The Arizona Cardinals filled lots of needs along the offensive line during free agency. GM Monti Ossenfort was able to fill the open spots with seasoned veterans.<\/p>\n
Offensive guards inked were Isaac Seumalo and Matt Pryor, along with OT Elijah Wilkinson and Olisaemeka Udoh.<\/p>\n
One thing about Iowa, it is an offensive lineman factory. Jones won two offensive lineman awards in his senior season. Excellent pass protector and only average run blocker. He will sit in his base and allow defenders to come to him rather than lunging. Can pick up A-gap blitzers while his eyes never drop.<\/p>\n
Draft projection: Round 4<\/p>\n
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Accolades: Unanimous All-American, Two-time First Team All-Big 10, Rimington Trophy winner, Jim Moore Award winner, Third Team All-Big 10 (2023)<\/p>\n
Expert Draft Site Analysis<\/p>\n
In 2025, Jones was solid for Iowa. Jones started at center for Iowa in 2024 and was an effective run blocker for Kaleb Johnson. He could stand to get stronger for the NFL. In his second season as a starter, Jones was a solid starter for Iowa during the 2023 season. His run blocking is ahead of his pass protection. Jones missed the 2021 season with an injury but became a starter a year later. Jones needs to get stronger for the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals filled lots of needs along the offensive line during free agency. GM Monti Ossenfort was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,85477,2757,2604,1327,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-836620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals-discussion","11":"tag-arizona-cardinals-draft","12":"tag-arizonacardinals","13":"tag-cardinals","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116300655126898089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}