Lobos QB allegedly exposed himself to female student
Jones was indefinitely suspended from team Tuesday
ALBUQUERQUE — University of New Mexico police are investigating an incident in which a female student said Lobos quarterback Sheriron Jones exposed himself in a campus parking garage last week.
Jones, suspended earlier this week by head coach Bob Davie after starting the Lobos’ past two games, was named in a police report in which a female student told campus police she exited her car in the Cornell Parking Structure on Friday and witnessed Jones sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle with his genitals exposed.
The incident took place before the Lobos played a road game at Wyoming. The complaint was filed by the UNM Police Department on Oct. 18, the same day the team traveled out of town for the game.
Jones has not been arrested.
The report states the woman, a UNM student who was on campus for a meeting, parked her car in the garage and was writing a card to a friend when she noticed a white sedan slowly pass her location several times.
According to the report, the vehicle, which had California license plates and was later identified as belonging to Jones, nearly rolled to a complete stop, pulled into a space not far from the woman’s vehicle, then headed back down the parking structure in the opposite direction.
When the woman exited her car she
noticed the same car stopped in the middle of the driveway between herself and the stairwell, according to the report. She said she approached the car and asked from a distance, “Are you good?”
She said the driver responded, “No, can you give me 10 seconds,” or something similar.
When she approached the car, she noticed the driver exposing himself. She told police she recognized him as a UNM football player, later using her cellphone to pull up the team’s roster online to find his photo, according to the complaint.
According to the report, the woman went into the Student Union Building and upon exiting for a meeting in a building on Central Avenue, she saw Jones standing in the Cornell
Mall area. When he saw her he turned and walked in the opposite direction.
Davie announced Tuesday that Jones had been indefinitely suspended, but did not give a reason.
When asked for a comment from the coach Wednesday, a UNM spokesman referred to Davie’s statements during his Tuesday news conference.
According to the report, “A summons will be issued through Metro Court on Jones for the listed charge.”
With Jones out, the Lobos are down to just two scholarship quarterbacks on their active roster; sophomore Tevaka Tuioti and freshman Trae Hall. Tuioti has started four of the team’s seven games and was named the starting quarterback the day after the Wyoming game.
On Tuesday, Davie said the decision to promote Tuioti over Jones was made before the decision to suspend came to light.
Jones was listed as a four-star recruit out of Rancho Verde High School in California. He signed with the University of Tennessee and spent two years in the Volunteers’ program, redshirting one year and playing his freshman season under former Vols head coach Butch Davis.
Jones played one season in junior college at Mount San Jacinto (Calif.) before transferring to UNM prior to last season. Initially listed as the team’s third-string quarterback, he started seven games as junior with the Lobos, passing for 13 touchdowns and more than 1,400 yards while finishing second on the team in rushing.
As of Wednesday night, he was still listed on UNM’s roster.