Super Bowl champion and Nebraska legend Calvin Jones dead at 54

Super Bowl champion and Nebraska Cornhuskers fable Calvin Jones died Wednesday astatine 54.

Police officers were called to Jones’ location aft a neighbour called firefighters to study an odor of state coming from the house, Omaha constabulary told WOWT-TV.

Officers said a antheral was recovered unconscious successful the basement and that a generator was running. The antheral was aboriginal identified arsenic Jones. 

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Jones’ decease is indicative of c monoxide poisoning, but an authoritative origin of decease is pending an autopsy report. 

Jones, an Omaha native, starred with the Cornhuskers from 1991 to 1993. He rushed for 3,183 yards and 40 touchdowns crossed 3 seasons. 

He led the Big 8 league successful scoring successful each of his freshman, sophomore and inferior years. He besides led the Big 8 successful rushing yards and yards per effort successful his sophomore play with 1,210 yards and 7.2 yards per attempt.

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College Football: Nebraska Calvin Jones (44) successful enactment vs Kansas State, Lincoln, NE 10/16/1993 (Patrick Murphy-Racey/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Jones and chap moving backmost Derek Brown created caput manager Tom Osborne’s "we-back" system. Both Jones and Brown were I-backs and unneurotic formed 1 of college football’s champion ever moving backmost duos. 

The brace averaged 329 yards per crippled connected the crushed en way to starring Nebraska to the Orange Bowl. No different duo averaged much yards per crippled that play than Jones and Brown. 

After Jones’ illustrious assemblage career, helium was selected successful the 3rd circular of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders.

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Los Angeles Raiders  running backmost Calvin Jones (27) carries the shot against Los Angeles Rams antiaircraft backmost Todd Lyght (41) astatine Anaheim Stadium.  (Long Photography-USA Today Network.)

Jones played 15 games crossed 2 seasons with the Raiders, rushing for 112 yards connected 27 carries.

He played 1 crippled for the Green Bay Packers portion winning the Super Bowl with them successful 1997. 

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