2016 DE / DT Benito Jones Flips from Alabama, Commits to Ole Miss
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Re: First 2016 Commit
Wayne County has been great for years! I'd love a link to see about this kid.
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Wayne County has been great for years! I'd love a link to see about this kid.
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Re: First 2016 Commit
You are the one we wait on. Thanks for all the links you post by the way. I certainly use them and appreciate them.
You are the one we wait on. Thanks for all the links you post by the way. I certainly use them and appreciate them.
Re: First 2016 Commit
I'm having a hard time keeping up with the joneses...Christion, Cyrus, Hootie, Tyren, Walker. But I'm not complaining. Nice start to 2016.
I'm having a hard time keeping up with the joneses...Christion, Cyrus, Hootie, Tyren, Walker. But I'm not complaining. Nice start to 2016.
Re: First 2016 Commit
this is a huge pick up and it won't be felt until next year or so due to the recruiting cycle. but word has it that Jones was one of the top 3 DL that the staff coveted for the 2016 class. to get him to commit and be in the fold this early is stupendous. on top of that, he was taken away from the 2 in state schools. it hasn't always been easy to get top prospects out of Mississippi let alone have them commit early in the process ( i.e. Leo Lewis) but its becoming the norm lately. hopefully this will become the trend down the line. regarding Jones, big upside- great first step and will only get bigger possibly playing both DT or DE in our system.
this is a huge pick up and it won't be felt until next year or so due to the recruiting cycle. but word has it that Jones was one of the top 3 DL that the staff coveted for the 2016 class. to get him to commit and be in the fold this early is stupendous. on top of that, he was taken away from the 2 in state schools. it hasn't always been easy to get top prospects out of Mississippi let alone have them commit early in the process ( i.e. Leo Lewis) but its becoming the norm lately. hopefully this will become the trend down the line. regarding Jones, big upside- great first step and will only get bigger possibly playing both DT or DE in our system.
Re: First 2016 Commit
Don't sell this one short because of the very early timing of his commitment, this is a big pick-up who could play a key role in our scheme. By all accounts, Jones is one of the top MS prospects for 2016, and the fact that both Ole Miss and MSU have been pursuing him heavily should make that clear. We actually offered him a couple of months back and have been hot on his trails since.
Role could be interesting here with Jones, and I think you can put him in the "fast twitch" category of front seven defenders we have been loading up on lately. He plays a lot over the center right now, and his game is all about quickness. He's a good solid 260 pounds or so, but we will want / need him to add some weight in Tuscaloosa. Rest assured -- barring some unforeseen physical development -- he's not going to be one of the hold-and-maintain guys at the point of attack, he's going to use his quickness to get upfield and try to make plays in the backfield. As of now, I figure we try to get him up near the 290 pound range. Could be a liability against quality power running games, but then again you see those twice a year these days.
Now, pertinent question: Can we keep him? Eighteen months to NSD for him, so things could obviously change, but he seems pretty firm now. Good news here is that, despite him being out of state, location actually plays in our favor here. Waynesboro is actually a tad bit closer to Tuscaloosa than Starkville, and far closer than either Oxford or Baton Rouge.
Don't sell this one short because of the very early timing of his commitment, this is a big pick-up who could play a key role in our scheme. By all accounts, Jones is one of the top MS prospects for 2016, and the fact that both Ole Miss and MSU have been pursuing him heavily should make that clear. We actually offered him a couple of months back and have been hot on his trails since.
Role could be interesting here with Jones, and I think you can put him in the "fast twitch" category of front seven defenders we have been loading up on lately. He plays a lot over the center right now, and his game is all about quickness. He's a good solid 260 pounds or so, but we will want / need him to add some weight in Tuscaloosa. Rest assured -- barring some unforeseen physical development -- he's not going to be one of the hold-and-maintain guys at the point of attack, he's going to use his quickness to get upfield and try to make plays in the backfield. As of now, I figure we try to get him up near the 290 pound range. Could be a liability against quality power running games, but then again you see those twice a year these days.
Now, pertinent question: Can we keep him? Eighteen months to NSD for him, so things could obviously change, but he seems pretty firm now. Good news here is that, despite him being out of state, location actually plays in our favor here. Waynesboro is actually a tad bit closer to Tuscaloosa than Starkville, and far closer than either Oxford or Baton Rouge.
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Re: First 2016 Commit
He and his family are Bama fans. I'd be very surprised if he decommitted.
Re: First 2016 Commit
He's already announced he plans to enroll early. That's 2 months less the staff has to worry about him.
He's already announced he plans to enroll early. That's 2 months less the staff has to worry about him.
Re: First 2016 Commit
I tend to agree with you. Just pointing out that with 18 months for a 16-year old kid to change his mind, well, you can never say never in this business.
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