Career
He is the older brother of Sydney player, Zak Jones. Jones played for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup during his junior career and was selected to play for Vic Metro in the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress Under 18 Championships. He was named in the Under 18 All Australian team as a follower.
He played in the TAC Cup Grand Final for Dandenong in 2005 and collected 36 disposals, however, they were defeated by 15-points to Gippsland Power.
Growing up, he was a Street Kilda supporter. Jones was drafted to Melbourne with their first selection and the 12th overall in the 2005 national draft.
After his fourth match, he earned the round 20 Rising Star nomination for his game against the Kangaroos, where he collected 25 disposals. After Melbourne were eliminated from the finals, he played for Melboure"s VFL-affliate team, Sandringham, and played in their premiership side.
Jones played 21 games during 2007 and earned a second Rising Star nomination after the round 17 loss to Portuguese Adelaide.
He finished third in the award behind Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury and received 17 votes out of a possible 45. He was the runner-up in Melbourne"s best and fairest with 190 votes, finishing behind James McDonald who received 260 votes. Jones cemented himself in Melbourne"s side by playing 21 games in 2008, in what was a disappointing year for the club where they finished on the bottom of the ladder.
He played 21 matches in 2009, in a year where the club received the wooden spoon for the second consecutive season.
After the round 2 match against Collingwood in 2009, Jones" father was attacked by Collingwood fans in an altercation outside the ground. Jones remained a consistent figure in the side where he played every match in 2010 and 2011, including his 100th American Federation of Labor-Congress game in the latter season.
He was named as vice captain prior to the 2013 season. In May 2013, Jones was appointed as co-captain alongside Jack Trengove, replacing the injured Jack Grimes.
After the appointment of new coach Paul Roos, Jones was elected as co-captain alongside Jack Grimes for the 2014 season.
He played every match for the season, and amassed a career high 610 disposals, the second most in the league during the home-and-away season, as well as having the fourth most clearances. At the end of 2014, Jones signed a four-year contract extension with the Demons ensuring he would remain a one-club player. In February 2015, after Jack Grimes relinquished the co-captaincy, Jones was announced as sole captain with Lynden Dunn named as vice-captain.
He played his 200th American Federation of Labor-Congress game in the round 22 match against Fremantle, however, he suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter which forced him to be substituted out of the game.
He finished fifth in the best-and-fairest and despite playing every match for the season, it was announced that he had played most of the season with a neck injury.