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Title: Legacy of Alabama's Jones reaches far beyond the football field Post by: Catch Prothro on January 08, 2013, 11:04:06 AM http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/21512904/legacy-of-bamas-jones-reaches-far-beyond-football-field?source=rss_teams_Alabama_Crimson_Tide
Quote In the days and weeks after the terrible tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa in April of 2011, a mountain of a man named Barrett Jones went door to door with his chainsaw helping neighbors climb out from under the rubble. Nobody had to ask him to do it. He just did it. When his buddies spent their spring break in Daytona Beach, Jones was on mission trips to Nicaragua and Haiti. When his teammates wanted to hit the night clubs and blow off a little steam, Barrett Jones studied just a little bit harder to maintain a 4.0 grade point average that eventually gave him the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which goes to the best scholar-athlete in college football. The record will show that the three-time All-American played his last game for Alabama on Monday night in a 42-14 win over Notre Dame for the BCS championship. The record also will show that Jones leaves Alabama with three national championships while playing three different positions (guard, tackle and center). But Barrett Jones' legacy won't be all of those national championship rings. It will be the lives he touched and changed in his five years on campus. |