Seth Jones (ice hockey)
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| Born |
October 3, 1994 Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Columbus Blue Jackets Nashville Predators |
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| National team |
 United States
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| NHL Draft | 4th overall, 2013 Nashville Predators |
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| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
 Jones playing for Team USA in the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships |
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| World Championships | ||
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2015 Czech Republic | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2013 Russia | |
| IIHF World U18 Championship | ||
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2012 Czech Republic | |
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2011 Germany | |
| World Under-17 Hockey Challenge | ||
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2011 Manitoba | |
Jared Seth Jones (born October 3, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jones was selected by the Nashville Predators in the first round, fourth overall, at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to Columbus on January 6, 2016.
Jones spent two years playing for the United States National Team Development Program before playing junior hockey. He was originally drafted by the Everett Silvertips, but chose not to play for them. Believing Jones would choose to play college hockey, Everett traded Jones' negotiation rights to Portland. After the Winterhawks signed Jones, they traded four players to the Silvertips to officially complete the trade.
Jones has represented the United States several times internationally. He won back-to-back gold medals at the 2011 and 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships. He was a member of the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships team that won gold. Prior to that tournament, he boasted that the Americans had the best team despite Canada's heavily favored squad.
He learned ice hockey while growing up in Denver, Colorado, before moving with his family to Frisco, Texas, where he played major bantam. Seth has a younger brother, Caleb, who was drafted 117th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Jones was born in Arlington, Texas, to Amy and Ronald "Popeye" Jones, when his father was a member of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. He is the middle of the couple's three children, all sons, with Justin being older and Caleb younger. His father is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who is currently an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers Jones began playing hockey at the age of five when the family was living in Denver, Colorado, while his father was playing for the Nuggets. Justin wanted to play inline hockey with friends. Justin and Seth were given inline skates and in the winter received ice hockey skates. Not knowing much about ice hockey, Popeye asked Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Sakic, then playing in Denver with the Colorado Avalanche, for advice to help his sons become better players after running into him at the Pepsi Center, where both of their respective teams played. Sakic told Popeye to have his sons work on their skating, knowing they would likely have size and natural athleticism. As a result, Seth took skating classes for a year before he began playing organized hockey at age six. He was in attendance at game 7 when the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2001.
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