After five years, Cornerback Byron Jones and the Dallas Cowboys may be parting ways; this became known at the Scouting Combines in Indianapolis, where Jones’ agent met with the cowboys in charge.

Earlier this week, Jerry and Stephen Jones had already stated that it would probably be difficult to keep Byron Jones. The contracts of Quarterback Dak Prescott, who is supposed to get the franchise day if they can’t agree on a long term contract, and Wide Receiver Amari Cooper have priority, so there is simply no money left for Byron Jones.

Jones, after his college days with the Connecticut Huskies, was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys 2015 to 27th place in the first round. There, he signed a rookie contract for a standard four-year term and $8.6 million salary; in April 2018, the Cowboys pulled the option for a fifth year of contract (and 6.266 million salary), so that he would go into what would probably be his last season with Americas Team in 2019. The contract negotiations had already failed the previous year, with him again ranking behind other players in the priority list (at that time, alongside the current Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper, Demarcus Lawrence was the only player to be signed in 2019).

In 2018 he was allowed to travel to the only Pro Bowl in Orlando so far. After two years as a safety under the then new coach of Secondary Kris Richard, he returned to his traditional position as cornerback. With Chidobe Awuzie he formed a young duo that was quite convincing.

It can be assumed that despite the farewell with the Cowboys he will receive a highly remunerated contract in the Free Agency. Pro Football Talk puts him in 13th place in the Top 100 Free Agents this season (Prescott in #1 and Amari Cooper in #5) and second cornerback behind Denver Broncos’ Chris Harris in #10.

Suitably to the Combine in Indianapolis: Byron Jones brand in the “Standing Long Jump” – English better sounding “Broad Jump” – of 12 feet 3 inches (3.73 m) from the Combine 2015 is still the world record with which he is also in the Guiness Book. At that time he had improved the old record by 20 centimeters. It was the performance of the Combine (and the Pro Day) that made him climb considerably in the cornerback ranking in the eyes of the scouts, although he did not become a superstar like Marcus Peters, for example, who was drafted in the same draft as one of the three cornerbacks before him.