Truman Jones

PRO: The Titans signed Truman Jones off the New England Patriots' practice squad in the middle of the 2025 regular season to add depth to the outside linebacker corps. The 6-foot-3-inch, 255-pounder spent his entire rookie campaign and most of the 2024 season on the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad before joining the New England Patriots.  The Harvard product saw action in two games with the Patriots and registered a pair of tackles.

TITANS TIDBITS: 
•    In 2022, Jones was awarded the Bulger Lowe Award, given to the best defensive player in New England.  The Bulger Lowe is the nation's second-oldest award in college football, after only the Heisman Trophy.
•    Jones was a decorated lacrosse player in high school, earning All-American and All-State honors, while leading Westminister to the 3A State championship.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: 
•    The Atlanta, Ga., native signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on May 6, 2023.
•    Waived by the Chiefs on Aug. 29, 2023 and signed to the team's practice squad two days later.
•    Signed by the Chiefs to a future contract on Feb. 14, 2024.
•    Waived by the Chiefs on Aug. 27, 2024 and signed to the team's practice squad a day later.
•    Released by the Chiefs from their practice squad on Nov. 26, 2024.
•    Signed by the New England Patriots to their practice squad on Dec. 3, 2024.
•    Signed by the Patriots to their active roster from the practice squad on Jan. 4, 2025.
•    Waived by the Patriots on Aug. 26, 2025 and signed to the team's practice squad a day later.
•    Activated from the Patriots' practice squad to the active roster standard elevation on Oct. 11, 2025.
•    Signed by the Titans to their active roster from the Patriots' practice squad on Oct. 28, 2025.

COLLEGE: 
•    Played four seasons for Harvard (2018-22) and appeared in 30 games.  Tallied 88 tackles, 14.5 sacks, 28.5 stops for loss, four passes defensed, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and four blocked kicks. 
•     As a senior (2022), served as the 148th team captain in Harvard football history.  Was a unanimous first team All-Ivy League after playing in all 10 games and leading the team with 13 tackles for loss (T-1st in Ivy), six sacks, six quarterback hurries and three blocked kicks.  Finished the campaign with 40 tackles and one forced fumble.  Earned Phil Steele Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year honors.
•    As a junior (2021), played in all 10 games and recorded 25 tackles, 4.5 stops for loss, two sacks, a team-high six quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
•    Did not play in 2020, as Ivy League competition halted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
•    As a sophomore (2019), appeared in seven games and tallied 23 tackles, to go along with 13 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, a pass defensed, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick.
•    As a true freshman (2018), saw action in three games.
•    Graduated from Harvard with a degree in biomedical engineering in December 2022.

PERSONAL: 
•    Attended The Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.) and was a three-year starter and one-year captain on the football team.
•    Elected to the All-Metro and All-State 3A teams and helped lead the football team to the 2015 3A State championship.
•    Was a three-year starter, two-year captain for lacrosse team.  Named an All-American and all-state in 2017.  Helped lead the lacrosse squad to the 2017 lacrosse 3A State championship.
•    Served as a National Honor Society member in 2017.
•    Son of Archie L. Jones, Jr., an investor and lecturer at Harvard Business School, from which he graduated in 1998.
•    Follow Jones on Instagram at @truman.l.jones_ and on X at @44TrumanJ.
•    Born Truman Lamar Jones on May 13, 2000 in Boston, Mass.