'17 FL WR Jacquez Jones (UT signee)

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#429
Probably means signing his LOI. I don't think it is anything.
 
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Dust10 said:
8:52 ehh? Must have to hurry up and send that fax between 2nd and 3rd period.
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If you're in a hurry, that's when the paper jams start. Amirite?

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https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/jacquez-jones-needs-headline

Jacquez Jones’ adolescent years included a fatherless home, a mom in prison, two younger siblings to look after and temptation and trouble at every turn. Yet despite all the instability, struggles and disadvantages thrown Jones’ way, the Clearwater star receiver maintained a positivity that ultimately let him escape the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla.

“That’s just me. I’m the type of person where if something goes wrong, not going my way, I just keep pushing,” Jones said, as Tennessee’s 2017 receiver signee will report to Knoxville on Sunday. “I never really like to reminisce on the struggles, but it’s a really good quality I was blessed with. It’s just who I am. There’s always a smile on my face.”

“He’s had a really, really tough time. He still has a tough time with the relationship he has with his mother and his family,” said Clearwater coach Don Mesick, who has been Jones’ mentor and biggest advocate the last several years. “You’re always going to love your mother and always want to be around your family, but some of those influences aren’t always the best to be around. He battles with that. He doesn’t want to let anyone down.

"The type of kid he is, it’s amazing to me what a positive attitude he has — not towards just football, but school and people in general. He’s a great kid. Coming from where’s he’s been, he’s had every opportunity not to be that way. He’s had a lot of negative things happen to him, and he’s just always stayed positive and battled through it. It speaks to how much success means to him. He wants to be successful. He wants to make his family proud and the people around him proud.”

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“He sees everything. He feels everything. He’s diagnosing what’s going on in the defensive backfield. 'You have a laser focus on the practice field. You come out there everyday to get better, but you have to do the same thing in the classroom. You’ve got to take your grades so seriously like you’ve got to go make the play in the fourth quarter. … Now, you’ve got to go make the play in the classroom. Your time is up. It’s the fourth quarter. Time is running out. Go get it done.’

“He’s got lots of things going through his mind. I used the analogy of using the same focus you use on the football field because he is one of the most focused kids on the football field I’ve seen in my 28 years of coaching.” In the end, Jones made the qualifying test score and graduated from Clearwater High. Later this week, Mesick is set to deliver some final parting words before Jones makes the 11-hour drive up to Knoxville this Sunday.


"He needs to get somewhere and have a clean slate,” Mesick said. “I know he’s scared. He’s a young kid, but he’s going to thrive because he’ll be surrounded by other people who are on the same mission as him. He’s always going to have a lot less distractions created around here.”

Jones is always a ball of energy and hopes to come to Tennessee and burst onto the scene. He admits he’s worried about leaving his family, especially his siblings, but as the first person in his family to go to college, he’s ready to show his brother and sister there’s another path in life.
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You just have to admire and pull for kids like this. He could have quit a long time ago, but didn't. He persevered through life and some of the horrible things that we can face in this life, and now gets a chance to shine and make his own path of success. What a fantastic example for his siblings! We have some great stories in this class...I think they will come in with huge chips on their shoulders and overachieve. Welcome to Rocky Top, Jacquez. Glad you are a Vol!
 
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Thanks for posting, Ron. Great story. I really, really want him to succeed after reading all of that. Very excited to see what he can do.
 
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Clearwater and Saint Pete have some tough areas, plus he's had to man up at an early age. He's hungry and ready to compete. I hope he grasps the playbook and sees the field early.
 
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I am seeing a common theme for every single recruit in this class. It is like we signed a bunch of real life Rocky movie types to fill the class with. Maybe Butch was serious about the 5 star heart stuff lol
 
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millst987 said:
I am seeing a common theme for every single recruit in this class. It is like we signed a bunch of real life Rocky movie types to fill the class with. Maybe Butch was serious about the 5 star heart stuff lol
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Seriously, I think that class can be special
 
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