DE · Kansas City Chiefs · #95

Chris Jones

LDT1

College: Mississippi State
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 310 lb
Experience: 11th season

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Season

Sacks

0.5▼ 6.5 vs '25

79th of 118 DL

Pressures

6▼ 25 vs '25

47th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

2.1%▼ 2.0 vs '25

63rd of 118 DL

Run stops

4▼ 13 vs '25

102nd of 118 DL

Tackling

13 tkl

1 tfl · 7 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs DENW	26	51.0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 2 vs INDW	44	67.7	6	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 3 @ MIAW	53	72.6	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 4 @ LVW	68	81.0	2	1	1	1	0.0	1	3	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 6 vs LACW	51	75.0	2	2	0	0	0.5	1	1	1	100.0	4.0	0	0
Wk 7 @ SEAL	45	65.2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Season	287	70.0	13	7	1	2	0.5	3	6	1	100.0	4.0	0	2

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2024 with Chiefs

$159Mover 5 years

Avg. per year: $31.8M
Guaranteed: $60M 38%
2026 cap hit: $44.9M 14.9% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2028

2024

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 3 of 5 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	6	287	70.0	13	7	1	15.4	0.5	3	6	1	83.3	0	2	0	0
2025	17	761	73.1	27	24	12	4.8	7.0	25	31	0	–	0	2	0	0
2024	15	771	82.7	36	31	9	5.1	5.0	20	38	2	56.3	0	0	1	0
2023	16	741	72.6	29	25	13	12.0	10.5	29	39	1	118.8	0	4	0	0
2022	17	916	79.8	37	39	15	2.5	15.5	29	46	5	105.8	0	4	2	0
2021	14	628	68.1	26	20	8	12.9	9.0	17	34	1	91.7	0	5	1	0
2020	15	693	67.4	36	26	3	20.0	7.5	28	44	0	–	0	4	2	0
2019	13	646	72.7	34	29	8	5.3	9.0	20	27	1	56.3	0	4	1	0
2018	16	773	65.7	38	34	19	11.9	15.5	29	49	1	39.6	1	5	2	1
2017	16	678	61.5	29	28	4	–	6.5	13	–	–	–	1	7	4	0
2016	16	573	51.3	27	22	5	–	2.0	10	–	–	–	0	4	0	0
Career	161	7,467	69.2	332	285	97	9.9	88.0	223	314	12	56.6	2	41	13	1