Rulon Jones

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP one source|date=December 2019}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Rulon Jones

| number = 75

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|03|25}}

| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 260

| high_school = Weber
(Pleasant View, Utah)

| college = Utah State

| draftyear = 1980

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 42

| pastteams =

• Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1980|1988}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Pro (1986)
• Second-team All-Pro (1985)
• 2× Pro Bowl (1985, 1986)
• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1980)
• UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year (1986)
• Second-team All-American (1979)

| pastexecutive =

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 73.5

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 10

| statlabel4 = Safeties

| statvalue4 = 3

| statlabel5 = Touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 1

| pfr = J/JoneRu00

}}

Rulon Kent Jones (born March 25, 1958) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).

Jones played college football for the Utah State Aggies and was selected by the Broncos in the 1980 NFL draft. During his career, Jones played in 129 games and recorded 52.5 official quarterback sacks. Sacks were an unofficial statistic in his first two seasons, when he had {{frac|11|1|2}} in 1980 and {{frac|9|1|2}} in 1981.

During the 1986 season, he was named the UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year on defense.

Rulon Davis was named after Jones and would also go on to play with the Broncos in the 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/05/03/another-rulon-for-broncos-d-line/|title=Another Rulon for Broncos' D-line|date=May 3, 2009}} Jones retired after the 1988 season.