  16. ↑ "Liberty Bowl - Texas A&M vs West Virginia Box Score, December 29, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  17. ↑ "Mississippi State at Texas A&M Box Score, October 3, 2015". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  18. ↑ Rizer, Maxwell (2015-10-04). "Texas A&M Aggies Send Mississippi State Bulldogs Packing In 30-17 Victory". VAVEL.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  19. ↑ "Alabama at Texas A&M Box Score, October 17, 2015". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  20. ↑ "Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Texas A&M Aggies Live Score and Stats - October 17, 2015". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  21. ↑ "Music City Bowl - Texas A&M vs Louisville Box Score, December 30, 2015". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  22. ↑ "Louisville QB Has Record Night In Music City Bowl Win Over A&M". Chattanoogan. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  23. ↑ "UCLA at Texas A&M Box Score, September 3, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  24. ↑ Karels, Carter (2016-09-24). "Texas A&M receiver Ricky Seals-Jones exits Arkansas game with apparent left leg injury". SportsDay. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  25. ↑ "Arkansas vs Texas A&M Box Score, September 24, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  26. ↑ "Texas A&M at Alabama Box Score, October 22, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  27. ↑ "UTSA at Texas A&M Box Score, November 19, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  28. ↑ "Instant Analysis: How Alabama defeated Texas A&M". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  29. ↑ "Texas Bowl - Texas A&M vs Kansas State Box Score, December 28, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  30. ↑ "Texas A&M's Ricky Seals-Jones headed to 2017 NFL draft". AL.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  31. ↑ Zwerneman, Brent. "Texas A&M receiver Ricky Seals-Jones declares for NFL draft". SeattlePI. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  32. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones Draft Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  33. ↑ Urban, Darren (May 2, 2017). "Cardinals Collect 17 Undrafted Rookies". AZCardinals.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  34. ↑ Urban, Darren (September 2, 2017). "Cardinals Make Moves To Reach 53-Man Roster". AZCardinals.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  35. ↑ Urban, Darren (September 3, 2017). "Dorian Johnson Among Practice Squad Picks". AZCardinals.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  36. ↑ Williams, Charean (September 25, 2017). "Cardinals promote Ricky Seals-Jones with Jermaine Gresham nursing a rib injury". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  37. ↑ "Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals - September 25th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  38. ↑ "Cardinals' Ricky Seals-Jones: Strikes twice". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  39. ↑ "Arizona Cardinals at Houston Texans - November 19th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  40. ↑ "Jacksonville Jaguars at Arizona Cardinals - November 26th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  41. ↑ "TE Ricky Seals-Jones has big first half for second straight game". Cards Wire. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  42. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones: Game Logs at NFL.com". NFL.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  43. ↑ "Ricky Seals-Jones Draft Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  44. ↑ "Eric Dickerson Says His Cousin Ricky Seals-Jones Has HALL OF FAME Talent". TMZ.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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