As I’m sure every Arkansas fan knows by now, former quarterback Matt Jones was sentenced to a week in the Washington County Jail. Here is my story for Tuesday’s newspaper that outlines what led to him being sentenced.

  FAYETTEVILLE — Former Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones agreed Monday to spend the rest of this week in the Washington County Jail after he violated the terms of his plea agreement by failing a random alcohol test.

Jones admitted during a court appearance before Washington County Circuit Judge Mary Ann Gunn that he drank alcohol while golfing with friends in Northwest Arkansas in late February.

Jones, who’s now a wide receiver with Jacksonville Jaguars, is forbidden from drinking alcohol as part of his agreement to enter Washington County Drug Court. He entered the drug court in October to avoid facing a trial on felony possession of cocaine.

“He had been 100 percent compliant,” said Lisa Dennis, Washington County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the drug court. “This is the first time since he’s been in the program that we’ve had any hiccups.”

Jones was booked into the Washington County Jail at 6:21 p.m. Monday, and he’s expected to remain there until he’s released at 8 a.m. Sunday. He’s being held on a $150,000 bond.

Dennis said Jones was notified that he must appear in court after his results from a random alcohol test given on Feb. 27 came back positive.

“He came to court and admitted to Judge Gunn that he did drink on Thursday before the test when he was playing golf with some friends here in Northwest Arkansas,” Dennis said.

Gunn gave Jones the option of either spending a week in jail or entering a six-week, in-house residential treatment program. Dennis said the former Arkansas star initially decided to enter the treatment program because his mother didn’t want to see him go to jail.

But Jones agreed to enter jail after Gunn asked him when he must return to Jacksonville to continue offseason workouts with the Jaguars, Dennis said. Gunn sentenced Jones until Sunday morning because he’s expected back in Jacksonville on Monday.

Gunn, who runs the drug court, declined to comment when reached Monday evening.

“Since it was a proceeding that happened in court, I don’t really feel comfortable commenting on it or talking about it,” Gunn said.

Jones, a former first-round draft pick, was arrested July 10 after Fayetteville police say they saw the former Arkansas star using a credit card to cut up cocaine in a parked SUV behind Dickson Street.

Jones was the Jaguars’ leading receiver last season, catching 65 passes for 761 yards and two touchdowns. The NFL suspended him for the final three games of the season because of his drug arrest.