University of San Francisco Athletics

Nicknamed "the Snake", Byron Jones grew up in North Carolina and played basketball at a Selma, AL junior college before enrolling at the University of San Francisco. He tried out for the Boston Celtics for two straight years after being chosen in the 1973 NBA draft in the 5th round (86th pick overall). The Celtics sent him to Israel for experience with a pro team, the Sabras, coached by Herb Brown. Jones later signed up with a California semi-pro club, the San Jose Winchesters.

In 1975, Jones joined to  the Toyota Comets in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Jones averaged 16.9 points in his first season with Toyota, he completed his second campaign for the Comets in 1976, averaging 19.7 points.

He went on to play for the U/Tex Wranglers (1977–1978), Honda (1980) and the Crispa Redmanizers (1980–1981). At U/Tex, Jones averaged 28.04 points per game, a big jump from his previous average with Toyota. The next season, Jones found himself a member of a PBA champion team once more, teaming up with the Wranglers for their first-ever PBA title. After his Honda stint in the first conference of 1980, Jones was signed up by Crispa as Sylvester Cuyler's partner for the Invitational championship. He played 10 games with the Jeans Makers and averaged 21.40 points per game. The "Snake" played his final PBA season with Crispa the following year.