A very athletic player with a lot of speed … has quick hands and gap power … a three-year starter at running back on the Georgia Tech football team … joined the baseball squad prior to the 2010 season … Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 39th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.
A two-time Academic All-ACC selection … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for 2009-10.
2010
Saw limited action in his first season with the baseball team … split time in the spring between playing baseball and spring football practice …. had one hit in eight plate appearances … made five putouts on the season … recorded his first career hit on a single up the middle against Duke (4/3).
High School
Four year letterwinner and one year captain at Chamblee High School under head coach Brian Ely … named First Team all-Dekalb as a senior in 2007 … In football, earned First-team all-state honors in Class AAA as a senior after earning honorable mention all-state honors as a sophomore and junior in Class AAAA… MVP of the Georgia North-South All-Star game… the all-time leading rusher in DeKalb County with 5,055 yards and 76 touchdowns… led the county as a senior with 1,776 yards rushing (177.6 per game) and 33 touchdowns.
Personal
Full name is Roderick Rinaldo Jones, II… parents are Rod and Angel Jones… Father, Rod, played football at Brown … has three siblings … brother Darius currently plays football at Air Force … born June 13, 1989.
