Cody Jones
Dude Perfect co-founder, the group’s Tall Guy, who makes trick shot, battle and challenge videos and co-hosts the Almost Athletes podcast.
Sports · YouTube (Dude Perfect) · Updated Oct 30, 2026
Cody Jones is a co-founder of Dude Perfect known as its Tall Guy, the trick shot group he started with four friends at Texas A&M in 2009. A Business Wire release of January 5, 2026 names him with Tyler Toney, Cory Cotton, Coby Cotton and Garrett Hilbert as the five college friends who founded the group, whose YouTube channel had more than 60 million subscribers. On February 13, 2026 he played in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Kia Forum, billed by NBA.com as the creator and co-founder of Dude Perfect. As of October 2026 he is still part of Dude Perfect: the channel’s October 24, 2026 video description lists him among its five members, and he appeared on the group’s Almost Athletes podcast on October 14 and October 28, 2026. This entry is about the Dude Perfect member, not the former NFL defensive tackle of the same name.
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Questions people ask
Who is Cody Jones?
Cody Jones is one of the five co-founders of Dude Perfect, the Texas sports and comedy group known for trick shots, battles and stereotype videos. Famous Birthdays calls him the Tall Guy of Dude Perfect and often its loudest member, and says the group formed in June 2009 while its members were at Texas A&M. Texas A&M’s own news site lists him as a Class of 2010 graduate, and in a September 2009 student newspaper story he was a senior finance and real estate major explaining the group’s first viral videos. His best-known single moment is a blindfolded 71-foot shot that the Texas A&M Foundation reported in September 2021 had drawn more than 123 million views.
Is Cody Jones still on Dude Perfect? Did Cody Jones leave Dude Perfect? Is he still alive?
Yes, as of October 2026 Cody Jones is still on Dude Perfect, and he has not left the group. The description of Overtime 52: Pirate Edition, posted on October 24, 2026, says “Dude Perfect is Tyler Toney, Cody Jones, Garrett Hilbert, Coby Cotton, and Cory Cotton.” He also joined Sparky and Garrett on the October 14, 2026 episode of Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect, and on the October 28, 2026 episode he and his wife Allison played the show’s Dudelywed game against Tyler and Bethany. Apple Podcasts lists him as one of the show’s hosts. We found no report in any outlet that he has left or that anything has happened to him.
What happened to Cody Jones from Dude Perfect? What happened to his face?
Nothing has happened to Cody Jones that he or an accepted outlet has reported: as of October 2026 he is still making Dude Perfect videos and podcasts. He has not described an injury or a change to his face on the record in anything we could source, so we do not guess at one. What is public: his biggest recent story was basketball. Dude Perfect’s podcast followed his road to the 2026 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, including an October 8, 2025 episode in which he stepped on the scale for an official weigh-in, per its show notes, and a January 21, 2026 episode in which Chris Pratt trained him and gave him advice on getting in NBA shape. He then played in the game on February 13, 2026.
Did Cody Jones play in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game? Did he score or get a double-double?
Yes, Cody Jones played in the 2026 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on February 13, 2026 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, per NBA.com, which listed him as the creator and co-founder of Dude Perfect. The Associated Press reported that Team Giannis beat Team Anthony 65-58 and that Rome Flynn was MVP; its recap did not mention Cody. We could not find his individual stat line in an accepted outlet, so we cannot say how many points he scored or whether he had a double-double. His own account is on Dude Perfect’s channels: the video I Played in the NBA All-Star Game, the podcast clip Inside Cody’s NBA Celebrity Game Quest, and Almost Athletes episodes of February 18 and March 4, 2026, which per their show notes cover his matchup against Tacko Fall and “what went wrong” in it.
Did Cody Jones play college basketball? Did he play D1 basketball at Texas A&M?
No, Cody Jones did not play college basketball at Texas A&M, by the university’s own account. The Texas A&M Foundation wrote in September 2021 that he was a notable basketball prospect in high school who passed up offers to play college basketball and chose A&M instead, where pickup games at the campus recreation center led him to the Cotton twins and Tyler Toney. He told the foundation he has “never looked back.” He did go to Texas A&M and graduated in 2010, per Texas A&M Today.
