Texas WR Chris Jones Transferring
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 7:56 PM CDT
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PrintOn a day when one former Longhorn football player found himself a new home, another decided to leave the program, as redshirt freshman wide receiver Chris Jones will seek another school at which to ply his gridiron talent, according to a release from the Texas athletic department.
Jones entered the program a little more than a year ago as a consensus top-15 player in the state from small-school powerhouse Daingerfield, where he was a two-time state champion. It's the same school that sent linebacker Steve Edmond to Texas in 2011, but his former high school and college teammate Jones now becomes the second attrition of the 2010 class after Connor Wood, with more likely before the 2011 season begins.
A skinny speedster with excellent straight-line speed who was passed on the depth chart by freshmen like Jaxon Shipley, it seems as if the small-town kid was feeling the distance from home:
This was a very tough decision, but I want to get closer to home for personal reasons with my family. I love Texas, and I've been with these guys for two years, and we're family, but things don't always go according to the plan that you make. I'll still text them, joke with them, talk to them and everything we do now. That's never going to stop, because college is where you make lifelong friends and I know I've found mine here. I appreciate everything from my teammates and coaches and I'll always be rooting for them.
Given that statement, Jones could well transfer to a school much closer to his east Texas roots in Daingerfield.
While Jones was not expected to contribute this season, his departure further weakens a wide receiver depth chart that already lost Malcolm Williams, Greg Timmons, and Brock Fitzhenry before the season and redshirt freshman John Harris to an injury during the season.
Jones might not even be the last receiver to make his exit in the 2010 class, as the lack of playing time for Darius White continues to herald a short future in the program for the former Metroplex star unless he manages to crack the rotation down the stretch, an opportunity that the injury for Jaxon Shipley could provide if the star frosh has to miss any time with the knee injury he suffered during the first half against Kansas.
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Two & A Half Words
Dorial Green-Beckham. That is all.
by stampede on Nov 1, 2011 8:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Three Words
You. Are. Correct.
Cut!
No. No. No, man.
You're making me fall asleep.
To death, bro! -Ghandi
by TexasGarcia37 on Nov 1, 2011 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I onhly wish it was true - but it looks like crimson and cream to me.
Proud of your offense? Manny badger don't give a shit!
Not a surprise. Sad to see the young man leave,
as I am with nearly all of our attrition cases. Clearly, we could see this coming.
And I’m ever more TICKED (or whatever word you choose) OFF at the previous coaching staff that offered rides to Timmons and Chris Jones and so many other kids who can’t play. I don’t blame the kids — I’d have jumped at a UT offer when I left HS.
But think of the talent we left for Aggie, OU, Baylor, Oregon . . . . . .
Not sure that I would fault the staff for offering Jones.
I, for one, really liked his talent coming out of high school. Maybe there should have been bigger concerns about his size or the fact that he was mostly a straight-line guy or the fact that he didn’t have a lot of refined receiving skills as a route-runner, but I’m not sure if there is another guy in the 2010 class right who should have gotten that scholarship.
DeAndrew White? Texas went after him late. Bud Sasser? Meh. Unless someone else emerges in the next year or so, I don’t really fault the offer to Jones because it seemed warranted at the time and even with hindsight being 20/20, I would be inclined to chalk this up to normal attrition at this point and if it was a mistake, but doesn’t impact things nearly as much as giving a scholarship to Brock Fitzhenry for all those years.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
What does this leave our scholly numbers at?
"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
But as always good luck to him and I wish him the best whereever he does decide to go
"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
Best of luck Mr. Jones
Our WRs have been a frustrating group. So much talent and high expectations, and so little on the field to show for it.
M. Williams
Dan Bukner
Greg Timmons
Darius White
Desean Hales
B Fitzhenry
And we passed on Swopes and Nwachucku, and also only offered a gray shirt to Emory Blake. Man, what gives.
I still think Darius White can play. He needs to man the hell up and cut the mommy ties loose and start balling. The kid has all the natural talent in the world, and our coaches have to figure out how to get it out of him and on the field.
We're Texas, We're not OK.
No doubt that WR recruiting was a wasteland for years.
As it’s been said before and will be said again, there’s a reason that Bobby Kennedy isn’t here any longer.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Dan Buckner offered before Jeff Fuller
That and maybe B. Fitzhenry are really the only faults I can find with that offer list though.
Is the kid who didn’t get in doing any good at TCU? Hicks maybe?
Hicks didn't qualify.
So make of that what you will. In fact, I believe that my post on Hicks not qualifying was one of my first FanShots on this site before I was extended the invitation to contribute to the site.
