Defensive end Tariq Jones grew up in New Orleans, but did not experience a Big Easy life.

After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Jones and his family scrambled for shelter in what is now Caesars Superdome.

“When the city was getting rebuilt, I stayed in trailers,” he recalled.

Seven years later, Hurricane Isaac blasted the area.

“Usual things — water cutoff, no heating system, real hot, real humid around that time, dealing with bugs,” Jones said.

Jones also grew up in a hard-scrabble neighborhood where he was prone to angry outbursts. A school counselor suggested re-directing his feistiness to football.

“I used to get in trouble a lot,” Jones said, adding the counselor “recommended I go out for Pop Warner. I played for this team, Willie Hall Panthers, next to my house

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