When Brent Venables saw Mike Jones’ tweets following the death of George Floyd on May 25, Clemson’s defensive coordinator knew his sophomore linebacker was hurting. So, Venables picked up his cell phone and he called Jones.
“It was really emotional. It was real,” Jones recalled of the conversation.
Jones knew he wanted to do something, but he wasn’t quite sure what or how. What he did know is that his position coach was reaching out to him to see how he could help, even if he did not quite understand it all.
“He was like, ‘Let’s do something.