Education
University of South Florida.
University of South Florida.
A noted scorer in college, Jones had the second highest scoring average in the Big East conference during the 2009-2010 season. Freshman
Jones entered USF and started every game during his first season. He scored 17.1 points per game with 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists.
Sophomore
In Jones"s second season, the sophomore improved his scoring (181), rebounds (56) and assists (39) averages.
Junior
Prior to the 2009–2010 season, Jones was named to the preseason All Big East team Over the season, he averaged 21.4 points while also grabbing 6.1 rebounds and giving 3.6 assists.
USF went 20–13 and Jones was named to the 1st team All-Big East team He led the team with the most points in a game.
He was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 25th overall pick in the 2010 National Basketball Association Draft.
On November 30, 2010, the Mavericks assigned Jones to the Texas Legends of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League, only to be called up early January 2011 after an injury to Caron Butler. A foot injury sidelined him for much of the season after averaging 2.3 points in 18 games. On January 15, 2012, Dallas assigned Jones to the Doctorate-League again.
He would be recalled a week later.
On February 19, 2012, Jones made his first career three-point field goal against the New York Knicks. On March 10, 2012, Jones recorded his first career start in an 87–111 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
In October 2012, the Mavericks opted not to pick up the team option for the next season in Jones" rookie contract. Jones was waived on March 9, 2013.
On March 19, he was acquired by the Springfield Armor of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League.
He joined the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire for the 2013 National Basketball Association Summer League. In September 2013, he joined the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association for the 2013-2014 season. On October 11, 2014, he signed with the Jilin Northeast Tigers for the 2014-2015 College of Business Administration season.
Following the College of Business Administration season, he signed with Atenienses de Manatí on March 18 for the rest of the 2015 Bachelor of science in nursing season.
On July 8, 2015, Jones returned to China and signed with Shanxi Zhongyu. In December 2015, he parted ways with Shanxi.