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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111 comments Add your comment
savannadawg
May 12th, 2012
9:49 am
If he stays healthy, Alec Ogletree will be the #1 rated Junior MLB in the country.
Dawg G
May 12th, 2012
3:03 pm
With Jarvis and all the other stars on D, the dogs will have the best D in the SEC!! They should win the SEC east easily again and this time, shut down lsu in the SEC title game!!! Dawgs — back on top!
TIM BUCK
May 12th, 2012
3:50 pm
Jones is a good one,
Eaassyy
May 12th, 2012
10:25 pm
Now only sacks count against “ranked teams?”
You people are absolutely hilarious. Get a life vegas boy.
dan
May 13th, 2012
1:27 pm
My Dawgs might win 10-12 games this season, but if we’re not competing with LSU’s and Alabama’s for National Titles, does it really matter?
The bottom line is that Alabama, Florida, Auburn, LSU and even Tennessee have a higher standard of excellence than UGA does in regards to their respective athletic programs.If we don’t know how to make something great, we simply won’t. If we don’t know that greatness is possible, we won’t bother attempting it. Our fan-base, alumni and current athletic department literally does not know any better than good, because if we did we would demand more. What we need is someone with a fresh perspective, who has been a part of greatness. Greg McGarity knows what greatness looks like having been a part of it at Florida. The question with him though is can he be a guy who can make tough decisions(i.e. letting go of popular coaches like Mark Richt and Andy Landers) in order to usher in a new era of greatness? Or is he just some pencil pusher who was a part of the Florida machine? Time will tell. But one thing is clear, the old guard that hired and supported Richt( Dooley, Evans, Adams) will all be gone when Adams retires next year. If Richt’s teams plummet below 8-4 again, he will be gone.Mark my words.
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
May 13th, 2012
3:15 pm
@Bradley
I guess you didn’t like that link to “The Greatest Comeback in NFL History”
On a brighter note, CHOKE says he is going to work on getting into better shape….5 years later…ha ha
RPDog
May 13th, 2012
10:59 pm
Georgia’s got a dream schedule this year and with a couple of upsets, should win 10 games and get a good bowl game.
chavez ravine dawg
May 13th, 2012
11:40 pm
will win 10 and SEC title. thanks
Columbus Dawg
May 15th, 2012
12:47 pm
What games, pray tell would be considered upsets? UGA should be ranked in top ten before season starts, and should be favored in every regular season contest in 2012. Now, the Dawgs may or may not be favored at South Carolina, but we will see. Anyone who thinks Mizzou has a chance against UGA are the same idiots that will vote for Obama a second time. Folks, Georgia will be back to being what it is supposed to be in 2012, and while the team may or may not win every game on it’s schedule, there is no legitimate reason for a loss with this schedule. McGarity knows this, and Richt even knows this. Richt is not an idiot, he knows two things, 1.- That he was given a gift in this 2012 schedule, and 2.-That the UGA Football Team that he has on hand should not lose to any team on that said schedule. He does know however that it is his job to make sure his team does not lose to any of these inferior teams this year, and that if he does allow that to happen, that his hot seat status immediately returns. I believe that Richt fully understands his team’s task at hand, and he and Grantham know full well what it will take to get through the early going with the loss of the suspended players. I also think that he knows that he has a better OL than he has had in a while, and also some maturing at the tailback position, both in running the ball and blocking for Murray, will get his offense back to where he wants it. I agree with the post I read on an AJC blog recently, there are a lot of people posting on these blogs, mostly as Bama fans that know full well what UGA will be this season, and are scared to death of it.
just the truth
May 15th, 2012
3:47 pm
What !!! No Star Lotulelei? He’s the best player in the draft and I only wish that the Falcons could somehow move up for his services.
gt95
May 16th, 2012
9:49 am
Aaron Murray fans… Please don’t confuse great statistics with being a top NFL prospect…
Luck and Murray may have had “similar” stats, but scouts don’t look purely at stats… If that was the case, Kellen Moore and past numbers machines like Colt Brennan would’ve been a top level selection and he wasn’t…
Size, speed, arm strength, athletic ability are much bigger fators than yards and touchdown to interception ratio… Luck and Griffin and Tannehill are supreme athletes who can also play quarterback… Even Brandon Weedon showed much better than average athletic ability… All four have the physical attributes AND they had the stats and intangibles…