EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Aaron Jones has a lot of emotions running through him this week, and understandably so. The new man on Minnesota Vikings will make his return to Lambeau Field where he spent his first seven seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers. Jones took to social media on Wednesday where he wrote an open letter to Packers fans, chronicling his time in Green Bay while thanking them for all the love they've shown him and his family throughout his time there. Thank you, Green Bay. See you this Sunday. @PlayersTribune Story link: https://t.co/W6Q2Xx8hx0— Aaron Jones 3️⃣3️⃣ (@Showtyme_33) September 25, 2024 The Burges High School graduate opened his letter by sharing how he was overlooked as a football player growing up in El Paso, saying, "it's funny how so much of life is just about people seeing you or not." "Growing up and wanting to make it as a football player, I had all these people basically telling me I wasn’t anything special," Jones wrote in his open letter. "Coming out of high school, I only had two college offers. Going into the draft, I waited almost 200 picks for my name to be called. So when I finally did get drafted, I think there’s a part of me that figured it’s about to be the same in the NFL — more people who just see right past me, or who see me as nothing worth investing in." Coming out of UTEP in 2017, Jones entered Packers training camp in as one of three running backs the Packers drafted that year. He says the support and confidence he received from his superstar teammates, Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, is what motivated him the most in the early stages of his rookie year. He eventually got his first action in Week 4 against the Chicago Bears, a memory he says he'll never forger. "Both our main running backs had gone down, so it’s only me and our fullback left," Jones wrote. "I run onto the field and when I get into the huddle, it’s crazy. A-Rod (Aaron Rodgers), he just looks at me and he says, 'hey, I am one of your biggest fans in this entire organization. It’s your time... yours, right now.' I ended up scoring and we won that game." Jones finished his time in Green Bay as the Packers' third all-time leading rusher (5,940 rush yards), only trailing Ahman Green and Jim Taylor. His 63 total touchdowns ranks seventh in team history, but Jones says what stayed with him the most was the way Packers fans were there for him when his dad, Alvin Sr., died in 2021 after contracting Covid-19. It was less than two weeks after the Packers gave Jones a 4-year, $48 million contract, a time Jones described as, "the toughest thing I've been through in my whole life." Jones told reporters earlier this week he still intends to do the 'Lambeau Leap' if he gets into the end zone on Sunday, while hoping there's a Vikings fan or two in the front row. And while Jones now finds himself on the other side of this NFC North rivalry, he says he will always have love for Green Bay. "That’s the biggest thing I want to write here, not just to the Packers organization, but really to all of Green Bay: thank you," Jones wrote. "It’s going to feel strange being on that visiting sideline for the first time and being on the other side of this NFC North thing in general, but it’s all love and it’s so much gratitude. Thanks for “betting” on me, riding with me, hash-tagging for me and everything else. Thanks for seeing me." You can read Jones' open letter it its entirety via 'The Players Tribune' here. Sunday's game between the Vikings and Packers is slated for 11 a.m. MT at Lambeau Field. The game will air on FOX.