Reshad Jones (Neck) Not Planning To Play In 2020, Unsure If He’ll Play Again

Free agent S Reshad Jones tells Joe Schad of the Palm Beach Post that he’s not planning to play this season and he’s unsure if he’ll ever suit up again. Jones says he needs to undergo neck surgery, which has prevented him from signing with a team. 

“I definitely can play again,” Jones said. “I just don’t know if I will. I had a couple teams call my agent but I can’t pass a physical right now. So a lot of teams when they call it’s just no point. They find out I have to have surgery. So right now, a lot of teams don’t want to talk because I can’t get on the field or pass the physical. But it’s not career ending. I don’t think it is. The doctor said I can get a surgery and play again. But in year ten, with all I have accomplished and financially I am set, I have a couple things I have to weigh out.”

Jones added that he’s had an “amazing run” and believes he should be in contention for the Hall of Fame. 

“I think I had an amazing run,” Jones said. “I had a great career. Really I think I had Hall of Fame numbers. You go look at me, Troy Polamalu, Brian Dawkins, he played 16 years, I really had Hall of Fame numbers, just wasn’t on a Hall of Fame team. We just couldn’t put the games together. But I had an amazing career.”

Last year, Jones has battled a variety of injuries this year and was the subject of numerous trade rumors before the deadline.

Jones, 32, is a former fifth-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2010. He was in the final year of his five-year, $30.81 million contract when the Dolphins signed him to a five-year, $60 million extension that includes $35 million guaranteed in 2017. 

Jones was set to make a base salary of $11,485,000 for the 2020 season when the Dolphins released him back in March. 

In 2019, Jones appeared in four games for the Dolphins and recorded 27 tackles and one pass defense.

We have him included in our Top 100 Available 2020 Free Agents list.