Bengals activate rookie WR Charlie Jones off Injured Reserve
Despite multiple injuries at the position, the Cincinnati Bengals will have a full group of wide receivers for tonight's divisional showdown against the Baltimore Ravens. The team has activated Charlie Jones off the Reserve/Injured list, as well as elevated Shedrick Jackson for this week. Jones had been on I.R. since September 29 with a thumb […]
Despite multiple injuries at the position, the Cincinnati Bengals will have a full group of wide receivers for tonight's divisional showdown against the Baltimore Ravens.
The team has activated Charlie Jones off the Reserve/Injured list, as well as elevated Shedrick Jackson for this week.
Jones had been on I.R. since September 29 with a thumb injury he suffered sometime during or right after Week 3. In his first three games, Cincinnati's fourth-round pick from this year's NFL Draft made his biggest impact as the punt returner, taking back eight punts for 150 yards and a touchdown. He was designated for return from the Reserve/Injured list and cleared to practice on November 8.
Jackson is classified as a standard elevation. As a practice squad player being elevated to the active roster for the game, he automatically will revert to the practice squad on Friday. He was elevated last week and played three snaps on special teams.
The undrafted free agent signee out of Auburn from this made an impression as a receiver during the preseason. He caught nine passes for 112 yards and a touchdown in three exhibitions back in August.
Jones and Jackson will be the Bengals' lone reserves at the receiver position with Trenton Irwin starting in place of Tee Higgins, and Ja'Marr Chase and Tyler Boyd holding down their usual positions.
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