'06 IL QB Demetrius Jones (Notre Dame signee, Cincinnati transfer)

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Chicago (IL)
Morgan Park

Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 192 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.5 seconds

Intereseted in Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and Tennessee.

2004 Offensive Stats: 1,000 yards rushing, 12 TDs, 2,100 yards passing, 17 TDs

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5/3/05

From Rivals.com...Demetrius has offers from Notre Dame, Illinois, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Toledo, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee. He and teammate Chris James both hold offers from Ohio State.

[ScarletInMyVeins]

I wonder if we're recruiting him as QB or WR

[BuckeyeNation27]

Wow. Official offer. Congrats for him. I see a trend in football towards the mobile QB. If you aren't John Elway you better damn well be Mike Vick.

[wadc45]

It appears that the schools that have offered both Demetrius and Chris at this point are Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Penn State and Tennessee. Chris was very high on Illinois initially, so I would look for Ron Zook to go after these two hard. I don't know if they plan on attending the same university or not.

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5/4/05

From Rivals100.com...apparently there was a rumor that Jones committed to ND, which he emphatically denies> Apparently the confusion arose during a phone call between Demetrius and recent ND verbal James Aldridge. He did tell James that ND is at the top of his list right now. Jones added offers from Boston College, Purdue and Oregon yesterday as well.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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5/5/05

Jones has offers from 15-20 schools and now says he is "opening back up" and will not name a leader at this time or put any schools in any order. Jones is thinking about going to the one day camps at Notre Dame, Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio State.

According to Jones he has offers from Ohio State, Indiana, Penn State, Minnesota, Illinois, Northern Illinois, Michigan State, Kansas, Toledo, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Michigan, Louisville, Iowa State, Kentucky, and Northwestern.

(His cousin is Chris James and their is talk they are a package deal)

[EngineerHorn]

Add Texas to that list. Not that it'll change anything. No way he leaves the Big 10 region.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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5/5/05

Jones has been contacted by Texas, but they want to see film of him...he says he likes texas' tradition.

[CleveBucks]

fwiw, the lemming names Jones his #2 QB in the 2006 class.

[BGriffBuckeye]

Now, is this because he supposed verballed to them before, though the reports were vehemently denied by Jones?

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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5/11/05

Jones now has 33 offers, 22 since the beginning of May. Notre Dame, Illinois, Louisville and Tennessee are the teams he is looking the most at.

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5/16/05

From Rivals100.com...Jones is up to 38 offers now. North Carolina and Nebraska are his most recent offers. He is starting to narrow his list down, and admits he is a lean to ND right now but is still looking at Illinois, Oregon, Tennessee, Northwestern and Ohio State as well. He plans to check out a bunch of schools this summer.

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

and admits he is a lean to ND right now

Well, now we know why Lemming has him at #2

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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5/17/05

Jones has exactly 36 offers at this point and lists Notre Dame, Illinois, Tennessee, Oregon, Louisville, and Michigan State as his top schools followed by being interested in Northwestern, Ohio State, and Purdue. Notre Dame and Illinois, and Tennessee are his favorite schools and he says he will visit OSU again.

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5/24/05

From Rivals100.com...Demetrius is up to 42 offers but says he will make a decision between Notre Dame and Illinois and says he will decide when he feels comfortable but that right now he is really struggling.