Is this the Cody Jones who played in the NFL?
No, this entry is about Cody Jones of Dude Perfect, not the Cody Jones who was a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. That Cody Jones, born May 3, 1951 in San Francisco, played eight NFL seasons for the Rams after college at San Jose State, per Famous Birthdays, and has his own Wikipedia page. Other people named Cody Jones turn up in searches too; if you searched for the Tall Guy from Dude Perfect, you are in the right place.
How old is Cody Jones?
Cody Jones is 39, born October 9, 1987, per Famous Birthdays. He was a senior at Texas A&M when Dude Perfect’s first videos went viral in 2009.
What is Cody Jones’s real name? Where is he from?
Cody Jones is his real name, as printed by NBA.com and in Dude Perfect’s January 2026 Business Wire release. He was born in Plano, Texas, per Famous Birthdays, and he went to college at Texas A&M, where Dude Perfect began.
Is Cody Jones married? Who is Cody Jones’s wife?
Yes, Cody Jones is married to Allison, per Famous Birthdays, and she appears by name in Dude Perfect’s content. As of October 2026 she has joined the Almost Athletes podcast for a Valentine’s Day takeover on February 11, 2026 and a Halloween episode on October 28, 2026, where she and Cody played the Dudelywed game.
Where can I watch Cody Jones?
Cody Jones is in the videos on Dude Perfect’s YouTube channel, which had more than 60 million subscribers per the group’s January 2026 Business Wire release, including the Overtime, battle and stereotype series. He is also a host of Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect, a weekly sports podcast that launched on September 10, 2025, per Net Influencer, and posts on Wednesdays, with video on the Almost Athletes YouTube channel. The group’s ESPN Films 30 for 30 documentary, Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot, premiered on April 25, 2024, per Texas A&M Today.
What is Cody Jones’s net worth?
Cody Jones does not publish a number and neither do we.
Is Cody Jones a Christian? Is he a youth pastor? Is there a Cody Jones Ministries? Does he have kids?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Cody Jones?
As of October 2026, no personal agent or manager is named publicly for Cody Jones that we could find; business and media requests for the group go through the contact listed on Dude Perfect’s YouTube channel, and Patrick Hurley became the company’s interim CEO after its first CEO, Andrew Yaffe, left in September 2026, per Net Influencer. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people search what happened to Cody from Dude Perfect, and the answer is that he is still there. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Cody Jones. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. Cody is the big, loud one in a five-man format: trick shots, battles with punishments, and stereotype sketches, all built on friendly competition. On the podcast he is the guest who turns up for taste tests, rankings and sports takes, and his NBA Celebrity Game run gave him a storyline of his own.
Why it travels. What travels is the long shot and the long-shot story. A blindfolded 71-foot make passed 123 million views, and a co-founder in his late thirties chasing a spot on an NBA All-Star weekend court turned into months of content, with a movie star as his trainer.
Brand fit. Family-friendly sports, snacks, toys and games, which Dude Perfect already does at scale, with Hasbro on the podcast and a Nex Playground game in 2026. Deals run through Dude Perfect as a company rather than through Cody alone.
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Sources: Famous Birthdays, Cody Jones (YouTube star) and Cody Jones (football player); Business Wire, January 5, 2026; NBA.com, 2026 All-Star Celebrity Game; Associated Press via Star Tribune, February 14, 2026; Texas A&M Foundation, September 7, 2021; Texas A&M Today, September 30, 2009 and April 18, 2024; Net Influencer, September 5, 2025 and September 4, 2026; Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect on Apple Podcasts and its episode feed; Dude Perfect on YouTube, videos Overtime 52 and I Played in the NBA All-Star Game; Almost Athletes on YouTube, Chris Pratt Trains Dude Perfect’s Cody Jones and Inside Cody’s NBA Celebrity Game Quest.
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