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Following in his father Brendan's footsteps after he played over 400 games for his hometown Tigers, the game was always in his blood, it was just a matter of tapping into the resource.
"Dad always played footy," the 20-year-old said. "He coached at my local club, Longford, so I was always around the footy club and doing that sort of thing - kicking the footy wherever really.
"I played Auskick at Evandale when I was pretty young up until I played junior footy pretty much and then from there on, just played wherever I could."
Though he impressed on the cricket pitch for both Westbury and Longford and ran laps around his rivals on the track, both fell away to the oval-ball game, which has now proven to be a golden choice.
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Obviously not the only critical choice in his journey, which currently sees him isolated in Adelaide with his partner Nicola, Jones was pushed as a teenager to make the move from his beloved Tigers to a State League club as his talents became evident.
From there, Launceston came calling.
"Being a part of the Tassie program, they were trying to push you into being a part of a state league club and that was the process behind it. I got in contact with a few of the boys there, coaches that sort of thing and thought that was the best opportunity for me so I made the move," he said.
Earning his way to an opportunity in the seniors from an early age, although he admits it was until being named in the national academy in under-16s that he thought something could be made out of the game, Jones caught the eye of everyone necessary despite missing almost a full year of football with injury.
"Launceston were amazing, just as support like whenever we came back from Tassie or Allies duties, we were always welcome in but also, worked really hard and made you feel like your spot was earned and not just because you were coming back from those sorts of groups," Jones said.
"They've been unreal, just around work ethic and balancing a different sort of game."
And it was the work of a former coach who stepped out onto an AFL field 81 times for two different clubs that helped him claim his elusive prize.
"Sam Lonergan was amazing. He'd been through it all and done everything so was a real mentor for me.
"He really showed me about how to work different things and gave us insight whenever he could."
It was the season under Lonergan at the Blues that showed the football world just how good Chayce Jones could be.
Captaining the Tassie Mariners to a division two premiership as well as skippering the Allies, his leadership credentials were shown and he proved his worth at a senior level for the Blues, narrowly missing selection in the State League team of the year despite only playing seven games.
The hard work in returning from his devastating ankle injury saw him receive an invite to the 2018 AFL draft, boosting his hopes even more.
"It was sort of a bit unknown [where I was going to go in the draft]. You're heading into the draft and you don't really know what you're up for and that sort of thing," he said.
"Being invited was always a good testament and when you get invited, you know you were up with a chance and you just go from there."
Tipped as a potential first-round prospect, the former Kings Meadows High School and Launceston College student fulfilled his destiny rather quickly on November 22 2018, selected at pick nine, one spot behind Mariners team-mate Tarryn Thomas as the pair became the state's first top-10 selections since Kade Kolodjashnij.
From there, life moved quite quickly.
"The whole reaction to being drafted was just pure excitement, I couldn't wait to be involved," Jones said.
"I was drafted on the Thursday night and then in Adelaide on the Sunday night so it was a pretty quick move and was really exciting."
Moving in with Jordan Gallucci, who's two years his senior, and Kieran Strachan, taken in the same year's rookie draft, Jones performed promisingly in the pre-season competition and earned a round one debut against Hawthorn.
"It made it easier having someone that knew what was going on as well as someone fresh that was asking the same questions as you," he said.
"All the leaders of the group like Tex and Sloaney and both the Crouch brothers, they all just bring you under their wing and help you move forward.
"I definitely wasn't expecting it [an early debut] but I knew in the back of my mind that's where I wanted to work to.
"I wanted to be able to push for a spot early and as it happened - it was round one so I was thrilled to have it happen and it was always a goal."
Concussed in round four, it would be five weeks before Jones would slide back into the senior side but only for two matches as he was dropped to the SANFL until earning selection in the last two games of the season, which brought upon his best game at AFL level so far.
"It's definitely a learning curve, having different moments in the year that were ups and downs but that's always going to happen. It was a very big learning year for me so it was amazing to have that to be able to recall when needed."
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