During a period of serious change for Nebraska's defense, Chris Jones' stabilizing presence must feel reassuring to the Husker football coaching staff.
You got that sense recently when first-year Husker defensive coordinator Bob Diaco said Jones, a senior cornerback, "approaches his work with a deep professionalism."
"My approach to every day is just to come out to work," said the 6-foot, 195-pound native of Jacksonville, Florida. "I may have had a bad day all day -- may have heard some bad news or something like that. But when it's time to go out there on the field, nothing else matters.