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OT Dawand Jones (All B1G, All-American, Cleveland Browns)

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cdiddy70 said:
“Other than this kids offer list, he's not much more than a Plan B prospect, IMO. Not trying to bash, just be honest. Most of his top schools cooled off, I'm sure due to his size and having next to no technique. He's going to need at least 2yrs to be even 2 deep ready at minimum.”

I dissent.
How are you coming to the conclusion top schools are backing off?
He has picked up recent offers from Texas, FSU, PSU.
Was recently named lineman of the year in Indiana.
The fact that his primary sport was hoops is intriguing.
To me it indicates he has good feet and a ton of untapped potential on the gridiron when it becomes his focus.
I’d be excited to procure him, it’s not like we have 5 tackle commits in this class.
The reward outweighs the risk.
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I came to that conclusion after looking at his offer list and all those top schools have "cool" status and picked up other OL commits. His new offers have gone out because those teams like OSU, struck out with their Plan A OL. Yes, he may have good feet and athleticism, but he is 2-3yrs away from seeing the field at a school like osu. I agree, hed be a good addition to this class if we dont get Nester. But hes also a kid we can afford to wait on until we hear the outcome of guys higher on our board
 
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bukIpower said:
I agree with that... but if you aren't going to land the best you've got to circle back and be able to get the Ohio kids.

I'd like to see us take more Ohio kids though IMO. For a different reason than maybe most here think.

First it will take away from scUM, Sparty and PED. Second it will allow us to get some for sure numbers in the class and will allow our staffs to really focus on 5-8 out of state kids we really want. Lastly we don't have to circle back and take kids that maybe are reaches when we do miss out of state.

I love this kids size but he's going to have to lose 50 pounds if he wants to play our style of offense. Then again he's for sure not playing the first season so give this young man 2 years and I know he can get there.
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Losing Carpenter to scUM was a big blow. Guy is a road grader but it seems he was never high on the good guys for some reason.
 
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cdiddy70 said:
“Other than this kids offer list, he's not much more than a Plan B prospect, IMO. Not trying to bash, just be honest. Most of his top schools cooled off, I'm sure due to his size and having next to no technique. He's going to need at least 2yrs to be even 2 deep ready at minimum.”

I dissent.
How are you coming to the conclusion top schools are backing off?
He has picked up recent offers from Texas, FSU, PSU.
Was recently named lineman of the year in Indiana.
The fact that his primary sport was hoops is intriguing.
To me it indicates he has good feet and a ton of untapped potential on the gridiron when it becomes his focus.
I’d be excited to procure him, it’s not like we have 5 tackle commits in this class.
The reward outweighs the risk.
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Saw that Jones was listed as down to Ohio State and USC.
This kid looks like a bigger Thayer Munford comp. Get him into the strength and conditioning program. I see a RT.
 
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pnuts34 said:
I came to that conclusion after looking at his offer list and all those top schools have "cool" status and picked up other OL commits. His new offers have gone out because those teams like OSU, struck out with their Plan A OL. Yes, he may have good feet and athleticism, but he is 2-3yrs away from seeing the field at a school like osu. I agree, hed be a good addition to this class if we dont get Nester. But hes also a kid we can afford to wait on until we hear the outcome of guys higher on our board
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Almost never does an o lineman play year 1 at osu and few play as true sophomores. Jordan was very very rare. Petit Frere looks like a long shot to start year 2 as the number 7 player overall. Munford did start year 2 (I think) and was the 3rd lowest rated guy in that class.
It’s a hard position to pick up quickly and we don’t rotate much at all. So I’d never call any player a reach. Most guys start getting real playing time years 3-4-5. So he’s got time to figure it out.
 
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bukIpower said:
Personally I disagree with that... Brown will do fine.

Anyways you can't teach size and if this guy can shed 30-40 pounds he could be pretty good.
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My point was that he fell from a 1st round grade (college production) to 3rd round grade due to the combine. My point was that as a fan of a college team, you hope players get drafted highly, but as long as they're good for you that's mostly irrelevant.
 
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