The Super Bowl champion and the Nebraska cornhuskers, Calvin Jones, died Wednesday at age 54.
Police agents were called to Jones’ house after a neighbor called firefighters to inform about a gas smell from the house, Omaha police said to Wowt-TV.
The officers said that a man was found unconscious in the basement and that a generator was working. Subsequently, the man was identified as Jones.
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Jones’ death is indicative of carbon monoxide poisoning, but the official cause of death is pending the autopsy report.
Jones, Native of Omaha, played with the cornhuskers from 1991 to 1993. He ran for 3,183 yards and 40 touchdowns in three seasons.
He led the Big 8 conference in score in each of his first, second and third year. He also led the 8 greats in terrestrial yards and yards for attempt in his second season with 1,210 yards and 7.2 yards for attempt.
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University Soccer: Nebraska Calvin Jones (44) Action against Kansas State, Lincoln, NE 16/1993 (Patrick Murphy-Racey/Sports Illustrated via getty images)
Jones and his fellow Corredor Derek Brown created the “We-back” system of the chief coach Tom Osborne. Both Jones and Brown were i-backs and together they formed one of the best duos of university football runners.
The couple averaged 329 yards for play on the way to take Nebraska to Orange Bowl. No other duo averaged more yards per game that season than Jones and Brown.
After the illustrious university career of Jones, he was selected in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft by Los Angeles Raiders.
Los Angeles Raiders running back Calvin Jones (27) carries the ball against Los Angeles Rams Back Defensive Todd Lyght (41) at the Anaheim stadium. (Long photography-USA Network).
Jones played 15 games in two seasons with the Raiders, running for 112 yards in 27 hauls.
He played a game for the Green Bay Packers and won the Super Bowl with them in 1997.
