Man, once he hit the 40 he just kept building speed all the way through 3 of them at the end. Better make a business decision on that.
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Man, once he hit the 40 he just kept building speed all the way through 3 of them at the end. Better make a business decision on that.
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CARDALE JONES STAYING INVOLVED IN COLUMBUS WITH NEW TRAINING CENTER, CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME
As an NFL player and former Ohio State quarterback, Cardale Jones wants to use his platform and opportunity to help others to work with children and give back to the community.
Jones is making that happen this summer with two new projects in Columbus.
Last month, Jones and former Ohio State strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter opened Plus Two University, a new training facility in Columbus. Plus Two is offering a wide variety of training programs for people of all ages, including adult boot camps, elite athlete training and pro day training for small school college programs, but Jones said his primary goal through the facility is to work with kids – and not necessarily those who are on track to be future elite athletes.
“We kind of came up with the idea mid-to-late last year after I had my youth football camp in Cleveland, me and Eric kind of always were on the same wavelength when it comes to helping others and helping the youth,” Jones told Eleven Warriors. “So we were kind of throwing around the idea and it really wasn’t nothing, it was just kind of a preliminary thought, but we really dug deep into it and thought we could bring something to Columbus and hopefully to more cities here soon that would not just teach the kids, develop them physically and athletically, but a lot of character traits that you need in the real world.
“As we all know, every kid’s not going to make it athletically playing their sports, from high school to college and college to the pros, in no matter what sport. So we’re trying to kind of prepare them with hard work and a lot of life lessons for the real world, through the rigorous training of athletics.”
Jones has known Lichter, who was Ohio State’s head strength and conditioning coach from 2006-11, since he was a kid, as Lichter was previously owned a training center in Northeast Ohio, where he worked with Jones in addition to a multitude of future NBA and NFL players, including LeBron James and former Ohio State football stars LeCharles Bentley and Nate Clements.
While Jones never had the opportunity to train with Lichter at Ohio State, as Lichter was replaced by Mickey Marotti when Urban Meyer became the Buckeyes’ head coach in 2012, they reconnected when Jones was going into his second year in the NFL, and Jones has been training with Lichter ever since. Jones was interested in opening a training center with Lichter because of his desire to work with youth and because he believes they will have the opportunity to learn from one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the business.
“I don’t want to put my name on something or I don’t want to team up with anyone who don’t have the right mindset, who don’t have the right goal,” Jones said. “And with Eric, it worked out perfectly, him being locally in Columbus and us both having a passion to not just help kids athletically, but help them off the field as well. This guy was a guy who coached at the highest level, and trained guys at the highest level. So there’s not just some guy who just wanted to get into it for a paycheck or wanted to get into it to see how good he is. This is a proven guy.”
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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...h-new-training-center-celebrity-softball-game
As an NFL player and former Ohio State quarterback, Cardale Jones wants to use his platform and opportunity to help others to work with children and give back to the community.
Jones is making that happen this summer with two new projects in Columbus.
Last month, Jones and former Ohio State strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter opened Plus Two University, a new training facility in Columbus. Plus Two is offering a wide variety of training programs for people of all ages, including adult boot camps, elite athlete training and pro day training for small school college programs, but Jones said his primary goal through the facility is to work with kids – and not necessarily those who are on track to be future elite athletes.
“We kind of came up with the idea mid-to-late last year after I had my youth football camp in Cleveland, me and Eric kind of always were on the same wavelength when it comes to helping others and helping the youth,” Jones told Eleven Warriors. “So we were kind of throwing around the idea and it really wasn’t nothing, it was just kind of a preliminary thought, but we really dug deep into it and thought we could bring something to Columbus and hopefully to more cities here soon that would not just teach the kids, develop them physically and athletically, but a lot of character traits that you need in the real world.
“As we all know, every kid’s not going to make it athletically playing their sports, from high school to college and college to the pros, in no matter what sport. So we’re trying to kind of prepare them with hard work and a lot of life lessons for the real world, through the rigorous training of athletics.”
Jones has known Lichter, who was Ohio State’s head strength and conditioning coach from 2006-11, since he was a kid, as Lichter was previously owned a training center in Northeast Ohio, where he worked with Jones in addition to a multitude of future NBA and NFL players, including LeBron James and former Ohio State football stars LeCharles Bentley and Nate Clements.
