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The Daily OrangeWR Jones not sold on SU yet
By John Sutton
Posted: 9/25/08, 12:13 AM EST Section: Sports
Weiss said that at a coach's conference in Atlantic City during the offseason, Robinson outshone some of college football's most successful coaches, such as Louisiana State's Les Miles, when selling its programs to high school players.
"He looks like the kind of guy who is a winner, even though he might be struggling right now, I know he is a winner," Weiss said. "That is tremendous as a coach because that is showing that you have a lot of confidence, your self esteem is high, and you are working to get better."
At only 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, Jones will have to bulk up by the time he gets to college to compete with the other athletes on college football's highest level. Both Weiss and Jones recognize this fact and have made it one of Jones' primary goals during his senior year at Atlantic City High School.
"I'm a boney kid, I'm just fast," Jones said. "I know at the next level everybody is about 180 or 190 (pounds) so I have to get ready for those type of hits."
The soft-spoken Jones has some trouble identifying exactly what he is best at on the football field, but Weiss said, speed and versatility are his strengths.
Weiss even said he's contemplating putting Jones at quarterback for certain situations because of his ability to outrun most defenders. Jones, a two-star recruit according to Scout.com, is not looking to play under center at the next level, but he is looking to add to a depleted Syracuse wide receiver corps.
For Jones being part of a rebuilding effort does not turn him away from the chance to play big time college football. To come from where he grew up and play college football at its highest level is enough for him - wherever that may be.
"Not a lot of people from my area go to big time D-I schools out of public high school," Jones said. "Coming in I knew I could play college football, but I didn't know a school such as Syracuse would be interested in me, let alone give me a full ride to play for them."
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"He looks like the kind of guy who is a winner, even though he might be struggling right now, I know he is a winner," Weiss said. "That is tremendous as a coach because that is showing that you have a lot of confidence, your self esteem is high, and you are working to get better."
At only 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, Jones will have to bulk up by the time he gets to college to compete with the other athletes on college football's highest level. Both Weiss and Jones recognize this fact and have made it one of Jones' primary goals during his senior year at Atlantic City High School.
"I'm a boney kid, I'm just fast," Jones said. "I know at the next level everybody is about 180 or 190 (pounds) so I have to get ready for those type of hits."
The soft-spoken Jones has some trouble identifying exactly what he is best at on the football field, but Weiss said, speed and versatility are his strengths.
Weiss even said he's contemplating putting Jones at quarterback for certain situations because of his ability to outrun most defenders. Jones, a two-star recruit according to Scout.com, is not looking to play under center at the next level, but he is looking to add to a depleted Syracuse wide receiver corps.
For Jones being part of a rebuilding effort does not turn him away from the chance to play big time college football. To come from where he grew up and play college football at its highest level is enough for him - wherever that may be.
"Not a lot of people from my area go to big time D-I schools out of public high school," Jones said. "Coming in I knew I could play college football, but I didn't know a school such as Syracuse would be interested in me, let alone give me a full ride to play for them."
jssutton@syr.edu
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Dominic
posted 9/25/08 @ 8:54 AM EST
"He looks like the kind of guy who is a winner, even though he might be struggling right now, I know he is a winner,"
Looks can be deceiving.
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