Northwest Rankin's Jarrian Jones will not back down from a challenge

The story of how Jones acquired the scar begins on a Sunday in the middle of football season in 2015. Jones, then a freshman at Northwest Rankin, relaxed at his aunt’s house during a post-church family gathering when a cousin told him he couldn’t do a backflip. Jones accepted the challenge. Forget he had never attempted a standing backflip, he had to prove his cousin wrong.

Jones leaped and swung his legs over his head. He over-rotated, and as he landed Jones thrust his left hand toward the ground. The force of the impact broke bones from his wrist through his fingers.