Career
Born in Saint Mary"s, Georgia, Ty"s football career began at Camden County High School, Camden County, Georgia. Jones played his college football at Southern University. He started his 9-year Canadian Football League career in 1983, eventually playing eight seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1983 to 1987 and 1989 to 1991), one with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1992) and one with the British Columbia Lions (1993).
Though not drafted by the NFL, he tried out with the Phoenix Cardinals in 1988, playing one game for them.
He was a four-time Canadian Football League and five-time division All-Star. Jones was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer (a teratoma) in August 2005 and fought the disease for nearly three years, dying on June 10, 2008 at the age of 46.
His teratoma was discovered when he blew a tooth from his tumor out of his nose. Jones had three sons.
In 2012 he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.