Patriots cornerback Jack Jones arrested at Logan Airport with guns in carry-on luggage

“We have been notified that Jack Jones was arrested at Logan Airport earlier today,” a Patriots spokesman said in a statement. “We are in the process of gathering more information and will not be commenting further at this time.”

Jones, drafted in the fourth round in 2022, participated in New England’s mandatory minicamp earlier this week. He seemed primed for a larger role this year, after his rookie season ended with a knee injury and two-game suspension.

The Patriots did not disclose the reason for the suspension. Jones’s agent, Jamal Tooson, said at the time in a statement that “miscommunication regarding Jack’s rehab process” led to the discipline.

Since the suspension, coach Bill Belichick has not said much about Jones.

“We talk to all the players about things they need to work on and improve on and so forth,” he said in March during the annual owners’ meetings. “I’ll just keep that between the players and me.”

Asked after a practice earlier this month about what he’s seen from Jones this offseason, Belichick’s remarks were not revealing.

“He’s still working his way back in there,” he said. “It’s good to see him out there. We’ll see how that goes.”

Earlier this year, when the Memphis Grizzlies suspended point guard Ja Morant for appearing to hold a gun in a video streamed live on Instagram, Jones called Morant “dumb.”

“You letting social media and yo pride ruin yo real money,” he tweeted in May. “Put them guns down and run that money up. Make one of yo homies sign up for security or concealed carry if you feel like you need it that bad… But you the bread winner, you gotta start acting like it.”

Friday’s arrest is the latest off-field incident for Jones, who has struggled to stay out of trouble in almost every stop of his football career.

Jones, a five-star recruit out of Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California, played two seasons at USC before getting dismissed in May 2018 due to academic issues.

Three weeks after the team removed him from the roster, Jones was arrested at a Panda Express in Santa Paula, Calif., on suspicion of commercial burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime — two felony charges. The charges were later reduced to a second-degree misdemeanor. Jones served 45 days of house arrest as part of a plea agreement.

After transferring to Moorpark College, a local two-year school, for the 2018 season, Jones committed to Arizona State. He played in all 13 games in 2019, but was suspended indefinitely after the 2020 season opener for a team conduct-related matter. Jones returned to the field for a productive 2021 season, playing in 11 games.

When the Patriots drafted Jones last year, he expressed a desire to move on.

“I learned from it,” he said in April 2022. “I’m looking forward to moving forward. I’m not really worried about the past. I’m working on my present right now, what I have going on and controlling what I can control.”

Jones is in the second season of his four-year, $4.4 million rookie contract. His base salary for 2023 is $870,000.

New England’s offseason program concluded Friday, so players are off until training camp begins at the end of July.

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