Kiper lists UGA’s Jarvis Jones No. 2 among NFL prospects
Jarvis Jones imparts a big bruise on the Big Blue. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Jarvis Jones, Georgia Bulldog. Second-best player in the land?
The inescapable Mel Kiper of ESPN Insider rates Jones the No. 2 player on his Big Board for the 2013 NFL draft, which is only 50 weeks away. He slots Jones behind Matt Barkley, the Southern Cal quarterback, and ahead of Barkevious Mingo, the LSU defensive end. Here’s Mel on Jones (all links requires registration):
Explosive, relentless edge rusher, profiles well as a 3-4 OLB. Great first step, violent hands, extremely good burst off the snap, tackles well, closes fast. Could improve against run, but coaches there also tell me people don’t realize how well he can cover.
More UGA-related Mel: He rates Bacarri Rambo second among senior safeties; Jonathan Jenkins second among senior defensive tackles; Aaron Murray fifth among junior quarterbacks (behind both Tyler Bray of Tennessee and AJ McCarron of Alabama); Kwame Geathers fifth among junior defensive tackles; Alec Ogletree second among junior linebackers and Jones first among junior outside linebackers.
(Factoid: Barkley and Jones were briefly Southern Cal teammates, Jones having signed with the Trojans out of Carver-Columbus before transferring to Georgia. For the record, Barkley was the No. 5 prospect in Rivals’ Class of 2009; Jones was No. 72.)
You’ll note that five of those six Bulldogs play defense. You might also note that Kiper names six LSU defenders among his top five juniors at each position.
You might also note that one Georgia Tech player is included among Mel’s listings of top seniors or juniors: Omoregie Uzzi, ranked fifth among senior guards. You might also note that the player listed No. 4 on his Big Board — quarterback Logan Thomas of Virginia Tech — is set to oppose the Yellow Jackets in their opener on Labor Day night. So why am I starting to like the Jackets’ chances in that game?
No need to answer all at once.
By Mark Bradley
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Rick James
May 10th, 2012
6:07 pm
Obviuosly the pot smoking jokes are coming from Tech fans who’ve seen two of their players drafted by the NFL in the past two years..Maybe they be smoking something
I dropped my fried twinkie
May 10th, 2012
6:26 pm
I am back to being nice.
I dropped my fried twinkie
May 10th, 2012
6:28 pm
I will ask again HOW or What happened to get USC to say Jones was TOO hurt with a broken neck and had to leave USC west? The way he is playing something doesn’t sound right. he is too good to have been sent home.
Score Check
May 10th, 2012
7:03 pm
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Tweak your knee and he leaves you twisting in the wind.
Man-O-MAN – CSS is a snake
WestOfAthens
May 10th, 2012
7:24 pm
My only question/wonder is …..
Tyler Bray above Aaron Murray?
Mel Kiper, you need your McShay reality check
WestOfAthens
May 10th, 2012
7:27 pm
But the true reality check is……..the regular season
Let the people play, and ignore those that say it can’t be done. Which is probably, everyone?
Bulldawgman49
May 10th, 2012
7:46 pm
Kiper does get it right sometimes , I do think he has the best Job !! making milliions just by watching film and talking about what he sees in a guy . But I wonder if he talks to them one on one , I would hope he does and get to know the character of the guys he rates. We know as bulldog fans how good these guys are we seen it . And Jarvis is a monster on the field of play I know that OL on the other side is always looking for # 29 . GO DAWGS!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
May 10th, 2012
8:10 pm
@ Braves Fan That Gets annoyed:
Lay off Bradley Dude!!!!
You got your own problems if you are a serious Braves Fan!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
May 10th, 2012
8:21 pm
@ I dropped My Fried:
According to ALL reports JJ FAILED his USCw physical and talked with UGA who checked him out (thoroughly ???), signed him and the rest is history.
I love JJ and he has shown us his charactor by becoming a high NFL draft pick while becoming a great leader for UGA….all this after sitting out a year and delaying his eventual NFL career to spend another year with the Dawgs, hopefully at least another championship of some type
What a DAMN WARRIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)(CMR fan for life)
May 10th, 2012
8:30 pm
@ Rationale:(6:00pm post)
Why don’t you just change teams and most all of us would be happy?????
