When Nick Bosa’s Ohio State career abruptly ended in the third game of the 2018 season, defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones assumed even more leadership responsibility for the Buckeyes, and more attention from their opponents. Despite the extra onuses, Jones blew past his previous career highs in both tackles for loss and sacks.
Tonight, his four years of work in Columbus paid off as the Cleveland native was selected in the early third round with the 71st pick overall by the Denver Broncos.
During his redshirt-junior season in 2018, Jones totaled 43 tackles for OSU. Thirteen of those stops were for loss, including 8.