Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mumwaka wake wokutanga neNTDP Jones akapedza nguva nezvikwata zvose zveUnder 17 neUnder 18. Akashanda semubatsiri wemukuru wechikwata cheU-17. Jones akanyoresa 21 pfungwa mumitambo 37 yeNTDP mwaka, iyo yaisanganisira mutambo weligi muUnited States Hockey League (USHL), pamwe nekutamba kwenyika uye mitambo inopesana nechikamu II uye III National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) zvikwata. Zviratidzo zvake 21 zvakatungamirira chikwata mukuchengetedza zvibodzwa. Akaenderera mberi achishanda semubatsiri wemutungamiriri mwaka unotevera, asi akadonha kune wechipiri pachikwata mukudzivirira zvibodzwa achinyoresa 31 mapoinzi mumitambo makumi mashanu nemaviri. Mushure memwaka wake wechipiri Jones aifanira kusarudza kana achizotamba gore rake rekunyorwa muNCAA kana neSilvertips muWHL. Jones akasarudza kuti Everett akanga asina kumukodzera uye aitarisirwa kupinda paYunivhesiti yeNorth Dakota. Mushure mekunge vaudzwa kuti Jones haazotambi kwavari, maSilvertips akatengesa kodzero yekutaura naJones kuPortland Winterhawks kune yakasarudzika bantam dhizaini, asi akachengetedza kodzero dzake. Mavhiki maviri gare gare, Portland yakasaina Jones uye yakatengesa vatambi vaviri vakasaina uye kodzero dzevamwe vatambi vaviri kuti vapedze zviri pamutemo kutengeserana kwekuwana kodzero dzake. Paaive achitamba kuPortland, Jones akafungidzirwa kuve sarudzo yepamusoro mu2013 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft
. Pakati pemwaka, NHL Central Scouting yakaratidza Jones senhamba yekutanga pakati peNorth American Skaters uye International Scouting Services yakamuisa pakutanga.