The Green Bay Packers are at the center of a feel good story that has gone viral across the NFL. Coming off their third year in a row of entering the NFC playoffs as the seven seed Green Bay is looking to climb the ranks in their own conference.
As it turns out, a young man who just beat stage 3 cancer will have a chance to be part of the team.
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Sep 28, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur looks on during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
Sep 28, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur looks on during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
Packers Sign DB Who Just Beat Stage 3 Cancer
Football was not Marlon Jones’ greatest challenge. Having previously played five college seasons at Eastern Washington, the defensive back transferred to Vanderbilt. Unfortunately, his journey was hampered by stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In the end, he was able to recover, played last season at Vanderbilt, and is now heading to the NFL.
Now, two years after he was diagnosed, he plays for the Green Bay Packers. The Packers signed the cornerback to a three-year, un-drafted contract on Monday:
Marlon Jones had to go through months of chemotherapy treatments to get better. Eventually, he did.
“Of course, it crushed me,” Jones told The Athletic about the initial reaction. “I was sad. I was scared. But at no point did I think I was going to lose my life. That’s a credit to my faith, I just believed and trusted in God’s plan. I knew He didn’t cause me to have this, but He was going to use it for good. The only thing I was really worried about was football.”
Last season, Jones played nine games at Vanderbilt, starting one of them. He had nine total tackles.
Among the Packers’ CBs are Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine, Kamal Hadden, Shemar Bartholomew, and Jaylin Simpson. The front office added Benjamin St-Juste and MJ Devonshire in free agency this off-season, as well as Brandon Cisse and Domani Jackson in the draft.
Vanderbilt corner back Marlon Jones at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. © Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Vanderbilt corner back Marlon Jones at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. © Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Throughout the course of Jones’ college career he accumulated:
25 games played
50 total tackles
28 solo tackles
1.0 tackles for loss
1.0 sack
8 interceptions
3 pass defelctions
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