Each day, Nazair Jones wakes up in his newly rented home near Seahawks headquarters. Though it’s early he’s not tired. Not even with this being at the end of a long, hot, first pro training camp and preseason.
Jones is not daunted by all that’s new in his life as a rookie defensive tackle, living on his own on the coast opposite his native one.
He’s thankful. Absolutely, unmistakably appreciative, not only that he’s about to walk into a prominent role in Seattle’s defense from game one – but that he can walk at all.
“It definitely crosses my mind when my alarm goes off and I’m going to work.