On an incredible night for Aaron Jones, the Green Bay Packers running back found a way to turn what could have been an awful moment into a positive.
Jones found the end zone four times against the Detroit Lions, and he did so while wearing a chain with a small football on it that contained his late father’s ashes in it. The chain apparently fell off during one of those scores in the end zone.
But Jones said he thinks his father would be happy that if he lost it anywhere, that it was in the end zone.
Here’s the clip:
Aaron Jones is the most lovable player in Packers history pic.twitter.com/ytuSBYzEqp
— packers clips (@packers_clips) September 21, 2021
Aaron Jones wore a football chain that contained his late father's ashes during his 4 TD performance tonight but lost it in the end zone. The grounds crew is still looking for it.
"If there was any place to lose it, I know that's where my dad would want me to lose it." pic.twitter.com/u96XaV22FT
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 21, 2021
Per USA TODAY Sports, Jones’s father Alvin Jones Sr. died in April due to COVID-19 complications.
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