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Packers draft UCLA DE Datone Jones at No. 26

The Green Bay Packers selected UCLA defensive end Datone Jones with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night.The Packers addressed one of their positions in greatest need of an upgrade by taking Jones. The 6-foot-4, 283-pound Jones had 19 tackles for loss and 6½ sacks for UCLA in a breakout season in 2012 as a fifth-year senior.Jones has a combination of quickness and strength that should give Green Bay a valuable run-stopper up front, an area of weakness that was exposed down the stretch last season.The Packers entered this draft, the ninth under general manager Ted Thompson, with eight picks. They have the 55th and 88th overall selections in the second and third rounds on Friday night.Jones, a lifelong Southern Californian who played at Compton High School, was the fourth defensive end taken. He sat out the 2010 season because of a broken foot but bounced back nicely. He received the Bruins' Captain Don Brown Award for the team's most improved player.With thei...

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