Rod Jones

Roderick Earl Jones (March 3, 1964 – December 8, 2018) and graduated in 1982.

Career Jones played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James. He was part of the 1984 team that beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and finished the season at earning a national title. in his senior season of 1986,

Selected by the New York Giants in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL draft, Jones played two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and one with the Seattle Seahawks in 1989. He then returned to the University of Washington, earning a degree in Ethnic Studies in 2000. Jones went on to spend nearly two decades within the athletic department as an nowrap|academic coordinator. decided to donate his brain to the Boston University School of Medicine for CTE research.