2009. The deal includes a $1 million bonus and $2 million in the first season. He was intended to be the primary backup to Matt Forte. On September 3, 2009, Jones was injured during a preseason game when he was hit out of bounds by Cleveland Browns linebacker Marcus Benard. He was out for the 2009 season with torn ligaments in his left ankle. Jones was released on March 9, 2010, after the Bears signed Chester Taylor during the free agency period. Hartford Colonials On September 27, 2010, Jones signed with the Hartford Colonials of the UFL. In his only season with the Colonials, Jones played in two games where he rushed for 41 yards on 16 carries before being placed on injured reserve on October 21, 2010. Personal Jones retired from football in 2011 and returned to Virginia Tech as a student later that year to study industrial design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial design in 2014. While interning at a furniture design company in Switzerland, Jones manned the position of "grinder" as the only American in a 22-man crew aboard the 68 ft. racing yacht, Caol ila R. By the summer of 2014, Jones had worked five races with the team. In 2014, Virginia Tech hired Jones as "Special Assistant to the Athletic Director". Jones stepped down from the position on June 12, 2016. In 2015, Jones co-founded the design firm Void Design Haus in Blacksburg, Virginia, with Alex Barrette. They changed the company name to JoBa in 2016, as a combination of their last names. On June 3, 2019, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers introduced Jones as a Bill Walsh Coaching Fellow, in a running backs coaching position role for the 2019 Mini-Camp. References External links Virginia Tech Hokies bio Racing Yacht 68' IRC-Racer-Caol-ila-R Void Design Haus 1982 births Living people African-American players of American football All-American college football players American football running backs American male sailors (sport) Chicago Bears players Detroit Lions players Hartford Colonials players Players of American football from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Chester, Pennsylvania Virginia Tech Hokies football players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people Ed Block Courage Award recipients