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Aaron Jones Has Special Pocket Added to Jersey for Father's Ashes

The Green Bay Packers found a way to help Aaron Jones keep his father close to his heart on the football field.

The Packers' equipment staff added a pocket to the running back's jersey so that he can hold his father's ashes during games.

Jones' father, Alvin Jones Sr., died in April from COVID-19 complications.

The modification comes only a few weeks after Jones lost a football-shaped medallion containing his father's ashes, which was attached to a necklace while scoring a touchdown in Green Bay's Week 2 win over the Detroit Lions.

Packers athletic trainer Bryan Engel found the medallion in the Lambeau Field end zone the next day, prompting longtime equipment manager Gordon Batty to find a way to help.