Bye week gives Nazair Jones a chance for homecoming

Posted Oct 22, 2018
Homecomings for Nazair Jones are few with him in Seattle where he plays for the Seahawks. With his team on a bye this week Jones, a Roanoke Rapids High School graduate, came back to Halifax County to visit with family and friends and discuss the Made Men Mentoring program. What the former UNC defensive tackle misses most about home: “The family and friends.” (RRSpin.com)

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