Ex-Ravens, Syracuse DL Arthur Jones dies at 39

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Arthur Jones, a antiaircraft lineman who spent his archetypal 4 NFL seasons successful Baltimore and won a Super Bowl with the Ravens, has died. He was 39.

Syracuse, Jones' alma mater, said helium died Friday morning. The schoolhouse and the Ravens didn't springiness a origin of decease successful their announcements.

"Arthur's beingness was a acquisition to everyone helium encountered," Ravens wide manager Eric DeCosta said. "His big, agleam smile, infectious vigor and eternal positivity created a beingness that continuously uplifted others."

Jones was a fifth-round draught prime successful 2010 and had 8½ of his 10 vocation sacks successful a two-season agelong successful 2012-13. The Ravens bushed San Francisco successful Super Bowl XLVII to headdress the 2012 season.

Jones sacked 49ers backmost Colin Kaepernick conscionable earlier a powerfulness outage astatine the Superdome successful New Orleans. He besides had a fumble betterment successful that Super Bowl.

"My bosom is dense contiguous aft the nonaccomplishment of Art Jones," Ravens manager John Harbaugh said. "Art was a genuinely singular person, a dedicated teammate, a relentless worker, and idiosyncratic immoderate manager would beryllium arrogant to lead. His emotion for life, generous spirit, and radiant grin near a lasting content connected everyone fortunate capable to cognize him.

"He had a genuine acquisition for connecting with people, bringing joyousness to the locker country and beyond, and his beingness was a root of airy wrong our squad and the Baltimore community."

Jones besides spent 2 years with Indianapolis and a last play successful Washington successful 2017.

Jones played for Syracuse and was the older member of erstwhile UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and erstwhile Syracuse and NFL antiaircraft extremity Chandler Jones, a four-time Pro Bowler who won a Super Bowl successful New England.

Jones had 38½ tackles for nonaccomplishment astatine Syracuse, a schoolhouse grounds for an interior antiaircraft lineman. He was a first-team All-Big East enactment each of his last 2 seasons.

"Arthur Jones was a tremendous subordinate and adjacent amended person," Syracuse diversion manager John Wildhack said. "We were fortunate that Arthur continued to enactment our shot programme aft his playing career. He impacted galore of our student-athletes, ever with a grin and uplifting message."

ESPN's Jamison Hensley contributed to this report.