{{Short description|American businessman (born 1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} '''Jerral Wayne Jones Jr.''' (born September 27, 1969) is the chief sales and marketing officer and executive vice president of the Dallas Cowboys.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Jones Jr|url=http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/staff/roster/jerry-jones-jr|publisher=Official Site of the Dallas Cowboys|accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-12|title=5 things you might not know about Jerry Jones Jr., including how his dad saved Super Bowl 19 for him|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2018/07/12/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-jerry-jones-jr-including-how-his-dad-saved-super-bowl-19-for-him/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Dallas News|language=en}}</ref> Jones Jr. was the president and general manager of the Dallas Desperados when it was founded by his father in 2001 in the original Arena Football League<ref>{{cite news |title=Cowboys' owner starts 20th arena football team |url=http://www.skiff.tcu.edu/fall_2001/111401/sbriefs.html |website=TCU.edu |date=November 14, 2001 |accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Desperados Move to Reunion Arena |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/desperados-move-to-reunion-arena/n-1982156 |website=OurSportsCentral.com |date=January 6, 2003 |accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref> He now leads the Cowboys' commercial initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 22, 2017|title=From the archives: Jerry Jones Jr.|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/Journal/Issues/2017/05/22/People%20and%20Pop%20Culture/Jones%20Jr.aspx|access-date=2020-12-02|website=www.sportsbusinessdaily.com|language=en}}</ref>
Jones grew up in Arkansas and was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 for his contributions to Little Rock Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jerry Jones Jr. Joins Arkansas Sports HOF|url=https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jerry-jones-jr-joins-arkansas-sports-hof|access-date=2020-12-02|website=www.dallascowboys.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-22|title=Jones following his family's footsteps into Hall|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/mar/22/jones-following-his-family-s-footsteps-/|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Arkansas Online|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Jones is the son of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the younger brother of Cowboys executives Stephen Jones and Charlotte Jones Anderson.<ref name=hp>{{cite news |author=O'Neal, Rachel |title=High Profile: Jerry Jones Jr. is a lawyer, a father and coach to two children. He's also executive vice president of the Dallas Cowboys organization. |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/aug/05/jerry-jones-jr-20180805/ |website=ArkansasOnline.com |date=August 5, 2018 |accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref> He is the father of a daughter, Juliette Turner-Jones, as the result of a former relationship with television and film actress Janine Turner in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |author=Besant, Alexander |title=Former model, Northern exposure actress Janine Turner to speak at RNC |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/31/former-model-northern-exposure-actress-janine-turner-speak-rnc |website=Pri.org |date=August 27, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Janine Turner Trades Northwest for Southern Exposure on Ranch|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1997-07-01-9707010094-story.html|access-date=2020-12-02|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He married Lori Lemon in 2006, and has two children with her.<ref name=hp/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilonsky|first=Robert|date=2006-08-18|title=Lemon Into Lemonade|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/lemon-into-lemonade-7140429|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Dallas Observer}}</ref>
In October 2024, Jones Jr. was involved in a car accident near Levi's Stadium in California. The incident occurred when a rising barricade caused significant damage to the vehicle carrying Jones Jr., his sister Charlotte, and his nephew Shy Anderson Jr. Jones Jr. sustained a concussion but has since been reported to be recovering.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Will |date=2024-10-29 |title=Jerry Jones: Family's freak car accident 'like a small explosion' |url=https://nypost.com/2024/10/29/sports/jerry-jones-familys-freak-car-accident-like-a-small-explosion/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External== * [https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/front-office-roster/jerry-jones-jr Dallas Cowboys bio]
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