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One guy who caught my eye a lot last year for us was Joseph Jones. He flat out made plays on special teams for us. I remember him saying he believes he can be a starting linebacker. I know even dominant special teamers don't always translate to regular positional players, but I had to look into this guys past to see if he might be a diamond in the rough for us.
Here is one quote of when he was coming out of college:
Jones’ measurements are insane. The 6-foot-1, 235 pound linebacker is an absolute freak athlete. Had Jones posted these numbers at the combine, he would have had the 2nd-best 40-yard dash (just .03 seconds behind Jabrill Peppers), the 5th-best vertical jump, 7th-best broad jump, 4th-best 3-cone drill, 5th-best 20-yard shuffle and 3rd-best 60-yard shuffle. This is only among linebackers of course, but it’s still a pool of 29 elite players who were invited to the combine. He’s a top-tier athlete, there’s no doubt about that. Ridiculously, his 40 time is the just .01 seconds short of Christan McCaffrey, the same as Dalvin Cook and better than Leonard Fournette.
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/4/26/1...anthony-walker
On his Wikipedia it states:
Jones accepted a football scholarship from Northwestern University. He was converted into a linebacker as a freshman and had only 6 tackles after his first 2 seasons, playing almost exclusively on special teams. As a junior, he appeared in 13 games, making 18 tackles (14 solo) and one sack.
He became a starter at linebacker as a fifth year senior, playing most of the season with a broken right thumb and his hand and wrist in a cast. He appeared in 13 games (5 starts), while posting 43 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 passes defensed, 3.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. He finished his college career after appearing in 37 games (5 starts), recording 70 tackles (44 solo), 3 sacks, 2 passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
So he only started linebacker really his last year in college and did this with a broken thumb.
He got married in college and had a daughter. He was working 3 part time jobs to support them during the offseason. This man is motivated to try and put bread on the table for his family.
He is listed as an inside linebacker. With his speed and measurables along with the ferocity he has played special teams for us, could he be that sideline to sideline linebacker we desperately need on the inside?
Here is one quote of when he was coming out of college:
Jones’ measurements are insane. The 6-foot-1, 235 pound linebacker is an absolute freak athlete. Had Jones posted these numbers at the combine, he would have had the 2nd-best 40-yard dash (just .03 seconds behind Jabrill Peppers), the 5th-best vertical jump, 7th-best broad jump, 4th-best 3-cone drill, 5th-best 20-yard shuffle and 3rd-best 60-yard shuffle. This is only among linebackers of course, but it’s still a pool of 29 elite players who were invited to the combine. He’s a top-tier athlete, there’s no doubt about that. Ridiculously, his 40 time is the just .01 seconds short of Christan McCaffrey, the same as Dalvin Cook and better than Leonard Fournette.
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/4/26/1...anthony-walker
On his Wikipedia it states:
Jones accepted a football scholarship from Northwestern University. He was converted into a linebacker as a freshman and had only 6 tackles after his first 2 seasons, playing almost exclusively on special teams. As a junior, he appeared in 13 games, making 18 tackles (14 solo) and one sack.
He became a starter at linebacker as a fifth year senior, playing most of the season with a broken right thumb and his hand and wrist in a cast. He appeared in 13 games (5 starts), while posting 43 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 passes defensed, 3.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. He finished his college career after appearing in 37 games (5 starts), recording 70 tackles (44 solo), 3 sacks, 2 passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
So he only started linebacker really his last year in college and did this with a broken thumb.
He got married in college and had a daughter. He was working 3 part time jobs to support them during the offseason. This man is motivated to try and put bread on the table for his family.
He is listed as an inside linebacker. With his speed and measurables along with the ferocity he has played special teams for us, could he be that sideline to sideline linebacker we desperately need on the inside?
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