Tony Jones, a Pro Bowl offensive tackle who won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 54.
Born in Royston, Georgia, and undrafted out of Western Carolina in 1988, Jones put together a 13-year career in the NFL. He started with the Cleveland Browns, with whom he made second-team All-Pro in 1994. He went with the team when it became the Baltimore Ravens, but was traded after a year to the Broncos, where he truly made his mark.
Jones was the starting right tackle of the Broncos when they won Super Bowl XXXII in 1997, in which a Green Bay Packers defensive line led by Reggie White was held without a sack.