Edgar Jones

Personal information
Born	(1956-06-17) June 17, 1956 (age 67) Fort Rucker, Alabama
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Barringer (Newark, New Jersey)
College	Nevada (1975–1979)
NBA draft	1979: 2nd round, 31st overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1979–1995
Position	Power forward / center
Number	42, 44
Career history
1979–1980	Lehigh Valley Jets
1980–1981	New Jersey Nets
1981–1983	Detroit Pistons
1983–1984	San Antonio Spurs
1984–1986	Cleveland Cavaliers
1988–1990	Panathinaikos
1990	Peñas Huesca
1991–1992	Aris
1994–1995	Yakima Sun Kings
Career highlights and awards
Greek Cup winner (1992) Greek League All-Star (1991) CBA Champion (1995) CBA Rookie of the Year (1980) No. 32 retired by Nevada Wolf Pack
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,257 (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds	1,745 (4.8 rpg)
Blocks	455 (1.3 bpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Edgar Jones (born June 17, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1980 to 1986.

College career

In his sophomore year of college basketball, with the University of Nevada, Reno, Jones led the school to a 15–12 record, the Nevada Wolf Packs first winning season in eight seasons.^[1] During his time playing for the Wolf Pack (1975–79), Jones set the school's all-time total points scored record with 1,877 points; a record which stood until broken by the Wolf Pack's Nick Fazekas, on November 18, 2006. Jones' jersey number 32 was officially retired by the University of Nevada, upon his retirement. He was the first Wolf Pack player to be given that honor.^[2]

Professional career

After his graduation from college, Jones was drafted in the second round, with the 31st overall pick of the 1979 NBA draft, by the Milwaukee Bucks. During his NBA career, he played for teams such as the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jones also participated in the 1984 Slam Dunk Contest, in Denver.

Jones also played professionally in the Greek Basket League. He played with the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens, from 1988 to 1990. He also played with the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki, in the 1991–92 season. With Aris, he won the Greek Cup title in 1992.