Kammala wannan jumla: A kakar wasa ta farko da NTDP Jones ya yi aiki tare da 'yan kasa da shekaru 17 da kuma' yan kasa da 18. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin kyaftin din kungiyar U-17. Jones ya rubuta maki 21 a wasanni 37 na NTDP kakar, wanda ya hada da wasan league a United States Hockey League (USHL), da kuma wasan kasa da kasa da kuma wasanni da kungiyoyin Division II da III na National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Wasansa 21 ya jagoranci tawagar a cikin tsaro. Ya ci gaba da zama mataimakin kyaftin a kakar wasa ta gaba, amma ya sauka a matsayi na biyu a tawagar a cikin tsaron tsaron da ya zira kwallaye 31 a cikin wasanni 52. Bayan kakar wasa ta biyu Jones ya buƙaci zaɓar ko zai yi wasan sa na shekara a cikin NCAA ko tare da Silvertips a cikin WHL. Jones ya yanke shawarar cewa Everett ba shi da kyau a gare shi kuma ana sa ran ya halarci Jami'ar North Dakota. Bayan da aka sanar da cewa Jones ba zai yi wasa a gare su ba, Silvertips ya yi musayar haƙƙin yin magana da Jones zuwa Portland Winterhawks don zaɓin zaɓi na bantam, amma ya riƙe haƙƙoƙinsa. Makonni biyu bayan haka, Portland ya sanya hannu kan Jones kuma ya yi musayar 'yan wasa biyu da aka sanya hannu da kuma' yancin 'yan wasa biyu don kammala aikin kasuwanci don samun' yancinsa. Yayin da yake wasa a Portland, an yi hasashen cewa Jones zai zama babban zaɓi a cikin
2013 National Hockey League (NHL) Tsarin shigarwa. A tsakiyar kakar wasa ta NHL Central Scouting ya sanya Jones a matsayin mai lamba daya a tsakanin 'yan wasan Arewacin Amurka da kuma ayyukan Scouting na kasa da kasa sun sanya shi a gaba daya.