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
8:36 pm
Brain
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
8:48 pm
M.B.
Great story! Looking forward to a lot of big time articles about J.J. this year. Thanks…
JB
May 10th, 2012
9:04 pm
I’ll be happy when Mark and the Dawgs beat a good,ranked football team. They lost ALL 4 of the most important games last year……….And I know i’m doom and gloom, but this years schedule and this D will lull some Dawg fans into thinking we’ve arrived. Wait till 2013 is over with 10 new defensive starters and a real, much improved schedule, then bark………..or not.
BigTimeTechFan
May 10th, 2012
9:17 pm
I would take Washington before Jones also Attaochu will get bumped up a lot
BigTimeTechFan
May 10th, 2012
9:19 pm
where does he rank T Washington, he should be right behind Barkley, Washington’s pitches are better then half of Barkley’s passes
roger
May 10th, 2012
9:20 pm
Mel has great hair, I’m sure he’s right
Buzz2011
May 10th, 2012
9:24 pm
Murray is not even in the top five in the SEC.. SEC East that is.. Do they have more than five teams in the SEC East?
sports
May 10th, 2012
10:17 pm
where dim techies rated?
jt9k
May 10th, 2012
10:22 pm
Mark- Any more notes and you might have a song.
jarvis jones
May 10th, 2012
10:55 pm
hope it is good year for dawgs , i will worry about draft after BCS CHAMPIONSHIP TROPY IS IN MY HANDS….
pj
May 11th, 2012
12:04 am
If we can survive the electricity and offense @ Missouri (and minus Rambo and Ogletree) and get a W – There is no team on our schedule that can match up well against our D. We might give up under 150 points this season.
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May 11th, 2012
5:03 am
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Really
May 11th, 2012
5:52 am
@PJ; Mr. Lattimore is healthy again and I assure you South Carolina will score plenty against the dawgs
some sense
May 11th, 2012
7:06 am
Does anyone truly know who, exactly, is suspended and for how many games?
Woe to whoever UGA plays when all these guys are on the field together.
some sense
May 11th, 2012
7:08 am
Merl is actually the Werewolf of London, “…his hair is perfect.”
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Game Changer
May 11th, 2012
7:50 am
Kellen Moore WINNER undrafted at 6′ Won big games, great leader and passing ability
Aaron Murray LOSER 5′11″ Never beat a winning team, poor leader, weak arm, inaccurate
GA is stuck with Murray as long as his mom’s close friend from MIami Mark Richt continues as UGA coach
evil empire
May 11th, 2012
8:07 am
rent-a-dawg jones should not have come back this season..
moleman
May 11th, 2012
8:08 am
Jenkins is first in thumb suckers.
dawgfacedboy
May 11th, 2012
8:25 am
Too bad the offense will prevent this team from accomplishing much.
DePort
May 11th, 2012
8:48 am
We cant even talk about the article on here anymore. All you people wanna do is bash any UGA player who you are jealous of. Give it a rest and discuss the article. I am tired of reading the same ole bashing everyday!
DePort
May 11th, 2012
8:49 am
Anyone realize that Murray will break basically every important QB stat that UGA has half way through this season? He cant be as bad as yall make him out to be.
RabidDawg84
May 11th, 2012
8:52 am
Auburn was ranked until we mashed them. Florida is the biggest game of the year. We beat them. The SEC title is huge. Murray threw 2 more TDs that were dropped. I would like to see how things would go with us up 24-0 and smart enough to punt the ball 35 yds out of bounds. We might be defending SEC champs. The INT late vs Michigan St was tipped at the line by a finger. Murray didn’t throw it to the DB. Half of our country is now stupid. Obama polls 46%.
Todd Grantham's fantasy
May 11th, 2012
9:04 am
What BS. Jones is a great player, he’s not the second best player in the Country, and Rambo….LOL. He’ll be a second day pick. Murrary is better than the Bama guy though.
truedawg
May 11th, 2012
9:51 am
NFL wants pass rushers…Who is better than Jones at getting to the QB? It’s not stating that he is the 2nd best player at any position, but what the NFL is looking for next draft. Pass rusher, none better, top 5 pick is a lock!! GO DAWGS!!
