Shawn Jones (American football)

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Shawn Jones
Personal Info
Date of BirthJune 16, 1970 (age 47)
Place of Birth Thomasville, GA
Height6 ft 1 in
Weight200 pounds
Player Information
Position Quarterback
Number10
School Georgia Institute of Technology
Bowl Games Started
1991 Florida Citrus Bowl
1991 Aloha Bowl
Teams Played For
Georgia Tech
Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore Stallions 		1989–1992
1993
1994-1995

Shawn Jones (born June 16, 1970) is an American former gridiron football player. He played professionally for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League (NFL) as well as the Baltimore Stallions in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Jones was a four-year starter at quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

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Minnesota Vikings National Football League franchise in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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National Football League Professional American football league

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High school

Jones played high school football for the Thomasville High School Bulldogs as a quarterback. [1]

College

Jones is arguably one of the greatest Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterbacks ever, leading his team to the 1990 UPI National Championship, [2] and amassing 35 wins, 9,296 yards of total offense, and 70 touchdowns over 4 years of collegiate play. In all of Georgia Tech football history, only Jones and three other quarterbacks started all four years of their collegiate careers. [3] [4]

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets intercollegiate sports teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the Georgia Institute of Technology, located in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are eight men's and seven women's teams that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics and the Football Bowl Subdivision. Georgia Tech is a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split national championship and the ensuing controversy helped lead to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The national title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Buffaloes (11–1–1) took the AP poll while the Yellow Jackets (11–0–1) took the UPI Coaches poll by one vote over Colorado, 847 to 846. During the season Colorado had a particularly controversial victory over Missouri in what would later be known as the "Fifth Down Game".

1990 National Championship/1991 Citrus Bowl

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 MVP. Led by Jones, Georgia Tech 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 AP Poll. [5]

Citrus Bowl American college football tournament

The Citrus Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group that also organizes the Camping World Bowl and Florida Classic.

Professional career

After college, Shawn went into the NFL as an undrafted safety. He played one game for the Minnesota Vikings in 1993. [6]

He found a quarterback position from 1994–1995 for the short-lived Baltimore Stallions, an American expansion team in the Canadian Football League. He would back up legendary Georgia Southern quarterback Tracy Ham as the Stallions became the only American expansion team to ever win the Grey Cup. [7]

Baltimore Stallions

The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian Football League team based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons. They were the most successful American team in the CFL's generally ill-fated southern expansion effort into the United States, and by at least one account, the winningest expansion team in North American professional sports history at the time. They had winning records in each season, won a division championship, and, in 1995, became the only American franchise to win the Grey Cup.

Canadian Football League Professional Canadian football league

The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division.

Tracy Ham is a retired Canadian Football League quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos, Toronto Argonauts, Baltimore Stallions, and the Montreal Alouettes. He was known for his abilities as a dual-threat quarterback. In his college career with Georgia Southern he became the first quarterback to rush for 3,000 yards and pass for 5,000 yards in a career.

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References

  1. ↑ Thomasville High School
  2. ↑ "1990 Season in Review". Tech Topics. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Spring 1991. Archived from the original on January 14, 2005. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame Inductees" . Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech Football Individual Records" . Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  5. 1 2 1991 Florida Citrus Bowl
  6. ↑ "1993 Minnesota Vikings Roster" . Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  7. ↑ "1994-1995 Baltimore Stallions". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  8. ↑ http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html#fbc
  9. 1 2 http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/indivcareerlead.html
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