2010 Spartan Nation Football Profile: Greg Jones MLB #53

 Expectation: All American MLB  Height:  6’1”  Weight: 245#  2010 Eligibility: Senior  EXP: 3 letters  Status: All American

 

Greg Jones is 2010 can seperate himself among the elite in the history of MSU football. Photo courtesy of Mark Boomgaard

Expectation: All American MLB

 

Height:  6’1”

 

Weight:Â 245#

 

2010 Eligibility: Senior

 

EXP:Â 3 letters

 

Status:Â All American MLB

 

Strengths: It would be easier to list his weaknesses. Spartan Nation knows that Greg Jones is the real deal. He is a tremendous player and young man with all the tools and gifts that God can give and all the intangibles a person has to work for. There are hundreds of plays you can use to explain his strengths, but let’s look at one. Against PSU in the second quarter with 10:47 on the clock he made a great read, exploded to the ball, and made a five-yard loss of a Nittany Lions sure play.

 

Jones makes the plays. He is a football player. He has a motor that never quits in practice or in games. For example in 2008 when the Spartans went to PSU with a chance at a share of the Big Ten title they were destroyed. Jones wasn’t and had a National Championship type effort. He is a true star. Not potentially. He is!

 

Weakness: Greg only has two. One is in pass defense when he is held back in coverage. Occasionally he struggles making the read. That is why all of the NFL folks I know say he is an OLB in a 3-4 scheme.

 

The other weakness was shown at the 6:16 mark of the Montana State game. The Bobcats had a third and seven and he is so anxious that he makes a mental mistake for a penalty and the next play they got a first down.

 

He is so good that at times his passion for the game can have him overshoot a play or make a mental mistake like this. Again, to point out Jones weakness you have to really look hard. 

 

Final Analysis: Jones plays the game exactly like you hope any player will. He is devoted, loved by his teammates, and loyal. He plays as hard in practice as a game, and he plays the game of football as a defender with brute force trauma. A gentle and kind young man off of the field, he is as brutal and terrorizing as anyone who has ever played on the field.

 

He flirted with the NFL, but was projected as a second rounder and came back. If he can improve in pass coverage (and the Spartans plan on using him more this season), his stock could soar into the first round. Either way, he will be a very good pro and is a better young man.

 

All of the love and accolades that Jones has received from the Spartan Nation for staying in school have been appreciated, but they have made him comfortable. He has been worried that the attention on him would offend his teammates. That says it all. 

 

Next up: QB Andrew Maxwell