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According to the Tampa Bay Times, Jones'
mother, Jessica-Hadley-Brown, said he died of cardiac arrest on
Saturday in Colorado.
Jones was a fourth-round selection by the New England Patriots
in 2001, a season that ended with the Patriots defeating the St.
Louis Rams in the Super Bowl. He started 11 games at right
tackle the following season before his career began going
downhill.
Jones underwent surgery on both knees before the 2003 season and
was placed on the physically unable to perform list. Then he was
arrested for allegedly dousing two people with scalding water
that October and the Patriots released him five days later.
He played three games for the Redskins in 2004 and didn't appear
in another NFL contest.
Jones was arrested in a Tampa narcotics sweep in July 2008,
according to the Times, which reported that he was not
prosecuted in the case.
Jones played college football at South Florida and was that
school's first-ever NFL draft pick.
--Field Level Media
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