Calvin D'Wayne Jones (born November 27, 1970) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...

. He played for the

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and the

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the thir ...

. In his only season with the Packers, he won

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against the

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. He collegiately played for

Nebraska Cornhuskers The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the Cornhuskers compete in NCAA Divis ...

in the NCAA. In the

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, Calvin Jones played with the Raiders for two years. He ran for 112 yards on 27 carries in 2 seasons. He spent his final season with Green Bay. Jones rushed for 3,166 yards and scored 40 rushing touchdowns from 1990–1993 for the

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. He played I-back under the direction of head coach Dr.

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. Jones' single season high was 1,210 rushing yards in 1992. His best single game performance came as a redshirt freshman on November 9, 1991 against

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when Jones ran the ball 27 times for 294 yards and scored on a 69-yard touchdown run. He had six touchdowns that day. In 1991, Jones led the nation with an incredible 8.3 yards per carry. Jones played with the

Omaha Beef The Omaha Beef is an indoor football team and a charter member of the Champions Indoor Football (CIF) league. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, the Beef play their home games at Liberty First Credit Union Arena in nearby Ralston. History First 13 se ...

in 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Calvin 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska American football running backs Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Los Angeles Raiders players Oakland Raiders players Green Bay Packers players Omaha Beef players Omaha Central High School alumni