Chris Jones ran most embarrassing 40-yard dash at NFL combine

THIS 21-year-old was auditioning for his dream job when something extremely unfortunate fell out of his pants. WARNING: Graphic content.

Job interviews don’t get any more humiliating

HE’S the defensive tackle with the most offensive tackle at the NFL Combine.

Mississippi State lineman Chris Jones was determined to leave nothing to chance at the annual testing of college footballers hopeful of progressing to NFL ranks.

But his job interview couldn’t have gone any worse in the 40-yard dash when something popped out of his pants and caused him to fall flat on his face.

You can see vision of the incident here (WARNING: graphic content) but if you’d prefer not to, think Matt Shirvington running the 100m — only worse.

When Jones went down, NFL Network host Rich Eisen was heard saying when defensive linemen fall, they fall “hard and long”.

“Wow,” another commentator said. “That slide is now illegal in Major League Baseball.”

US sport websites also had a field day with the surprise appearance.

“Imagine being at the biggest job interview of your life and your d*** just, you know, popping out,” SB Nation’s Jacob Price wrote. “This is your new nightmare. You’ll never sleep soundly again because you’re going to spend the rest of your life terrified that your dangalang is going to peek its head around the corner at a job interview. Sorry.”

Sportingnews.com’s Troy Machir thought there was no coming back. “Not only did Jones expose himself to the entire NFL and its audience, but he now has to deal with a severe case of ‘turf burn’ for quite some time,” he wrote.

“Now remember, this is basically a job interview, one televised to the whole world. Imagine if this happened to a normal, non-athlete person. There is no rebounding from this. It’s hard to imagine a team purposely passing on Jones because his pants split in half, but it’s also hard to imagine anyone forgetting about this in the near future.”

Twitter thought it was punny as hell.

Chris Jones: Only defensive linemen to finish his 40 with a sack.

— trill fuller (@BGNatan) February 28, 2016

Watching Chris Jones' first 40, and he's got tremendous ball skills.

— Scott Bischoff (@Bischoff_Scott) February 28, 2016

@SportsCenter Chris Jones really balled out at the #NFLCombine. His 40 yard dash was nuts!

— 24-34 (@Merajek71) February 28, 2016

Rumor is that Chris Jones took a performance enhancing drug for his 40 - mycoxafloppin. I'll have to call and counsel him more.

— Hugh Freeze (@Couchhughfreeze) February 28, 2016

Chris Jones has given the ballsy-est performance of the NFL Combine I have ever seen. He's really putting it out there.

— PastorDanMullen (@PastorDanMullen) February 28, 2016

Well I had high for Chris Jones at the Combine, but apparently he flopped.

— Brandon Walker (@BWonStateBeat) February 28, 2016

In his second attempt, Jones recorded a time of 5.03 seconds. He also benchpressed 102kgs, 26 times.

These are some of his strengths, according to CBS Sports. “Looks good on the hoof with a big-boned frame and core strength. Quick initial step with an efficient spin move. Agile lower body to sidestep blocks and operate in small spaces, redirecting himself without losing momentum in pursuit. Quick hands and attacks the shoulder of blockers to wedge himself through gaps.”

We suspect Jones will be happy to get back to chasing quarterbacks.

Originally published as Chris Jones ran most embarrassing 40-yard dash at NFL combine