STrib: Jeff Jones back in jail again; fall from Gophers mega-recruit status continues

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Jeff Jones’ fall from top Gophers football recruit continues, as the 20-year-old Minneapolis native was jailed again this week.

Jones, the 2014 running back recruit who left the program last year, was booked into Hennepin County jail on Wednesday after violating the terms of a conditional release from jail for the second time, all stemming from a May 13 arrest. Jones was then charged with felony drug possession, recorded in court documents as a “not small amount of marijuana,” after being arrested by Bloomington police.

He was released May 16 after his initial arrest and was free for nearly two months before being jailed July 13 for failing to meet bail conditions. Released again on July 25 with a longer list of bail conditions, Jones was wanted again not four weeks later. On Aug. 17, a warrant for his arrest was filed, stating Jones had failed to complete a drug dependency program, did not submit a required urine sample and missed his weekly meeting.

The day before the warrant was issued, the former Minneapolis Washburn star took to Twitter, tweeting on Aug. 16 a picture of a Star Tribune article about his arrest and an image of a quote that read, in part “None of us know who we are until we fail.” It continued: “They say every man is defined by his reaction to any given situation. Well who would you want to define you? Someone else or yourself?” The quote Jones tweeted appears to be signed “Nip H.”

On Wednesday, he was jailed with bail set at $30,000. Court documents list his next court appearance to be Aug. 31.

http://www.startribune.com/jeff-jon...426601/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

Go Gophers!!
 

Stories like this are so sad. Kid has the ability to do something most of would kill to be able to do, play big time D1 football and maybe make it the NFL but he just can't get out of his own way and continues to blow all the chances he has been given.
 



“None of us know who we are until we fail.”

Here is hoping he finds someone who makes better choices.
 


There will be no more Jeff Jones stories in about 18 months or so.
 

highwayman said:
There will be no more Jeff Jones stories in about 18 months or so.
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So what happened to this kid? Did he become a drug dealer out of desperation/ economic reasons after flunking out of schools more than once and fear of having nothing else to fall back on? Did he become chemically dependent? Did he suddenly start hanging with some very bad people. I am sure the answer is well known by some, but this is a very strange story.

What we have here is very huge fall from grace for guy that by all accounts had his act together back at Washburn HS, and appeared to have some family and/or other structural support behind him. At the U of M, there is a fairly strong official and unofficial support system in place for students in the Athletic program, so how did Jones fall this far down, through the cracks?

Lawrence Maroney, by accounts, and several other players in recent years came form difficult circumstances and did well or at least avoided big trouble at the U of M, yet somehow the local kid turns into a massive dumpster fire.
 

Can we say he is just a bad kid? It happens. Kill nurse maid this kid all the time he spent at the U. It sounded like the coaches had to be on him 24-7.
 

ruppertflywheel said:
Can we say he is just a bad kid? It happens. Kill nurse maid this kid all the time he spent at the U. It sounded like the coaches had to be on him 24-7.
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I think he made the right choice by committing here. I think Jerry Kill was more committed to "trying" to help this kid stay on the straight and narrow than anyone else would have. And still, it was not enough. I think we all now know well why he was held out of game situations here. he was simply not being responsible.

Truly a sad waste of God given talent and a free 100,000 B1G education.
 



oak_street1981 said:
So what happened to this kid? Did he become a drug dealer out of desperation/ economic reasons after flunking out of schools more than once and fear of having nothing else to fall back on? Did he become chemically dependent? Did he suddenly start hanging with some very bad people. I am sure the answer is well known by some, but this is a very strange story.

What we have here is very huge fall from grace for guy that <b>by all accounts had his act together back at Washburn HS, </b>and appeared to have some family and/or other structural support behind him. At the U of M, there is a fairly strong official and unofficial support system in place for students in the Athletic program, so how did Jones fall this far down, through the cracks?

Lawrence Maroney, by accounts, and several other players in recent years came form difficult circumstances and did well or at least avoided big trouble at the U of M, yet somehow the local kid turns into a massive dumpster fire.
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Note sure the bolded is true. I recall a ton of red flags on his character in HS. Grades weren't the only reason a 4-Star UA MVP came down to a decision between Minny & Iowa State.


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oak_street1981 said:
So what happened to this kid? Did he become a drug dealer out of desperation/ economic reasons after flunking out of schools more than once and fear of having nothing else to fall back on? Did he become chemically dependent? Did he suddenly start hanging with some very bad people. I am sure the answer is well known by some, but this is a very strange story.

What we have here is very huge fall from grace for guy that by all accounts had his act together back at Washburn HS, and appeared to have some family and/or other structural support behind him. At the U of M, there is a fairly strong official and unofficial support system in place for students in the Athletic program, so how did Jones fall this far down, through the cracks?

Lawrence Maroney, by accounts, and several other players in recent years came form difficult circumstances and did well or at least avoided big trouble at the U of M, yet somehow the local kid turns into a massive dumpster fire.
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Unfortunately, Lawrence Moroney became a dumpster fire. He just waited longer. It is truly about who you hang with. You are only as good as your worst friend.
 




This will significantly diminish his Heisman chances.
 



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