ATLANTA,  GA. | Alabama State University football great Rickey Jones was enshrined into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on Friday, December 16^th, 2022 at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta.
 
The 2022 Hall of Fame Honorees includes Alcorn State's Ella Williams along with Lawrence "Larry" Watkins – Legend, Alabama State's Rickey Jones, Grambling State's Robert J. Williams – Legend, Mississippi Valley State's Jerome Blake along with Robert "Hitman" Gaddis – Legend, and Southern's Rickie Weeks.

Jones played for the Hornets' football team from 1988-1991 as the team won the SWAC title in 1991. In addition, the Hornets won the Black College National Championship in the first Heritage Bowl in 1991. He is Alabama State's all-time passing leader and all-time leader in total offense, finishing with 5,456 yards passing and 49 touchdowns along with 1,273 yards rushing.

Throughout his collegiate career, he earned MVP of the Turkey Day Classic (1988, 1989, and 1990); MVP of the Steel City Classic (1991), and MVP of the Black College National Championship (1991). In addition, he was named to the 1990 and 1991 All-SWAC Second Team. Jones was drafted by the LA Rams in 1992 in the eighth round and later played for the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL from 1995-95. The Eskimos won a Grey Cup Championship in his debut season.
 
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