'10 PA QB Paul Jones (Penn State Verbal)

[AustinScottistheone]

BlueWhiteIllustrated.com - Jones is No. 2 for 2010

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Penn State gets the word from Sto-Rox QB - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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YouTube - Paul "PJ" Jones

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Post-Gazette NOW

Mike White | 1:25 p.m., Sunday, January 18, 2009

Notes and thoughts while on the recruiting and high school basketball trail.

Sto-Rox High School junior quarterback Paul Jones has made a decision on his college future. He will play at Penn State. No one is more surprised than Jones. It's not that Jones' choice of Penn State is surprising. He has liked the Nittany Lions for a while and made a verbal commitment to PSU yesterday while on a visit to the university. It's just that Jones never thought he'd be a hotshot high school player headed to a major college.

Jones never played football until seventh grade and was a lineman his first season. Only two years ago, he thought his future was in baseball or basketball. Committing to Penn State, Jones turned down scholarship offers from Pitt, West Virginia, Iowa and North Carolina State, among others. "I never expected this," Jones said last night while on his way home from State College. "My freshman year [in high school], I thought I'd be playing basketball at some small college. Then I started getting used to my body and I turned out to be a football player." Jones still plays basketball and might play baseball this season.

More from Jones
Here are some more comments from Jones about his Penn State commitment:

About what he likes about Penn State: "Growing up, I always had blue and white around me. Going up there for visits, the whole environment is just special. As soon as you get there, you get goosebumps, just thinking about playing on that field."

On how his family is big on Penn State: "My mom [Jenifer] went to Penn State and my dad has always been big on Penn State. I sent some text messages to my cousins telling them I committed. They said they expected it."

On what school he liked second: "It was Penn State and then just everybody else."

On Kevin Newsome, a quarterback recruit in Penn State's recruiting class this year: "No matter where you're going to go, you're going to have some competition. If he beats me out and does start, then hopefully that will make the team better."

On Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, who recruited Jones: "He tells you the truth. Everything he said, 'Coach Paterno backed it up, too."

On how Penn State recruited him: "They said they were just going to be brutally honest with me. They basically told me that their quarterback recruiting was going to depend on me. If I was going to wait to commit, then they were going to go after more quarterbacks, so they wouldn't be caught in a bad situation at the quarterback position. If I did commit early, that was it. They said they were done recruiting quarterbacks."

About how long Joe Paterno will coach: "Coach Paterno didn't say anything about it to me. But I got to talk to Daryll Clark. He sees Paterno coaching as long as he can because that's what keeps his heart beating."

[FrankBooth]

On how Penn State recruited him: "They said they were just going to be brutally honest with me. They basically told me that their quarterback recruiting was going to depend on me. If I was going to wait to commit, then they were going to go after more quarterbacks, so they wouldn't be caught in a bad situation at the quarterback position. If I did commit early, that was it. They said they were done recruiting quarterbacks."

That's a surprise! I figured they'd want to get another one on the roster. The coaches must REALLY like McGloin.

Thanks for posting that, ASIT1

[PSU42Fan]

Not that the coaches are lying, but I wouldn't be surprised if we went after an ATH who could play QB in a pinch for depth purposes.

[FrankBooth]

Right! Sounds like Anthony Gonzalez

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Jones will be worth the wait - Lebanon Daily News

As for that 2010 Penn State recruiting class, "The most important piece of the puzzle is in place already," said Mike Farrell of Rivals.com. "His upside is amazing. ... He's like a piece of clay you can mold into what you want. He's really good, no doubt about it -- and he can get so much better."

[AustinScottistheone]

http://www.pghsports.com/PSR-News/sh...ive=&template=

Please note that these rankings are where the prospects are at this moment. The order will change when our first official Top 50 is revealed in the spring, and it will change once again as the season plays out. Young men of this age develop rapidly, both physically and in their knowledge of the game, so some will progress faster and further than others. That includes young men not even on this list who will no doubt come “out of nowhere” over the next year to prove that they also are future college players. But barring anything drastic, those on this list will be ranked highly all season and all will play at major programs.

3. Paul Jones, Sto-Rox HS (McKees Rocks) QB- The best quarterback prospect in the state. A little raw still, but he has the 6'3" 215 pound size and a cannon for an arm. A pocket passer, but very mobile inside the pocket and can take off and run if need be. High character kid. Committed early to PENN STATE over Pitt, West Virginia, Stanford, Duke, N.C.State and Iowa.

[jayer]

Any recuiting tool that DOES NOT HAVE Paul Jones as the state's top prospect is trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QB is my far the most important position on the field and Jones is stud!

[wadc45]

While you might be right, Dokish is usually pretty solid in his rankings, IMO...

[MattC87]

Originally Posted by wadc45

While you might be right, Dokish is usually pretty solid in his rankings, IMO...

Plus, I know it's not the be-all, end-all of recruits, but that Corey Brown kid's offer sheet is pretty damn impressive.

A prospect's position doesn't mean he's better than someone at a different position.

[jayer]

Early offers have mostly to do with the size, prestige and efforts made by the coach of the school. Have you ever been to McKees Rocks PA? Ever heard of it? Ever been to Sto Rox High?
It's a AA school in a very non glamorous neighborhood. Some years they put out some nice athletes (DeMicheal family.) Some years they really stink! Western PA has been called the Cradle of Quarterbacks! For good reason. Jones is the top Western PA QB recruit since Dan Marino. Yes, I saw Bill Stull in HS.
Please don't tell me guru scouting lists are not judged by positions the kid plays. When is the last time you have seen a center as the State's or the Nation's top prospect.
I am not knocking the kid from Cardinal O'Hara. He may be very good. I don't know. But there are 170 pound scat backs every where.
I have seen Paul play football and hoops. Paul Jones will be a NFL QB.
One more thing. The kid from Cardinal O'Hara allegedly has "NO PSU INTEREST." Don't tell me this will not raise him in some guru's lists. Not necessary to name names!

[joeyc32lp]

Usually don't see the guy who would measure off the charts actually playing center in high school though. That guy is heading outside to tackle. Pretty rare to see one of those off the charts, stud lineman playing center at such a young age.

I do concur that there's something very interesting about how easily having interest in PSU can tank a recruit's ranking... thankfully players, not rankings, play the game. Just ask my "paper champion" fantasy football team that didn't show up in the playoffs this year. Have to settle for the Total Points title.

[reigle9]

Originally Posted by MattC87

Plus, I know it's not the be-all, end-all of recruits, but that Corey Brown kid's offer sheet is pretty damn impressive.

I don't get it. Go look in his thread, I didn't think he was anything special long before it was known PSU isn't getting him so I'm not being biased. I'd put him about 8th in the state.