Rulon Kent Jones (born March 25, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a retired American football defensive end. Jones was drafted out of the Utah State University in the 1980 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. He played his entire career in Denver. During his career, Jones played in 129 games and recorded 52.5 official quarterback sacks. Sacks were an unofficial statistic in his first two seasons, when he had 11+1⁄2 in 1980 and 9+1⁄2 in 1981. During the 1986 season, he was named the UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year on defense.