CB Doran Grant (Official Thread)

[buchtelgrad04]

No matter who offers, this will be a MSU/OSU race. OSU will win out, but MSU will get serious consideration. He's good friends with Johnny Adams, a CB at MSU. His dad was my little league basketball coach. I'll update when info is given. He also has an older brother, Ted Jones Jr. at Southern University in Louisiana. Family is all Buckeye, with the exception of dad.

 

[Hodgepodge]

He also has an older brother, Ted Jones Jr. at Southern University in Louisiana.

I guessed he was his brother, considering the name, so thanks for confirming my suspicions. He was a nice DE for Buchtel. I was a bit surprised he didn't end up at a MAC school.

You Buchtel guys must be awfully disappointed that Grant didn't attend Buchtel like his older brother did.

 

[ShakerBuck]

Family is all Buckeye, with the exception of dad.

BG04- is there a reason you know of why everyone in family is all buckeye "except dad"? did he play ball for MSU or something?

 

[leroyjenkins]

BG04- is there a reason you know of why everyone in family is all buckeye "except dad"? did he play ball for MSU or something?

Are you being serious?

On the last page it said that Grants father, played for MSU and led the team in receptions in 80-81. (Didnt look it up, just off of memory)

 

[buchtelgrad04]

I guessed he was his brother, considering the name, so thanks for confirming my suspicions. He was a nice DE for Buchtel. I was a bit surprised he didn't end up at a MAC school.

You Buchtel guys must be awfully disappointed that Grant didn't attend Buchtel like his older brother did.

Ted didn't have grades. He also didn't have a coach to actively help him on the recruiting trail. His year was in the midst of the Claude Brown scandal.

Doran wanted to go to Buchtel, but his mom is huge on academics, and well....I don't think I have to explain the differences between Buchtel & St. V regarding academics. Lol. Plus, Jones Sr. and Ricky Powers aren't the best of friends.

 

[Smith]

Ohio.com

Top players in 2011 recruiting class
Published on Thursday, Feb 04, 2010

Name High school Position Ht., wt.

...
Doran Grant St. Vincent-St. Mary RB-DB 5-11, 175
Comment: He is rated the state's No. 5 player overall in the Ohio High Magazine Top 100. He has scholarship offers that reportedly include Georgia, Georgia Tech, Cincinnati, Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Ohio State.

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[Smith]

Bucknuts (free)

Grant Adds Two More Offers
Posted by Bill Kurelic on Feb 05, 2010 at 08:24 am

Akron (Ohio) St. Vincent-St. Mary defensive back Doran Grant, one of the top five class of 2011 prospects in the Buckeye State, continues to add to his scholarship offer list.

On Thursday Grant added scholarship offers from Wisconsin and West Virginia. His list already included Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Iowa, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Illinois, Georgia and Georgia Tech.

Grant?s father Ted Jones was an All-Big Ten wide receiver at Michigan State, and Grant has the Spartans and Buckeyes high on his list with Ohio State currently No. 1.

The 5-foot-11 and 175-pound Grant played boundry corner for the Irish this season as well as wide receiver. He also returned punts.
Check out Grant in action courtesy of our friends at ScoutingOhio.com:

2011 Doran Grant Akron St V RBDB 21 Soph

 

[Smith]

Freep.com

So who's on MSU's radar for 2011? (defense)
Posted: Feb. 5, 2010
By MATT DORSEY

...
Doran Grant of Akron, Ohio, might be the best cornerback prospect in the Midwest, if not the nation, and his father is a former Spartan great, Ted Jones who was All-Big Ten back in 1981.

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[Smith]

Rivals $ - Video: Doran Grant can do it all

 

[Smith]

Rivals $ - Grant planning a trip to the Flats
February 10, 2010
Kelly Quinlan

Grant visited Georgia Tech last summer & has stayed in contact with the coaches since... They were his first offer & he wants to get back down there in the Spring... Tentative plans include summer visits to OSU, N.C. State, W. Virginia, Cincy, Cal, Southern Cal, Oregon St., Oregon, & _ichigan...

 

[wadc45]

Scout $ - Rodriguez Connects with Grant

2/11

By GBW...talks about his recent conversation with RR...talks about the schools he is intersted in and says OSU is after him real hard.

The weasels are just setting themselves up for failure here...

 

[wadc45]

Offered by...surprise, surprise...Southern Cal.

 

[Smith]

Bucknuts (free)

USC Offers Two More OSU Targets
Posted by Bill Kurelic on Feb 12, 2010 at 04:45 pm

Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron and the USC coaching staff are making their recruiting mark from coast-to-coast.

Today the Trojans offered two top Ohio State targets from this part of the country.

First, cornerback Doran Grant (Akron, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary) reported an offer from USC today.

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[BigJim]

Bucknuts (free)

I think it was Southcampus that mentioned this before; these USC offers just don't have the same feel to them anymore.

 

[Smith]

Rivals $ - Ohio's best heading West
February 12, 2010
Gerard Martinez
USCFootball.com

Grant was very happy to receive the Southern Cal offer... He plans on camping at USC, UCLA, Cal, Oregon, & Oregon State on the Raw Talent bus tour this summer... He & his family are open to schools as far away as the west coast... Names OSU & MSU as his leaders due to the relationships he's built with their staffs... Plans to take his visits & commit at the UA game...