Keith Jones (Atlanta Falcons)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}}

{{distinguish|text=running back Keith "End Zone" Jones}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Keith Jones

| number = 38

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|03|20}}

| birth_place = Rock Hill, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 210

| high_school = Webster Groves
(Webster Groves, Missouri)

| college = Illinois

| draftyear = 1989

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 62

| pastteams =

• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1989|1992}})

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1988)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 791

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.7

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 6

| pfr = JoneKe01

}}

Keith Lamar Jones (born March 20, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 1989 to 1992.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/163616568/ | title=Jones Coming Along in Time | work=The Atlanta Constitution | date=August 4, 1989 | accessdate=21 January 2025}} He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.{{Cite web |title=Keith Jones |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneKe01.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928122447/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneKe01.htm |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was selected by the Falcons in the third round of the 1989 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}