- Shawn Jones
Shawn Jones (born
June 16 ,1970 in Thomasville, Georgia) was aNational Football League player for theMinnesota Vikings . He is arguably one of the greatestGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterbacks ever amassing the 1990 UPI National Championshipcite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/techtopics/spr91/review.html|title=1990 Season in Review|work=Tech Topics|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association|date=Spring 1991|accessdate=2007-04-11] , 35 wins, 9,296 yards of total offense, and 70 touchdowns over 4 years of collegiate play. In all of Georgia Tech football history, only Jones and three other quarterbacks started all four years of their collegiate careers.cite web|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/genrel//080503aaa.html|accessdate=2007-04-11|title=Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame Inductees] cite web|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/indivrecords.html|accessdate=2007-04-11|title="Georgia Tech Football Individual Records"]After college, Shawn went into the NFL as an undrafted safety. He played one game for the Minnesota Vikings in 1993.cite web|url=http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/07480167|accessdate=2007-04-18|title=1993 Minnesota Vikings Roster]
He found a quarterback position from 1994–1995 for the shortlived
Baltimore Stallions , an American expansion team in theCanadian Football League . He would back up legendaryGeorgia Southern quarterbackTracy Ham as the Stallions became the only Canadian expansion team to ever win theGrey Cup .cite web|url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jstass/Stallions/rosters.html|accessdate=2007-04-11|title=1994-1995 Baltimore Stallions]References
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