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St. Piux X H.S. (Houston, TX)
Ht: 6-foot-1
Wt: 205 lbs
40: 4.6 secs
Rivals rating: 3*-5.7; #28 ILB
Scout rating: 4*; #14 MLB
ESPN rating: 3*-79 grade; #34 OLB
Reported Offers: Colorado, Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Illinois, Kansas State, Michigan, Missouri, Purdue, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Boise State, Houston, Wyoming
CU Football
#22 Most Prestigious Program in College Football History (ESPN)
1990 National Championship & 26 Conference Championships
1 Heisman Trophy Winner & 8 Other National Award Winners
5 Player & 7 Scholar-Athlete Inductions in College Football Hall of Fame
70 First Team All-Americans (30 Consensus All-Americans)
#19 in All-Time Wins, #24 in All-Time Win Percentage & #23 in Times Ranked
#29 in Wins and #12 in Wins Against Ranked Opponents Since 1989
Junior Year Stats:
76 tackles (46 solo)
23 tackles for loss
6 qb sacks
3 blocked fg; 2 blocked punts; 1 blocked xp
1st Team All-District
1st Team All-State
Scout analysis
Amazing on the blitz, he is as instinctual as you can find. He has a feel for getting through blocking and getting in to attack the quarterback, also good at blocking kicks. His size is okay but it is not above average. Good speed he uses it to his advantage on blitzes and coverage. Does a great job of working through blocks.
Strengths: Speed; Athleticism
Areas for Improvement: Pass Coverage Skills; Size
Jones is attending the CU Junior Day on March 6th.
Rivals Article:
Houston St. Pius X linebacker Kellen Jones is being recognized as one of the most explosive linebackers in the region not by recruiting pundits, but by college recruiters.
The 6-foot-1 linebacker displayed a tremendous combination of size, speed, physicality and football IQ his junior season, earning him TAPPS all-district and all-state honors.
"He is getting a lot of interest right now from all of those schools," father Sean Jones said. "He's focused on football 100-percent and working hard on his strength and flexibility. He's pretty open and a school's proximity is not really an issue to him."
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Trips to Arkansas, Illinois, Oklahoma State, Northwestern, Texas Tech and Miami are also planned.
Jones had previously tripped to Georgia Tech over Chrismas, according to Scout.
Landing Jones would be a major coup for CU. Hopefully he and Poston are tight.
Is that former NFL DE Sean Jones?
Rivals reports that we offered Jones when he visited for Junior Day:
After taking an unofficial visit to Colorado last week, the Buffalo coaching staff threw their hat into the Jones sweepstakes, joining Arkansas and Kansas State.
"It was a great trip and the coaches had genuine concern from me as a person and a student athlete," he said.
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Having Poston on the roster should help the Buffs here, but it looks like an uphill battle.
Jones recently trimmed the list of the schools he is considering. CU made the cut.
Rivals article
Jones verbaled to Michigan this week.
Maybe we still get a visit. Maybe Rich Rod loses his job and Jones opens things back up. Long time until NSD, but this looks solid for the Maize & Blue.
Might be looking around now that the Michigan situation has changed. Kanavis is on this, according to AZ.
Good academics...checkArkansas sending the love, recruit says
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By Richard Davenport
6:00AM on April 16th, 2010
Linebacker Kellen Jones has the right attitude for his position.
“I love to hit, I love to hit,” Jones said laughing. “When the season starts everyone is excited. You hear the fans, the crowd and I love to make contact and knock somebody into the dirt.”
Jones, 6-1, 210, 4.68 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Houston’s St. Pius X has scholarship offers from Arkansas, Missouri, Purdue, Houston, Kansas State, Colorado, Arizona and Stanford. Razorback offensive line coach Chris Klenakis has impressed Jones with his recruiting style.*
Kellen Jones
“I’m very interested in Arkansas because of the love they’ve shown me since they’ve known about me has been great,” said Jones, who reports a 310-pound bench press and 500 squat. “Coach K in particular has been great about e-mailing me and has sent some great letters. I’ve enjoyed all of the love from Arkansas.”
Jones recorded 75 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 3 recovered fumbles, 1 interception, 1 safety along with blocking 4 punts and 2 field goals as a junior.
“As a linebacker, I’m very instinctive,” said Jones, who has a 3.4 grade-point average and plans to major in mathematics and engineering.* “I’m very good on the blitz. I’m aggressive to the ball and I’m a great pass rusher. I’m very passionate about the game.”
Klenakis had a recent phone conversation with Jones and discussed him attending Arkansas’ junior day this Saturday.
“I look forward to meeting the coaching staff and getting to know them better and know more about Arkansas.” Jones said.
Jones, who has visited LSU, Colorado, Houston and Oklahoma State, desires good academics, a winning football program with a history of excellence along with a nice city.
“I just don’t want to be in the middle of nowhere,” said Jones, who plans to visit Missouri, Arizona, Stanford and Purdue this summer. “I would love to have great surroundings. A true college experience, a great urban area.”
Football tradition...check
Nice city...check
Not in Texas...check
Go get him Kanavis!
Says he's verballed to Michigan. Do we still have a chance?Originally Posted by Creebuzz
Really hope we can get him in for an official visit. Give him a couple years in a college weight program and I think he can be a very good ILB.
His school also churns out a fair amount of Division 1 football prospects.
Multiple sources reporting that Jones is visiting this weekend.
if les miles goes to Michigan... my gut is he stays...
Edit:breaking news les miles is staying at lsu...according to football scoop
http://www.footballscoop.com/the-scoop
Yes please.
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