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Green Bay Packers' Aaron Jones will graduate from UTEP this week

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Did you know these eight facts about Aaron Jones? Wochit

When Aaron Jones announced he was going pro on the final day of 2016, he knew how much work was lying in front of him.

What may have gotten lost in that, but was never lost to UTEP's all-time rushing leader, was a promise he made his parents, one that had nothing to do with getting drafted (by the Green Bay Packers as it turned out), making a team and lighting up a football field.

He told them he would get his degree from UTEP.