{"id":188277,"date":"2025-10-03T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188277\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:22:10","slug":"arthur-jones-dies-at-39-nfl-world-remembers-former-ravens-dt-brother-of-jon-and-chandler-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188277\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Jones dies at 39: NFL world remembers former Ravens DT, brother of Jon and Chandler Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur Jones, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> defensive tackle and brother of fellow athletes Jon and Chandler Jones, died on Friday. He was 39 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens announced his death via a statement on their official website. No cause of death has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are terribly saddened to learn of Arthur Jones&#8217; sudden passing,&#8221; general manager Eric DeCosta said.\u00a0&#8220;Arthur&#8217;s presence was a gift to everyone he encountered. His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continuously uplifted others. He was kind, courteous and enthusiastic &#8212; always displaying a love for family, teammates and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A fifth-round pick out of Syracuse, Jones played seven seasons in the NFL. He spent most of his career in Baltimore, emerging as a vital piece in the Ravens&#8217; defense when they captured the Lombardi Trophy in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Jones collected a sack and fumble recovery in Super Bowl 47. His efforts proved essential in Baltimore&#8217;s 34-31 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones also turned out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/nfl\/washington-commanders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a> during his NFL tenure.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arthur Jones, the former Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle and brother of fellow athletes Jon and Chandler Jones, died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-188277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}