Chris Jones usually has no trouble tracking down quarterbacks.
With 81.5 career sacks, the Kansas City Chiefs’ six-time All-Pro defensive tackle has spent much of his 10 NFL seasons in the opposing backfield.
But one QB has eluded Jones over the years: Russell Wilson.
Sure, Jones has collected 5.5 sacks against Wilson in his career, including one in the Chiefs’ 22-9 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night.
But Jones revealed in a postgame interview with NBC’s Melissa Stark that he has long sought to land a Wilson jersey for his collection, and the QB repeatedly has rebuffed his requests.
Chris Jones had NO INTEREST in swapping jerseys with Russell Wilson ???? pic.twitter.com/rChkratHxq
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Jones has faced Wilson seven times, including four meetings in 2022 and 2023 when the QB was an AFC West rival in Denver.
When Stark asked Jones whether he had tried for a jersey swap with Wilson after the game Sunday, Jones had a very blunt answer.
“I don’t even want it,” Jones said. “It’s all good. I don’t want a thing. Over time, you kind of understand that I don’t even want it.”
At cllct, we always want to place a value on exclusive memorabilia, so let’s break down who would come out the winner in this mythical jersey swap if one of Jones’ “multiple” asks had been obliged.
Over the last year, we looked at four Wilson gamers that have sold at public auction. The most expensive was the $15,786 paid for Wilson’s divisional playoff jersey from the Seattle Seahawks’ victory over the New Orleans Saints, which came during the march to the franchise’s only Super Bowl title.
Wilson jerseys from his rookie season of 2012 ($13,200), the Super Bowl campaign of 2013 ($8,520) and Seattle’s NFC title run in 2014 ($9,760) also sold in late 2024.
As for Jones, there are fewer comps, but a signed game-worn Jones jersey from the 2023 season fetched $4,050 in an NFL charity auction in February 2025.
Although Jones is a three-time Super Bowl champion and the better Hall of Fame bet between the two players, he definitely would have come out ahead if the trade had ever happened.
But a 6-foot-6, 300-pound defensive tackle will only take “no” for an answer so many times.
Kevin Jackson is the chief content officer for cllct. He spent 25 years at ESPN Digital Media, where he was the founding editor of Page 2, and nearly four years as the Executive Director for Digital Content at FOX Sports.