Brent Jones
Encyclopedia
Brent Michael Jones is a former American Football
tight end
who played almost his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers
from 1987 to 1997. He was selected in the 5th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers
in the 1986 NFL Draft
. Jones won 3 Super Bowl
rings with the 49ers and was three times named All-Pro (1992-1994) and is a four-time Pro Bowler (1992-95). He finished his 11 NFL seasons with 417 receptions for 5,195 yards and 33 touchdowns.
Shortly after his playing career ended, Jones became an analyst for The NFL Today
. Jones worked for the NFL on CBS
from 1998
–2004
. Jones decided to leave CBS Sports
prior to the 2005
season in order to focus on his business in California, Northgate Capital http://www.northgatecapital.com/, which he founded with former teammates Mark Harris
and Tommy Vardell
. Jones is a former member of the board of directors
for San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
, which owns the San Jose Sharks
of the National Hockey League
.
, where he played baseball and football. In baseball, he was a first team All-League selection.
, where he was a three time All-Western Football Conference
selection, and as a senior, was also selected as an All-America
n by the Associated Press
, Football News, and Kodak. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 2002.
During his college career, he broke Doug Cosbie
's tight end
records in Santa Clara, amassing 137 receptions, 2,267 receiving yards, 16.5 yards per reception and 24 touchdown
s.
. Over the last several years he has been rumored as a potential political candidate. As of August 2006 he is considered by many pundits to be a potential candidate for the US Congressional seat held by freshman Rep. Jerry McNerney
in northern California's district 11. http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm
On March 19, 2009, it was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle that Jones is being recruited to run in a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher
, who was appointed to a posisition in the State Department, in 10th Congressional District of California. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/18/MNU316J3T0.DTL
On March 4, 2010, David Harmer
, a Republican candidate running for the 11th Congressional District of California, announced that Jones had endorsed Harmer's campaign. http://www.harmerforcongress.com/_blog/Updates/post/Prominent_Businessman_and_3-Time_Super_Bowl_Champion_Brent_Jones_Endorses_David_Harmer_For_11th_Congressional_Seat/
in 2007.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
who played almost his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
from 1987 to 1997. He was selected in the 5th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
in the 1986 NFL Draft
1986 NFL Draft
The 1986 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1986...
. Jones won 3 Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
rings with the 49ers and was three times named All-Pro (1992-1994) and is a four-time Pro Bowler (1992-95). He finished his 11 NFL seasons with 417 receptions for 5,195 yards and 33 touchdowns.
Shortly after his playing career ended, Jones became an analyst for The NFL Today
The NFL Today
The NFL Today is an American sports series that precedes the American football program The NFL on CBS on CBS Sports. The program usually airs at noon on Sundays of the National Football League regular season...
. Jones worked for the NFL on CBS
NFL on CBS
The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League's American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports.-Market coverage and television policies:...
from 1998
1998 NFL season
The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.The Tennessee Oilers moved their home games from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, still awaiting construction on a new stadium in Nashville.This was the first season that CBS...
–2004
2004 NFL season
The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005...
. Jones decided to leave CBS Sports
CBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
prior to the 2005
2005 NFL season
The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006...
season in order to focus on his business in California, Northgate Capital http://www.northgatecapital.com/, which he founded with former teammates Mark Harris
Mark Harris
Mark Harris may refer to:*Mark Harris , Welsh professional bodybuilder*Mark Harris , American writer of the baseball novel Bang the Drum Slowly*Mark Harris English association football player...
and Tommy Vardell
Tommy Vardell
Thomas "Tommy" Arthur Vardell is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League.-College career:Tommy Vardell was a star running back for the Stanford Cardinal...
. Jones is a former member of the board of directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
for San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises is a private company based in San Jose, California which owns the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League, and manages the HP Pavilion arena...
, which owns the San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
of the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
.
High School Career
Jones attended Leland High School in San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, where he played baseball and football. In baseball, he was a first team All-League selection.
College Career
Jones attended Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
, where he was a three time All-Western Football Conference
Western Football Conference (US-DII)
The Western Football Conference was an NCAA Division II scholarship-awarding football conference that existed from 1982 to 1993.Among its member schools were:* Santa Clara University* Cal Poly SLO* Cal State Northridge* California Lutheran University...
selection, and as a senior, was also selected as an All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n by the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, Football News, and Kodak. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
in 2002.
During his college career, he broke Doug Cosbie
Doug Cosbie
Douglas Durant Cosbie is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 1979 NFL Draft. A 6'6", 236-lb. tight end from Santa Clara University, Cosbie played his entire NFL career for the Cowboys from...
's tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
records in Santa Clara, amassing 137 receptions, 2,267 receiving yards, 16.5 yards per reception and 24 touchdown
Touchdown
A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
s.
NFL Career
He was picked in the 5th round of the 1986 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Following his first season, Jones got into a car accident causing injury to his neck. He was traded to the San Francisco 49ers as a backup Tight End.Possible political aspirations
Jones is a RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. Over the last several years he has been rumored as a potential political candidate. As of August 2006 he is considered by many pundits to be a potential candidate for the US Congressional seat held by freshman Rep. Jerry McNerney
Jerry McNerney
Gerald "Jerry" McNerney is an engineer, energy specialist, and the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
in northern California's district 11. http://www.politics1.com/ca.htm
On March 19, 2009, it was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle that Jones is being recruited to run in a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Ellen Tauscher
Ellen O'Kane Tauscher is an American politician and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs...
, who was appointed to a posisition in the State Department, in 10th Congressional District of California. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/18/MNU316J3T0.DTL
On March 4, 2010, David Harmer
David Harmer
David Harmer is an American attorney from San Ramon, California. In 2010 Harmer ran for election to the United States House of Representatives from California's 11th Congressional District...
, a Republican candidate running for the 11th Congressional District of California, announced that Jones had endorsed Harmer's campaign. http://www.harmerforcongress.com/_blog/Updates/post/Prominent_Businessman_and_3-Time_Super_Bowl_Champion_Brent_Jones_Endorses_David_Harmer_For_11th_Congressional_Seat/
Coaching career
Jones's coaching career began at East Bay Athletic League powerhouse Monte Vista High SchoolMonte Vista High School (Danville, California)
Monte Vista High School is a comprehensive, National Blue Ribbon of the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, as well as a California Distinguished School and fully WASC-accredited 9-12 public school of more than 2000 students. The school is located in the Town of Danville, CA in the San Ramon Valley,...
in 2007.