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Anyone remember a 'Greg Jones', CU LB?

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http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12822763

Denver police Sgt. Greg Jones is the rare cop who is an expert marksman as well as an expert crisis negotiator, able to defuse situations before guns come into play.


Last week, Jones, 49, received the Crisis Intervention Teams of Colorado Association's top award for his long-term commitment to crisis negotiations and specifically for his handling of a situation in October, when a 2-year-old boy had been shot dead in the arms of his father.


When Jones, a 6-foot-6-inch former linebacker for CU, answered a 911 call at East 13th Avenue and Madison Street on Oct. 12, 2008, Earl Ryan was on the front porch, waving a gun and threatening suicide. Ryan was determined to kill himself and had even planned it for the next day, Jones would learn.
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They got his age wrong. He graduated in 1995, drafted by the Skins. Went to JFK, if I remember correctly.
 
I remember Greg Jones the linebacker, however it makes no sense that he would be 49 years old as of now. I'm pretty sure he played for CU in the 90s.

I wonder if that's just a typo.
 
This is not our Greg Jones
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Yeah 6-6? he wasn't that big.. Good LB though..

. Decent college career although I thought he played through 96 with the Buffs.. He was there during Slick Rick's start I believe. We missed him and Russell after 96.. :sad1:
 
DEFINITELY NOT the Greg Jones we are all thinking of. Greg Jones was black, went to JFK, won the Golden Helmet Award, and played DE/LB. Greg was also NOT 6'6". Perhaps there was another Greg Jones that played ten years prior, but these are not the same person.
 
dyemeduke said:
DEFINITELY NOT the Greg Jones we are all thinking of. Greg Jones was black, went to JFK, won the Golden Helmet Award, and played DE/LB. Greg was also NOT 6'6". Perhaps there was another Greg Jones that played ten years prior, but these are not the same person.
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just checked one of my media guides...if he played he never lettered
 
Here's the scoop per Plati, he played at Littleton HS, was an offensive tackle at CU, never lettered, got some PT as a reserve, played under Fairbanks. FWIW, under today's criteria he would have lettered.

I suspect that the Post just got theirs wires crossed when looking for Greg Jones CU football regrading him playing LB.
 
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Highflyer said:
I suspect that the Post just got theirs wires crossed when looking for Greg Jones CU football regrading him playing LB.
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The Post getting their facts wrong when writing about CU? Say it isn't so.:sad2:
 
BroncoBuff said:
He was the fourth linebacker in the Greg Biekert - Chad Brown - Ted Johnson - Greg Jones foursome. All had excellent NFL careers.

Matt Russell was a backup.
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Those 4 guys didn't start together. Biekert and Brown left after the 92 season, Ted Johnson left after 94, and Greg Jones played 93-96. Russell started from 94 on.
 
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