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Former Packers first-round pick Datone Jones signs with Jaguars

Datone Jones is signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to his agent David Canter. It's Jones' fifth landing spot since the Packers opted not to pick up his fifth-year option after the 2016 season.

Jones, drafted at No. 26 overall in 2013, never lived up to the team's lively expectations of him. He did, however, briefly fill the "elephant" role in former defensive coordinator Dom Capers' defense. The brief flashes of what he could eventually transpire to be weren't enough to pique the Packers' interest.

After signing a one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings for the 2017 season, Jones went on record of saying that the Packers didn't have any interest in re-signing him.