Jones attended Bishop Miege at Roeland Park, Kansas, leading the Stags to three state titles. As a senior, he led his team in scoring with 18.8 points, rebounds with 8.0, steals with 3.0 and blocks with 2.5 per game.[2]
College career
Jones played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, where he appeared in 146 games in five seasons and averaged 11.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals all while shooting 43.9% from the field and 39.7% from the three point line in 28.3 minutes per game.[2][3] In 2023, he made the All-Pac-12 second-team[4] and ended up his college career as the school's all-time leader in games played with 146 and three-pointers with 315.[2][3]