More Help on the Defensive Line

The 7th commitment for 2008 came on July 13th from DE Devin Jones. Scout has him as a 3 star and the 14th ranked player in Mississippi. Rivals gives him just 2 stars. ESPN gives him an upper 3 star rating and ranks him as the #48 DE. He has an offer from Ole Miss and if he has any from anybody else then I don't know about it.

Jones is 6-2 240 and plays both DE and DT in high school depending on the situation. Actually the clip I saw of him he was almost always inside. Everyone says he projects as a DE but I could see him ending up as a DT. He is the state power lifting champion which to me seems to be more of an accomplishment that would fit in with a DT. We'll see though, MSU needs defensive ends more so I'm sure he'll get a shot there first.

This seems like a pretty good pickup but he did have a knee injury in spring practices. Serious enough to require surgery, but beyond that I'm not sure. I would think this has scared some people off until they see how he does his senior year. Personally I don't have a problem taking a chance on a good player with an injury, as long as there is only one in a class.