Markeysia Donta Jones (born August 27, 1972) is an American former professional football linebacker.
He played for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Steelers, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears.
Jones attended Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland.
While there he was an All-State and All-Metro Washington D.C. selection as a two-way starter on the football team.
[1] Jones then earned a scholarship and attended the University of Nebraska, where as a freshman in 1990, he redshirt.
As a redshirt sophomore in 1992, he served as a back-up at both outside linebacker positions, to starters Travis Hill and Trev Alberts and occasionally David White.
[2] Jones was selected in the fourth round (125th overall) in the 1995 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
[4] On February 12, 1999, Jones signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Carolina Panthers.
[5] On August 22, 2000, two days after cut by the Panthers, Jones signed a one-year contract with the New Orleans Saints.