The story of UCLA’s newest commit is a little bit strange.
How fast? Fast enough to win the Tennessee State Championship in the 200m race and fast enough to run the 100m in 10.57 seconds.
That was fast enough for Chip Kelly to make Jones an offer when he was given his release by Navy recently.
It’s not exactly clear what Jones’ status was with the Midshipmen. A report from the Capital Gazette indicates that Jones was planning on playing this year at the Naval Academy Prep School while other reports indicated that he had signed a letter of intent to attend the U.