Charlie Jones holds the SWR · Backup spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Charlie Jones played 14 games in 2025 with a 2% snap share.

Charlie Jones is a slot wide receiver and return specialist for the Cincinnati Bengals, selected 131st overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. The 6'0", 188-pound receiver from Deerfield, Illinois, played college football at Iowa and Purdue, where he led the FBS with 110 receptions in 2022 while adding 1361 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. In 2025, his third professional season, Jones appeared in 14 games and returned 42 kickoffs for 1084 yards with one touchdown, ranking fourth in the NFL in total kickoff return yardage. He recorded one reception during the season before missing the final three games due to an ankle injury. Over his career, Jones has scored three return touchdowns—two on kickoffs and one on a punt—joining Lemar Parrish as the only players in franchise history with at least three return TDs.

Iowathrough 2021

Purdue2022

Bengals2023 — present

CollegePurdue; IowaDraftRound 4 · No. 131 overall · 2023 · CINHometownDeerfield, ILAlso playsKR1 · PR1