While Jones never had the opportunity to train with Lichter at Ohio State, as Lichter was replaced by Mickey Marotti when Urban Meyer became the Buckeyes’ head coach in 2012, they reconnected when Jones was going into his second year in the NFL, and Jones has been training with Lichter ever since. Jones was interested in opening a training center with Lichter because of his desire to work with youth and because he believes they will have the opportunity to learn from one of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the business.
“I don’t want to put my name on something or I don’t want to team up with anyone who don’t have the right mindset, who don’t have the right goal,” Jones said. “And with Eric, it worked out perfectly, him being locally in Columbus and us both having a passion to not just help kids athletically, but help them off the field as well. This guy was a guy who coached at the highest level, and trained guys at the highest level. So there’s not just some guy who just wanted to get into it for a paycheck or wanted to get into it to see how good he is. This is a proven guy.”
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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...h-new-training-center-celebrity-softball-game
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Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones sponsored a charity softball game at Buckeye Field on Saturday afternoon to raise funds to fight cancer. He and former quarterback J.T. Barrett highlighted to former Buckeyes to participate, as they captained both teams – named Team Cardale and Team J.T.
Other former Buckeyes that participated were James Laurinaitis, Boom Herron, Beanie Wells, J.J. Sullinger, Zach and Jacoby Boren, Bobby Carpenter, Jake Ballard and several others.
To help raise funds, each ticket cost $20, and the volunteers sold raffle tickets as well as auctioned off signed jerseys – two Barrett jerseys alone raised more than $1,200. As soon as Barrett arrived, he signed several pieces of memorabilia that were sold to spectators.
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such a fun year.
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Is Cardale Jones' breakthrough with Chargers too late?
And does the XFL loom?
Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt had trouble finding the words as to why backup quarterback Cardale Jones experienced a breakthrough on the field in his third season with the team.
"I wish I knew the answer to that, because if that was the case, I would have liked to have seen that two years ago," Whisenhunt said. "Not anything against Cardale -- I'm extremely excited about the way that he's performed in our camp. Maybe it's just the process of growing up a little bit.
"He came out young. And maybe it's being in the same system for a couple of years. It has been different [this year], and that's a credit to him. He's worked hard. You could see it early in the spring. It's nice to see him perform the way that he has on the field. He's done a really nice job."
Jones was a fourth-round selection by the Buffalo Bills in 2016 after entering the draft early out of Ohio State. The Chargers traded a seventh-round selection to Buffalo before training camp in 2017 because of Jones' untapped potential and relationship with coach Anthony Lynn.
Jones recorded an 11-0 record as a starter for the Buckeyes, leading Ohio State to a national championship in 2014 after starting the season as the third-string quarterback. He beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game and Alabama and Oregon in the College Football Playoff after replacing an injured J.T. Barrett late in the season.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angel...king-through-but-it-is-too-late-does-xfl-loom
And does the XFL loom?
Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt had trouble finding the words as to why backup quarterback Cardale Jones experienced a breakthrough on the field in his third season with the team.
"I wish I knew the answer to that, because if that was the case, I would have liked to have seen that two years ago," Whisenhunt said. "Not anything against Cardale -- I'm extremely excited about the way that he's performed in our camp. Maybe it's just the process of growing up a little bit.
"He came out young. And maybe it's being in the same system for a couple of years. It has been different [this year], and that's a credit to him. He's worked hard. You could see it early in the spring. It's nice to see him perform the way that he has on the field. He's done a really nice job."
Jones was a fourth-round selection by the Buffalo Bills in 2016 after entering the draft early out of Ohio State. The Chargers traded a seventh-round selection to Buffalo before training camp in 2017 because of Jones' untapped potential and relationship with coach Anthony Lynn.
Jones recorded an 11-0 record as a starter for the Buckeyes, leading Ohio State to a national championship in 2014 after starting the season as the third-string quarterback. He beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game and Alabama and Oregon in the College Football Playoff after replacing an injured J.T. Barrett late in the season.
Entire article: https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angel...king-through-but-it-is-too-late-does-xfl-loom
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Yeah you really would've liked to have seen a breakout earlier. That way he would have been better equipped to sit behind Phillip Rivers. So much would've been different.
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Nigel Tufnel
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I was thinking the same thing. Considering that Rivers has still been an outstanding quarterback, having another progress Steadily behind him seems like the right plan.
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“We need to be able to sit guys at QB right out of school!”
Also people like this guy “I don’t know why he wasn’t ready to play day 1!”
You sir, are an assrocket
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
So the guy with a very high upside is starting to put it together...and now you want to cut him? Makes perfect sense. Keep not winning super bowls, Chargers.
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