Stars do not concern me if Pelini sees the talent on a defensive player.
Just found some numbers:
6' 2" and 200lbs with 4.43 speed. THAT is why he's going to be a Nebraska linebacker, folks.
I guess I am going to ask you your basis on this!????? I agree that speed kills, but we are leaving the little 10 for the BIG 10. All of you educated people know this is a power conference. So what is your point about going to a 4.43 lb. I remember alot of us worried L David wouldnt thrive as well in the BIG 10 and their power running games. And if we are going to a 3 lb set at times, who needs a 4.43 lb.??????
Not trying to be condenscending,,,,,I really want you to educate me on the matter.
nevermind....2 star
Not to mention we need 3-4 linebackers in this class and this gives us our second one....
As the reigning District 10-5A Catholic League Defensive Player of the Year and a returning first-team All-State selection in Class 5A, Jones is fully qualified academically with a 23 on the ACT, Jesuit Coach Wayde Keiser said.
"I chose Nebraska because they're a defensively-minded school and they recruited me as a linebacker,'' Jones said. "I developed a real good relationship with Coach Raymond. I felt comfortable talking with him. He was real with me. He gave me good advice. Then I started looking up (information about) Nebraska to learn more about them. They have really good facilities.
The clincher, Jones said, was when "Coach Raymond assured my dad that they would take care of me and make sure that I go to class, and that he'll take care of me like I'm one of his own. My parents liked what he said.''
"As a family we prayed about it and we feel good about it,'' Cal Jones said. At Nebraska "They make sure 95 percent of their athletes graduate. They take real good care of the kids from out-of-state. They have great tradition. They have a great coach in Coach Pelini. They've produced a lot of linebackers in the (NFL).''
"I think Nebraska is going to be a great place for him because they're trying to recruit athletic types of people to play linebacker and in the secondary,'' Keiser said. "Bo Pelini has always recruited that kind of kid. The biggest thing Debo (Jones) brings to the table is his athleticism.''
As the reigning District 10-5A Catholic League Defensive Player of the Year and a returning first-team All-State selection in Class 5A, Jones is fully qualified academically with a 23 on the ACT, Jesuit Coach Wayde Keiser said.
I was actually thinking about this earlier. I can't help but wonder if the staff was told by another target that they're heading another direction. Deion just came out of nowhere. It really has me thrown off, to be completely honest.
Deion Jones lives in New Orleans, where the locals might first think of SEC football when they're not otherwise talking about Drew Brees.
But Jones knows the game well. He knows about Nebraska football, about Bo Pelini and the Big Ten Conference.
"Big college fan," Jones said.
Now you can count the prep linebacker as a big Husker fan after committing to NU on Tuesday night.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound all-stater was sold on Nebraska after forming a close relationship with new NU secondary coach Corey Raymond.