December 29th, 2009
Ed Lee “Too Tall” Jones (born February 23, 1951 in Jackson, Tennessee) is a former American football player in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. By the end of his 15 years with the Cowboys, he was officially credited with 57 quarterback sacks. Unofficially, his career sack total is 106 (sacks did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982).[1] His highest single-season sack total was 13 (in 1985). He was a member of the famed “Doomsday Defense” squad of the 1970s. Jones was given the nickname “Too Tall” because of his height, 6 ft 9 in (206 cm).
He graduated from the Merry High School in Jackson and attended Tennessee State University. Jones was the first overall draft choice in the 1974 NFL Draft.