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Aaron and Alvin Jones host fourth skills camp in El Paso

More than 300 campers welcomed Aaron Jones back home for the 4th Annual Jones Brothers Youth Skills Camp at Burges High School on Thursday.

The event, hosted by twins Aaron and Alvin Jones at their high school alma matter, included as instructors their former UTEP teammates Nik Needham, now a cornerback with the Miami Dolphins, and Roy Robertson-Harris, now a defensive end with the Chicago Bears.

The morning session for campers from third grade through eighth grade ran from 9-11 am., and the afternoon session from. 1-3 p.m. was for high schoolers.

The camps began in 2017 as a way for the Jones brothers to give back to their hometown as Aaron Jones was beginning his career as a tailback for the Green Bay Packers.