When Mac Jones was six years old, he wanted to play for Corky Rogers.
A Florida high school football coaching legend, Rogers was tough on his players at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, expecting excellence and never playing favorites — a bit like Jones’s future coaches at Alabama and in New England, Nick Saban and Bill Belichick.
Jones spoke about his relationship with Rogers, who passed away in February 2020, on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” ahead of the Patriots’ matchup with the Titans.
“He connected with so many people,” Jones said. “It wasn’t all about him, it was all about everyone else and how he could affect people, and he left that impact on a lot of people.