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Matt Jones is a young player for the Jacksonville Jaguars who has had to switch positions to stay in the NFL. In college, Matt Jones was a quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks, but he had to switch to the wide receiver position to help his draft stock. Matt Jones’ strategy worked as he was selected in the 2005 draft’s first round by the Jaguars, but he has been a mid-level performer for them. Matt Jones had a total of 101 catches over three years for the Jaguars, as he needed a bigger year this season to keep up with the Jaguars stars. However, this season has not started well for Matt Jones, due not to problems on the field, but a cocaine arrest off the field. Matt Jones got this arrest this morning in Arkansas for cocaine possession and marijuana possession in his vehicle.

According to police, Jones was found in his vehicle using a credit card to chop up a white substance. When officers approached Jones’ parked car and noticed this, they asked Jones to show his hands and one officer pulled a gun on him when he didn’t. Jones then got out of the car, along with two other men named Benjamin Cook and Jared Hicks.

A plastic bag filled with white powder was found on Jones’ floorboard, along with the card that had powder residue. Another bag of white powder was found near a rolled up paper, along with a black bag that contained a jar of marijuana, according to the police report.

Jones admitted that the white powder was cocaine to one of the officers, the report went on to say. Six grams of cocaine were positively tested on, with other tests pending. Jones was booked in the Washington County Detention Center at 4 a.m. this morning, pending a hearing.

Cook and Hicks were arrested on misdemeanor drug charges, while Jones is charged with a felony drug crime. It had already been suspected that the Jaguars had plans to release Jones, a decision which may be made a lot quicker with this incident.

Sources

Ultimate Jaguars Newsroom- “Arkansas police arrest Jaguars receiver Matt Jones” www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071008/jag_302342508.shtml