Former UW football standout Rod Jones, a tight end for the Huskies in the mid-1980's and member of their historic Orange Bowl-winning team in '84, died by suicide this past weekend at age 54.
Jones' daughter, Jamie Jones, told The Seattle Times that he took his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Friday, Dec. 8. He was pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center on Saturday.
Jones, who played three seasons in the NFL, spent 18 years working as an academic coordinator in UW's athletic department.
"We are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rod Jones," UW Athletic Director Jennifer Cohen said in a press release.