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Donta Jones

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New Orleans Saints · LB

Donta Jones recorded 82 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets.

▶Best highlights

0.5

tackles/gm

8

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

82

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Donta Jones's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXX
DALLASCOWBOYS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 28, 1996

Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Super Bowl XXX · Jan 28, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1998
GREEN BAYPACKERS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
NOV 9, 1998

Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1998

0 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2000
ST. LOUISRAMS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 30, 2000

St. Louis Rams vs New Orleans Saints

Wild Card · Dec 30, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1997
DENVERBRONCOS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 11, 1998

Denver Broncos vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Conference Championship · Jan 11, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1997
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 3, 1998

New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Divisional Round · Jan 3, 1998

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Donta Jones's indexed NFL box scores.

Career highs: 5 total tackles · 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
1999
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
OCT 17, 1999

Carolina Panthers vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Oct 17, 1999

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2.5 sacks

Regular Season
1998
GREEN BAYPACKERS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
NOV 9, 1998

Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1998

0 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 tackle for loss

Regular Season
1999
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
SEP 19, 1999

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Sep 19, 1999

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Donta Jones's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2006

01
PITJONES—Donta Jones
PITBETTIS36Jerome Bettis
PITWARD86Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

02
CINJONES—Donta Jones
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

03
NYJJONES—Donta Jones
NYJMARTIN28Curtis Martin
NYJTESTAVERDE16Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

1995–2001

04
CARJONES—Donta Jones
CARMILLS51Sam Mills
CARGREENE91Kevin Greene

The second season reaches the NFC title game

Carolina Panthers · An expansion team arrives early

Carolina won its division and reached the 1996 NFC Championship Game in only its second season before the original core receded.

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Franchise era

2000–2005

05
NOJONES—Donta Jones
NOBROOKS2Aaron Brooks
NOHORN87Joe Horn

A breakthrough gives way to displacement

New Orleans Saints · The first playoff win and Katrina

New Orleans won its first playoff game before Hurricane Katrina forced the team across multiple home fields and placed its future in doubt.

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Career accomplishments

6 NFL seasons82 career games32 career solo tackles4 career sacksJersey: 538 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 3, 1995Most recent: Dec 30, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history