Jones attended
La Costa Canyon High School in
Carlsbad, California. As a junior in 2018, he had a 4.09
earned run average (ERA) with 33
walks and 33
strikeouts over
innings pitched and had a .414
batting average with five
home runs. He played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic and the
Under Armour All-America Baseball Game that summer. He fractured his elbow as a senior in 2019 while pitching and missed the remainder of the season. He was still selected by the
Los Angeles Angels in the 31st round of the
2019 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign and instead enrolled at
Vanderbilt University to play
college baseball. Jones enrolled at Vanderbilt as a two-way player, and appeared in 14 games before the season was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. After the season, he began playing
collegiate summer baseball with the Santa Barbara Foresters of the
California Collegiate League. Midway through the summer, he injured his elbow once again and underwent
Tommy John surgery. During his 2021 season at Vanderbilt, he was unable to pitch due to the surgery, but still appeared in 34 games as a designated hitter, batting .274 with three home runs and ten RBIs. That summer, he played in the
Cape Cod Baseball League with the
Brewster Whitecaps where he batted .309 with two home runs and twenty RBIs over 29 games. Jones returned fully healthy in 2022 and became Vanderbilt's starting right fielder, choosing to stop pitching. During a game on May 10, versus
Indiana State University, Jones went 6-for-6 with a walk-off single in the 11th inning, tying the school record for most hits in a single game. He finished the season having played in 61 games with a .370/.460/.644
slash line with 12 home runs, 60 RBI, and 21 doubles, earning First Team All-SEC honors. Following the season's end, he traveled to
San Diego where he participated in the Draft Combine. ==Professional career==