Texas guard Andrew Jones announces NIL partnership for cancer research

Texas Longhorns guard Andrew Jones announced Friday plans to use NIL earnings towards funding cancer research in a partnership with the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Jones will give 10 cents of every NIL dollar he receives to the foundation.

Jones, who was diagnosed with Leukemia in Jan. 2018, went through an eight-month process of chemotherapy before making it back to the court that same year in a game against Eastern Illinois on Nov. 6. 

“The money donated to the V Foundation played a major part not only in my ability to receive proper treatment but maintain confidence in both my recovery and eventual return to basketball,” Jones said. “To be able to share my story on how this foundation has impacted my life while paying that forward to future families impacted by cancer is an honor. ”

His return to the court was a powerful one, as the Irving, TX native got his first points back on a free throw and received a huge standing ovation from the home crowd at the Erwin Center.