Jones College

Maddox played at Jones in 1997-98 under Hall of Fame coach Parker Dykes and helped the Bobcats to a 12-0 record and a national title in 1998.
 
Jones was 7-3 in 1997 and capped the unbeaten 1998 season with a 42-35 victory over Georgia Military College in the Golden Isle Bowl.
 
Maddox went two years without playing football before heading to Delta State University. He played for DSU in 2002-03 and became the school's first player to be named the Gulf South Conference's Defensive Player of the Year in 2003. 
 
He was an All-GSC selection and was named an American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American. During his Delta State career, he had 150 tackles and 10.5 sacks.
 
Maddox was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played two years for the Jaguars before going to play three seasons for the Houston Texans.
 
After leaving the NFL he established the Anthony Maddox Foundation in 2008, which is designed to benefit single parents and poverty-stricken youngsters.
 
He coached the defensive line at Jones from 2011-17. One of the players under his tutelage was tackle Javon Kinlaw, who went on to South Carolina and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round of the 2016 draft.
 
Maddox came to Jones from Monroe High School in Moultrie, Georgia.