Shawn Jones

Education

Jones played high school football for the Thomasville Bulldogs as a quarterback.

Jones is arguably one of the greatest Georgia Technical Yellow Jackets quarterbacks ever, leading his team to the 1990 United Press International National Championship, and amassing 35 wins, 9,296 yards of total offense, and 70 touchdowns over 4 years of collegiate play. In all of Georgia Technical football history, only Jones and three other quarterbacks started all four years of their collegiate careers.

Jones led the Yellow Jackets to a Division 1-A best 11-0-1 Record in 1990 capped off with a 45-21 Citrus Bowl victory over Nebraska. Jones would be named the Bowl Most Valuable Player. Led by Jones, Georgia Technical finished #1 in the Coaches Poll and was the only undefeated team of the 1990 season and would share the title with Colorado who finished #1 in the Associated Press Poll.

Career

Jones was a four year starter at Quarterback for the Georgia Technical Yellow Jackets. 1990 National Championship/1991 Citrus Bowl After college, Shawn went into the NFL as an undrafted safety. He played one game for the Minnesota Vikings in 1993.

He found a quarterback position from 1994–1995 for the short-lived Baltimore Stallions, an American expansion team in the Canadian Football League.

Georgia Technical Athletics Hall of Fame (2003) Citrus Bowl Most Valuable Player (1991) Georgia Technical-3rd All-Time Career Total Offense Leaders 9,296 yards Georgia Technical-2nd All-Time Career Passing Leaders 8,441 yards.

Achievements

• He would back up legendary Georgia Southern quarterback Tracy Ham as the Stallions became the only Canadian expansion team to ever win the Grey Cup.