Quarterbacks fear him. Running backs avoid him. Wideouts adjust routes because of him. But when Ernest Jones steps off the field, he doesn’t come across any different that most of San Antonio’s premier student athletes. He’s confident, yet humble; he says “please” and “thank you” and is equally devoted to his textbooks as he is to the playbook. But that’s where most similarities end. The highly-recruited star linebacker at Boerne, hasn’t just battled the depth charts for his starting spot, he’s battled the most life-threatening elements of man and nature themselves.

    It wasn’t that long ago that Jones was hunkered down in the Superdome while Hurricane Katrina unleashed its Category 5 furry on Louisiana. Listening to the storm battering New Orleans from the unsure safety of the enclosed sports stadium, Jones and his fellow refugees could only speculate what – if anything – would be left of their beloved city.

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