James Jones ( wide receiver ) James Deandre Jones ( born March 31 , 1984 ) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was originally drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft . He played college football at San Jose State University . Early years . Jones and his mother lived in various homeless shelters , and they also lived with Janet Jean Jones ' mother . Jones then lived with his paternal grandmother during his high school years . At Gunderson High School in San Jose , California , Jones played basketball , track , and football . During his senior year , Jones was his team ' s most valuable player as a quarterback . Jones credits his Pop Warner football coach , Marion Larrea , with turning his life around . Larrea saw potential in Jones and treated him as part of his own family . Jones signed the jersey he wore when the Packers won the 2011 Super Bowl and gave it to Larrea , saying he would not have achieved what he did without him . College career . After three years at San Jose State , Jones had a breakthrough 2006 senior season , where he caught 70 passes , good for 893 yards and 10 TDs . Jones capped off his senior season by catching six passes ( 106 yards ) , two for touchdowns , en route to being named the offensive MVP of the inaugural New Mexico Bowl . His accomplishments his senior year earned him second team All - WAC honors along with an invite to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis , Indiana . Professional career . Green Bay Packers . Jones tied the NFL combine record for bench press es by a wide receiver with 22 reps of 225 pounds , and was selected in the 3rd round by the Green Bay Packers . Jones was a starter for the Packers in the first game of the 2007 season . He caught four passes for 29 total yards in a 16 – 13 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles . Jones scored his first professional touchdown in a week four match - up vs . the Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome . With Green Bay leading 16 – 9 , Brett Favre hit Jones on a pass down the right sideline that went 33 yards for a touchdown , giving Green Bay a 23 – 9 lead . The Packers would end up winning the game 23 – 16 . Jones was announced as the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on October 28 – 29 , 2007 . Jones had three reception s for 107 yards including a first - quarter 79 - yard touchdown in the Packers ' 19 – 13 win over the Denver Broncos . Jones finished the year with 47 receptions for 676 yards and two touchdowns . In 2009 - 2010 season , Jones was the depth chart three receiver on the team , behind Donald Driver and Greg Jennings . In 2009 , Jones caught 32 passes , had 440 receiving yards and scored 5 touchdowns . Jones added 3 receptions , 50 yards and 1 touchdown in Green Bay ' s Wild Card playoff overtime loss at Arizona . In 2010 , Jones had 50 receptions for 679 yards and 5 touchdowns . He scored 2 touchdowns in the 2010 - 11 NFL Playoffs , one each in the Wild Card and Divisional round vs the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons respectively . In Super Bowl XLV vs . the Pittsburgh Steelers , Jones caught 5 passes for 50 yards in Green Bay ' s 31 - 25 triumph . Jones was a free agent in 2011 . During the offseason , it was widely speculated that Jones would seek a higher salary with another team . However , he signed a three - year contract with the Packers on 31 July . In 2011 , Jones had 635 receiving yards and scored 7 touchdowns with 38 receptions . In 2012 , Jones started all 16 regular season games for the first time in his career . He posted career highs in receptions ( 64 ) , receiving yards ( 784 ) and touchdowns ( 14 ) . His 14 touchdown receptions led the entire NFL . On October 14th , Jones scored two touchdowns against the Houston Texans , making it his third consecutive game with two touchdowns , joining Don Hutson as the only Packer receiver to ever accomplish that . On December 16 against the Chicago Bears , Jones had 3 touchdown catches for the first time in a single game in his career . Jones started both of the Packers games in the 2012 - 13 NFL Playoffs . In the Packers Wild Card playoff victory against the Minnesota Vikings , Jones posted 4 receptions for 51 yards . Jones had 4 catches , 87 yards and 1 touchdown in the Packers Divisional Round playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers .