Our prospect of the day today is a player who really needs to have a bounce back season. In 2011 Jones was still a productive college football player and wasn’t that far off his pace from 2010.
2011:
| G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 562 | 355 | 63.2 | 4463 | 7.9 | 29 | 15 | 141.56 | 43.2 | 343.3 |
2010:
| G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 617 | 405 | 65.6 | 4718 | 7.6 | 38 | 12 | 146.30 | 44.1 | 337.0 |
(Stats from CFBstats.com)
What Jones did do though was show a tendency to really struggle in the face of a pass rush. The Florida State game is one them comes to mind. Jones has a N.F.L. arm and size at 6’4 229 pounds, but he needs to show better poise in the pocket. Jones needs a big bounce back year and if he does he could compete with Matt Barkley to be the first Qb drafted in the 2013 N.F.L. draft.
I think if he were in the 2012 N.F.L. draft I would avoid him entirely in the first round (though he’d likely get drafted in the first round).
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