Kimani Jones

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| name = Kimani Jones

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| position = Offensive lineman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.

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| high_school = Mound Bayou (MS) Kennedy

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 330

| college = Arkansas State

| undraftedyear = 2006

| pastteams =

Cleveland Gladiators ({{AFL Year|2008}})
Omaha Beef ({{IFL Year|2009}})
Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings ({{AFL Year|2010}})
Kansas City Command ({{AFL Year|2011}}–{{AFL Year|2012}})
San Jose SaberCats ({{AFL Year|2014}}–{{AFL Year|2015}})

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| highlights =

ArenaBowl champion (XXVIII)
Second Team All-IFL ({{IFL Year|2009}})
First-team All-Sun Belt (2003)

| aflstatlabel1 = Receptions

| aflstatvalue1 = 6

| aflstatlabel2 = Receiving yards

| aflstatvalue2 = 20

| aflstatlabel3 = Receiving TDs

| aflstatvalue3 = 1

| aflstatlabel4 = Tackles

| aflstatvalue4 = 15.0

| afl = 10147

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Kimani Jones (born December 21, 1981) is a former American football offensive lineman. Prior to his Arena Football career, he played football at Arkansas State University; as a senior, Jones earned First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors.{{cite web|url=http://thesanjosesabercats.com/team-kimani-jones/ |title=Team – Kimani Jones |work=thesanjosesabercats.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908063330/http://thesanjosesabercats.com/team-kimani-jones/ |archivedate=September 8, 2015 }}

In 2008, following his departure from Arkansas State, Jones joined the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators. As a rookie, Jones appeared in all sixteen of the team's regular season games; moreover, he caught six passes for twenty yards and a touchdown.{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/aflsbc/mtt/kimani_jones_893793.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511043254/http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/aflsbc/mtt/kimani_jones_893793.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 11, 2015|title=Kimani Jones Bio - ARENAFOOTBALL.COM|work=arenafootball.com}} His career was interrupted by the AFL's 2009 decision to suspend operations; during this time, Jones signed with the Omaha Beef of the Indoor Football League, where he earned Second Team All-IFL honors. When the league returned in 2010, Jones signed on with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings. He appeared in eleven games during his lone season with the team. In 2011, Jones joined the AFL's Kansas City Command; over two seasons, he would appear in all but two of Kansas City's games. The Command folded at the end of the 2012 season; following this, Jones sat out the entire 2013 Arena Football League season. On April 2, 2014, he signed with the San Jose SaberCats; Jones appeared in twelve games (starting nine) as the SaberCats won their first division title since 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/040214aae.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915133621/http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/040214aae.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 15, 2015|title=SaberCats Assigned Veteran Offensive Lineman|work=arenafootball.com}} In May 2015, following the SaberCats' 2014 playoff loss to the Arizona Rattlers, Jones rejoined the SaberCats; he won his first AFL Championship when San Jose beat the Jacksonville Sharks in ArenaBowl XXVIII at the end of the season. He resides in California.