Now 2013, rebuild the D..might have some hiccups, this is where we see how great of a coach TG is. Also, Murray might make some dumb decissions, but still you know what you have in him. We might see a reverse in things in Athens, a great O with all the tallent at RB and recievers.. and mediocre D…..GATA DAWGS!!!
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DIT
May 11th, 2012
10:44 am
I think Murray’s ranking is accurate up to today. As a Dawg, I’m frustrated with Murray. I think most of you fellow Dawg fans feel the same. You see a world of talent in this guy, he has that “potential” to be a great one yet he has not had that critical “upset” victory over a top rated team.(or any top 20 team)
If Murray get’s it going and can beat SC, FL Missou and if UGA makes it to the SEC CG and beats the SEC West winner, this lable will dissappear and Murray will go very high in the draft next year. There are a lot of “ifs” in there. This is his JR year, it’s make or break time for Murray.
I hope he proves all of us doubters wrong!
Jacket99
May 11th, 2012
11:39 am
Gorilla Biscuit said Mel Kiper looks like a third string vampire. LOL. Funny and true.
Atticus
May 11th, 2012
11:51 am
Georgia could have 10 defensive players drafted net year
Jarvis
Ogeltree
Jenkins
Geathers
S Williams
Rambo
A Jones
C Washington
And possibly Sanders Commings, Gilliard, Robinson and Branden Smith
Should be a stout D.
Buckeye
May 11th, 2012
12:05 pm
I thought this was the time of year that all things dogs were #1
atlxman
May 11th, 2012
12:39 pm
uga and richt have some really great talent but you still have to factor in that ala and lsu had more thus the natl championships..aub had 2 really great players at the right time cam and fairley, uga now has the talent with expereince ,which they havent had in about 5 or 6 years ,all at once anyways. uga might have top 5 talent but ala and lsu has top 1-5 most years. but the tide is tunring now in the Dawgs favor.
atlxman
May 11th, 2012
12:45 pm
i am perfectly happy with murray,,he is gettng better each year and when he has the running game and o-line working at the same time he wont have to try and do too much.. he is now a red shirt jr so look for him to put it all together this year and next year. he is by far the best qb right now uga has . he does have some really good back ups too and they too will be just as good as murray or even better by the time they are red shirt jrs. just a great job of recruiting for coach richt and the rest of the coaches. the future looks very bright for the dawgs and we have coach richt to thank for it. being stable and consistant and how he treats players only helps the bulldogs in future recruiting rankings.
atlxman
May 11th, 2012
12:54 pm
i would have murray ahead of tyler and maybe a head of aj because of murrays ability to run/scramble…after the year is over kiper will too. this year uag will have a running game and passing game which murray has not had both at the same time.
BG
May 11th, 2012
1:57 pm
GO DAWGS!!
VegasMike
May 11th, 2012
5:26 pm
Jarvis Jones got
0 sacks against ranked teams (Boise, SC, LSU, Mich St).
0 tackles for loss against SC/LSU or Mich St
He’s not a big game type of guy, makes his stats beating up on 4 bad teams.
VegasMike
May 11th, 2012
5:27 pm
Murray, yeah, really incredible
0-9 vs. ranked teams in career at UGA.
VegasMike
May 11th, 2012
5:28 pm
Murray couldn’t even beat out his own teammates this Spring, Mason & Lemay outplayed him.
VegasMike
May 11th, 2012
5:31 pm
take out 4 games, Aub, Kentucky, Miss St, and Florida (all UNRANKED teams)
And Jones only had 3 sacks.
0 against ranked teams.
Eric C.
May 11th, 2012
6:27 pm
VegasMike, on Jarvis Jones,
Ok BSU has a quick passing attack and they had a ton of 5th year seniors last season…how many sacks did they give up to anyone?
LSU got 12 freaking yards in the 1st half of the SECCG and NO 1st downs in the 1st half of the SECCG!!! How many attempts to get a sack did he get? In the second half…they practically abandoned the passing game and relied on the running game…did you even watch that?
MichSU was dominated in the first half as well…but the 2nd half was not good for the UGA defense.
SC freaking scored most of their points via the UGA offense and special teams
Jarvis Jones is a special player and a great, unselfish teammate…he will kick behind on Sundays. Sacks are special, but it goes beyond that.