After taking a red-shirt his freshman year, Jones split first team practice reps with Antwaan Randle El.
Head Coach Cam Cameron ultimately decided on Randle-El, and Jones appeared in just 3 games as a red-shirt freshman.
During his senior season, the Hoosiers were under new head coach Gerry DiNardo, and Jones was named the starter out of fall camp.
After going undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft, Jones was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals and participated in mini-camp and training camp before being released.
He then signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, where he started 6 games, throwing for 1,168 yards with 7 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
Following his release from the Stampeders, Jones turned to the Arena Football League, catching on with the Nashville Kats and the Columbus Destroyers, but never seeing the field for either team.
Jones shined in his first season of indoor football, throwing 100 touchdown passes and leading the Roughnecks to a 97–56 victory in Intense Bowl II.
After his graduation, Jones chose to continue his football career at Indiana University on scholarship, playing for Cam Cameron.
His season ended when he chipped a bone and sustained ligament damage to his right index finger during warm-ups prior to the North Carolina game.
For his senior season in 2002, under new head coach Gerry DiNardo, he completed 75 of 152 passes for 879 yards and nine touchdowns in seven games before being replaced by Gibran Hamdan.
Through the end of the 2002 season, Jones's college statistics are as follows:[6] He was signed on May 12, 2003, as an undrafted free agent, and participated in Bengals mini-camp & training camp, but was later released on August 25, 2003, due to reduction to 65-man roster.
Jones was later invited to private workouts with both the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills following the end of the CFL regular season.
[12] Jones led the El Paso Generals to a 12–2 regular season record in '09 including the Lone Star Division Championship.
For the 2011 season, Jones signed with the Saginaw Sting of the newly formed Ultimate Indoor Football League.
Once Saginaw's 86–69 victory over the Eastern Kentucky Drillers was complete, Jones picked up another trophy, this one as the Ultimate Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
[1] On January 18, 2012, it was announced that Jones had re-signed with the Sting for their 2012 season, but the team had left the UIFL and re-joined the Continental Indoor Football League.