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Nazair Jones got a notable interception (and a black eye) on first career snap

Seattle Seahawks rookie defensive tackle Nazair Jones didn't end up with the football from his interception of Aaron Rodgers on Sunday.

He got a much different souvenir from that play instead.

"Not a lot of people know this: the ball hit me in the face," Jones told "Danny, Dave and Moore" on 710 ESPN Seattle. "The ball actually hit me in the eye. I actually have like a little bit of a black eye right now."

Jones wears a facemask that leaves much of his face exposed. Enough of it, as it turns out, for the nose of a football to reach his eye if thrown at a perfect angle.