On January 22, 2025, authorities discovered Calvin Jones lifeless in the basement, leaving his wife Valerie and family in mourning.
Born on November 27, 1970, Calvin Jones was an American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) as a running back.
Furthermore, he played for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders and the Green Bay Packers.
During his one and only season with the Packers, they defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.
Jones earned All-American honors in 1993 while playing football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in college.
Calvin Jones played in the NFL for two years after the Raiders chose him in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft.
Between 1990 and 1993, Jones ran for 3,166 yards and 40 rushing touchdowns while attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Against Kansas on November 9, 1991, Jones, a redshirt freshman, had his best single-game performance. He ran the ball 27 times for 294 yards and six touchdowns, including a 69-yard scoring run.
With an astounding 8.3 yards per carry in the 1991 season, Jones led the country, and in 2000, he was a member of the Omaha Beef.
Calvin Jones starred for Omaha Central before becoming a member of the #Huskers "We Back" backfield: https://t.co/bH1nti0tdD pic.twitter.com/mBhiKXZ1g4
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Following his retirement, he lived a quiet life with his wife and family, avoided the spotlight, and engaged in other activities.
But regrettably, on January 24, 2025, it was announced that Calvin Jones had been discovered deceased on Wednesday in his basement.
When firefighters noticed a natural gas odor at Jones’ residence on January 22, 2025, officers from the Omaha Police Department arrived to help.
Authorities found Jones unconscious in the basement and declared him deceased.
According to officials, he was using a generator to replace a broken furnace, and the circumstances surrounding his death pointed to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Calvin Jones’ Wife, Valerie, Is A Pediatric Nurse Actively Working In Healthcare!
The specifics of Calvin Jones and Valerie’s marriage are unknown despite the fact that they were wed for decades.
Furthermore, while Jones worked as a salesman at Ernst Auto Center, Valerie Jones signed a three-year contract to work in Columbus.
Since May 2017, Valerie has served as the Women’s Health Program Manager at PrimaryOne Health.
Additionally, she has over 15 years of experience managing programs and organizational operations and has successfully developed and maintained programs in non-profit and healthcare organizations.
However, Valerie chooses to live a quiet life away from the public eye and stays off social media. Consequently, there is a dearth of information about her.
Additionally, Jones’ is survived by his uncle Vernon Steele, a former environmental health specialist at the Shawnee County Health Department (SCHD).
After graduating from Topeka High School, Steele went on to Washburn University to study radio and television communications.
Though specific details about Calvin and his wife and their children haven’t been disclosed, we know he had a strong bond with his uncle Vernon Steele and his maternal grandparents, who mostly raised him.
Additional Information
- At the time of his death, Jones’ estimated net worth was $5 million.
- Calvin Jones grew up mostly with James “Peter” and Pauline Smith, his maternal grandparents.
- Synceree Jeanpierre and Chanelle L. Jones were Calvin Jones’s two cousins.
