The Green Bay Packers are signing rookie cornerback Marlon Jones, an undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt, per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports.
Jones (6-0, 190) was Dane Brugler’s No. 215 ranked cornerback in the 2026 draft class. An Eastern Washington transfer, Jones missed the 2024 season while undergoing cancer treatment but returned to the field in 2025, playing 122 snaps for Vanderbilt.
More on Jones beating stage 3 cancer can be found here, at The Athletic.
According to Brugler, Jones ran the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds (1.53 10-yard split), hit 39″ in the vertical leap, covered 10-6 in the broad jump, finished the short shuttle in 4.44 seconds and the 3-cone drill in 7.09 seconds and completed 16 reps on the bench press during the pre-draft process. His Relative Athletic Score is 8.26 out of 10.0, with elite measurements in the leaps and an elite 10-yard split.
Per PFF, Jones allowed nine touchdown passes but also intercepted nine passes over four seasons at Eastern Washington. In 2023, his final year at the school, he earned an 84.3 coverage grade and allowed a passer rating into his coverage of only 49.2. Jones got experience playing inside in the slot and outside at perimeter corner at Eastern Washington.
In Green Bay, Jones will join a cornerback room featuring free agent signing Benjamin St-Juste, second-round pick Brandon Cisse, sixth-round pick Domani Jackson and waiver wire addition MJ Devonshire.
The Packers have an open roster spot and do not need to make a corresponding roster move.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Packers signing rookie UDFA cornerback Marlon Jones
Reporting by Zach Kruse, Packers Wire / Packers Wire
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