As for Fuller, he’s hardly had the senior year expected as his draft stock is likely plummeting as well, so it’s hard to fault that, especially since Fuller is an A&M legacy and would have been an impossible/difficult pull. Could the staff have played it differently? Perhaps, but I’m not sure the outcome would have been different.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuller committed to OU
You didn’t have a chance in hell with him, he was going anywhere but texas.
by Beergut on Nov 2, 2011 12:23 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
IIRC
There were a lot of Horns fans that were happy we passed on Ryan Swope, a local product from Austin Westlake. They derided him as another Brock Fitzhenry type and not “Texas good”. Sometimes, it’s also about the system and the coaching, not just the number of stars some guy has next to his name coming out of HS.
Big Roy
Connor Wood was a 2010 signee, right? He’d have been the first attrition case. Completely agree there will be more in the coming months.
Knew I should have thought more about that before typing it.
Thanks.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
2010 Class
There are some good ones in the class that will contribute, but it is interesting how some can be so highly ranked and well regarded and never develop….
Connor Wood – # 3 Pro Style QB in nation by Rivals – never developed and transferred
- Interesting to note that year before Garrett Gilbert was #2 Pro Style QB never developed and transferred. 2 highly regarded prospects back to back years never developed and transferred.
Chris Jones – # 11 WR in nation by Rivals – transferring
Darius White – # 6 WR in nation by Rivals – never developed and likely future transfer
Taylor Bible – # 12 DT in nation by Rivals – never developed and likely future transfer
Not mentioning the others that are rumored to be leaving…
I know it is still a little early,and I am still hoping that things workout for some of these players like Darius White and Taylor Bible, but its getting to be crunch time for these and some others….
With Bible
the major issue was his shoulder surgery following his junior season and the fact that he never recovered his conditioning after that. Mad Dog’s inability to get him back in shape deserves some blame, but really the fault lies with Bible for not keeping himself in shape and never recovering it again. It’s truly a shame to me that the quickness Bible showed as a junior will probably never re-appear on a football field and that kind of things is truly saddening, not just as a Texas fan, but as someone who wants to see kids succeed.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 1, 2011 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Connor Wood
If a player is here 2 or 3 years, gets plenty of attention, coaching, and at least occasionally gets onto the field, and never gets much better, it is fair to say he “never developed.” Wood’s problem was that he was stuck behind a much-hyped QB to whom Mack was determined to give every chance and the brother of an UT icon. I’m not sure Wood ever had much of a chance to develop here.
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
I still don't understand why we don't have the same impact WR OU seems to gets every yr
Juaquin Igleasis
Jermaine Gresham
RYan Broyles
Kenny Stills
Jaz Reynolds
They Have the System Solution
and now it will soon become a chicken and egg situation. If you were a top WR – where would you go? A place where you could catch 100 balls or what Texas is trying to do? The system makes these guys great and the guys make the OU system great.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
OU not immune
Check out the year they “passed” on Justin Blackmon, a little-known 3 star recruit.
The Sooners took Josh Jarboe (a highly touted and gun-toting WR from Georgia), local product Jameel Owens (transferred to Tulsa), and New Jerseyian DaJuan Miller (a backup who has just 8 catches this year and 1 TD in his career). All were more highly touted than Blackmon, they just didn’t pan out. It happens.
Great post...
And this is why I could care less about recruiting rankings. Every year we’ve had top 3-5 recruiting classes on paper. Yet few of these guys actually ever pan out
by drobe86 on Nov 2, 2011 12:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
hmmmm.
Brian Orakpo, Vince Young, Malcolm Brown, Ricky Williams and Earl Campbell say hi!
your logic is completely flawed yes 3* recruits do sometimes go on to have huge careers but more often than not they are just simply there…..you really think we should go after someone OTHER than Johnathan Gray just because that guy might have a chip on their shoulder because they arent a 5* recruit?
formerly "Horns102591"
This
Is also why you’re better off recruiting 3 star kids with a chip on their shoulder than 5 star kids that think you owe them something. Last I checked Sam Bradford, dez bryant, Justin Blackmon, Michael crabtree, and Andrew luck turned out to be pretty good. Ut didn’t even give them a sniff…
by drobe86 on Nov 2, 2011 12:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Our WR ills...
can be almost solely contributed to the lack of a quality player under center. I’m miffed that this it is not clear to everyone here.
You Are Correct
But still does not explain why D. White is not doing more. Shipley has contributed, Davis has contributed – but not D. White.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
Wonder if...
…Jones follows Gilbert to SMU.
Tough loss, really liked the kid coming out of high school. Best of luck to him whereever he goes.
Thinking SFA as best bet right now.
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by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Nov 2, 2011 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd agree on the SFA prediction
Or one of the Louisiana directionals, given his “closer to home” comment, if CJ wants to stay in Div. I-A. Maybe N. Texas
Chris Jones to visit UH this weekend.
It looks as if he will be visiting Houston this weekend. As a UH invite.
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