Syracuse Recruiting: Zian Jones Fulfills SU's Jones Quota
by Sean Keeley on Jan 20, 2012 9:30 AM EST
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PrintSyracuse Orange football rule No. 1: Syracuse must have a defensive lineman named Jones at all times.
Arthur and Chandler carried that torch for us but now a new Jones takes over. 6-foot-5, 310-pound West Los Angeles Community College defensive lineman Zian (pronounced 'Zan') Jones.
Jones received a three-star rating from Rivals, helping himself with 45 tackles and four sacks in ten games this past season.
Given his size and JUCO status, look for Jones to compete for playing time right away. What we lack in experience, our defensive line is going to make up for in size (Sloan - 324, Crume - 332, Bromley - 280).
Fun fact: Jones' position coach at WLACC, Owen Brown, is the older brother of former Syracuse lineman Eugene Brown. And according to John Garcia over at Scout, Jones also had offers on the table from New Mexico State and Eastern Michigan and was about visit Fresno State and San Diego State before committing. Jones is also friendly with Mark Garrick, who committed to SU yesterday.
Orange Fizz had been hoping SU could land Jones for some time now.
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Big Guy
310 on the DL is what we need!
Since the early 1990's I have not been able to get Mike Hopkins' bloody face out of my brain. I don't remember what game it was but I'll never forget that as my first memory of SU basketball. Mike Hopkins, bloody face, bloody nose, all for the love of Syracuse.
He has good vision
And you have to appreciate the size. Something we have needed and will need on the line.
So, basically...
In terms of size, our defensive line looks like an offensive line and our offensive line looks like a defensive line.
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