Jones, an Indigenous Australian, grew up in Darwin, but came to St Kilda from Northern Tasmanian Football League (NTFL) club Devonport, at pick 44 of the 1987 National Draft.
[1][2] Already 26 when he made his debut for St Kilda in the 1988 VFL season, Jones's 19 games that year were spent as a ruckman and in defence.
[3][4] Jones was also named in the Northern Territory squad for the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival.
Jones suffered a season ending knee injury (torn medial ligament) in the opening round of the 1989 VFL season, against the Brisbane Bears at Moorabbin Oval.
[3] His son Liam Jones is a current AFL player, for the Western Bulldogs and previously for Carlton.