Georgia’s Jarvis Jones says he’s not considering an early exit for NFL
ATHENS – The Georgia Bulldogs received a lot of accolades following Saturday’s 24-20 win over Florida. Weekly awards and national recognition have been rolling in for individual player performances in the the game.
But probably the biggest treat as far news for Bulldogs fans is Jarvis Jones’ assurance on Monday that he plans on hanging in college for a good while longer.
Jones, who was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week, for his performance against the Gators, met with UGA beat reporters early Monday afternoon to discuss that and his recent nomination as a Butkus Award semifinalists. The Butkus annually goes to the player deemed to be the nation’s best linebacker.
As a redshirt sophomore — he sat out one season after transferring to Georgia from Southern Cal — Jones (6-foot-3, 241 pounds) is eligible to enter the 2012 NFL Draft. As was inevitable with the season he’s having, Jones was asked he was considering that option.
“Not at all,” he said without a moment’s hesitation. “I’m going to be here as long as I can. I mean, I love the university, I love the guys here, I love being in Athens. Most of all, school’s going to come first. And I love my coaches, too. Right now I don’t feel like I’m ready to play in the NFL anyway. I’ve still got a lot to learn.”
Jones looked pretty well-versed against the Gators this past Saturday. The outside linebacker and pass-rushing specialists recorded four sacks — the second-most in a single game in school history — five tackles overall and forced a fumble that Georgia recovered and led to an eventual touchdown.
In addition to the SEC award, which he shared with Arkansas’ Jerry Franklin, Jones’ performance also reaped him the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, the Rivals.com SEC Player of the Week and the College Football Performance Awards National Player of the Week honors.
“It’s been great,” Jones said. “I think I’ve dealt with it well. It was a big game and I expect it was for the rest of the guys around me. It was Florida and we hadn’t beaten them since ‘07. So we’re proud and walking around with our heads held high right now. But we’ve got to keep pushing and getting better every week.”
Jones now leads the SEC with eight sacks in eight games and is ranked fifth nationally. He helped anchor a defense that held the Gators to minus 19 yards rushing and a single offensive touchdown. In fact, Georgia’s defense has allowed just six touchdowns in the past 24 quarters.
Here’s a few other news and notes stemming from the Bulldogs’ victory in Jacksonville:
- Georgia senior left tackle Cordy Glenn was named the SEC’s Offensive Lineman of the Week. The 6-5, 348-pound native of Riverdale graded out at a team-best 82 percent with three “intimidation” blocks while starting his 41st consecutive game for the Bulldogs. A captain for the third straight contest, Glenn was a part of an offense that racked up 185 yards on the ground and 354 total yards as the Bulldogs have now scored 20 or more points in every game this season. Glenn also helped give quarterback Aaron Murray time to direct a comeback from a 17-3 early deficit. Georgia finished 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions in the game, scoring touchdowns on a pair of them.
- Also on Monday, senior cornerback Brandon Boykin was included among 15 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the top defensive back in college football. The SEC has seven semifinalists on the list claimed the last two winners of the award (Eric Berry, Tennessee, 2009; Patrick Peterson, LSU, 2010). Georgia has never had a Thorpe winner. The award is named after history’s greatest all-around athlete, Jim Thorpe. Thorpe excelled as a running back, passer and kicker on the offensive side of the ball, but also stood out as a defensive back. A native of Fayetteville, Boykin has started in 32 career games, including the last 16 for the Bulldogs. For the year, he has recorded 31 tackles and his seven pass break-ups, 5.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions are all second on the team. Boykin has also totaled two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble this year, is the SEC’s active leader and fourth in conference history with 2,393 kickoff return yards (24.42 average) and has returned four punts for 43 yards this season.
- CBS is now considering the Georgia-Auburn game for its national broadcast on Nov. 12. The SEC’s primary television rights holder exercised its six-day option on Monday, meaning and it will wait until Sunday to decide what games it wants to televise the next weekend. CBS will choose between Georgia’s home game and Alabama at Mississippi State, Florida at South Carolina and Tennessee at Arkansas. The game could also be played on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. or ESPN at 7:45 p.m.
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Joe
November 1st, 2011
1:38 am
Good for him. Some Georgia fans have to make up their mind if they want to be a National or SEC champion or a feeder school for the NFL. You cannot have it both ways. If a star leaves early chances are we never win a National championship again.
Columbus
November 1st, 2011
1:44 am
Way to make your home town and do yourself proud Jarvis. Glad you got your head on straight, left USC and came back to GA. You can be a HUGE part in getting UGA to the National Championship if you stay and use all of your eligibility up.
Hey did you see the braves just traded Derek Lowe?!
pj
November 1st, 2011
2:15 am
I’m sure this gets buried in this blog – so I’ll probably post it up top again soon – but does anyone realize the Dawgs depth in 2012?
QB – Everyone is back, and Christian Lemay just became a threat
RB – Crowell, Samuel, Carlton – all back – and you better believe we will add a bad arse Freshman
WR – Tavarras, Marlon, Malcolm, Conley, Michael Bennett, Rantavious – all back – Justin Scott-Wesley yet to play
TE – Even if Orson leaves early – which I don’t think he will – We’ve got Arthur Lynch and Jay Rome (2011 #1 TE prospect)
G – Dallas Lee, Kenarious Gates, Chris Burnette rotation
C – Andrews
TACKLE – That’ll be the issue – Theus will start fo sho
Defense
DE – Abry Jones and Garrison Smith have been great – and Lott is moving people off the line
DT – Jenkins and Geathers return
LB – Cornelius Washington, Jarvis Jones, Christian Robinson, Mike Gilliard, Amarlo Herrerra, Chase Vasser, Ramik Wilson, Ray Drew and… oh yeah – Alec Ogletree
CB – Branden Smith, Sanders Commings
S – Shawn Williams, Rambo.
The University of Georgia is Motherhumping STACKED for the future. I’m not crazy about Bobo’s playcalling either – but let’s get behind what’s happening right now. We have a winner on our hands for the next 2-3.
Joe
November 1st, 2011
2:18 am
Thomas Brown, you cannot add the 12 victories Georgia won against those poor teams. They did not have a loss to UGA when they played UGA. So really those teams had a record of 45-65 which is not good but it does say AARON MURRAY WON 12 games against those teams……Who else on the team would have won more than 12 games the last two years…… Why not say BEN JONES was the reason we lost all those games. It is a team effort not AARON MURRAY WINS AND LOSSES….You cannot have it both ways either he won 12 games or he lost 9….Regardless of what the other teams records was. He has won 12 games now….I guess we should just talk coach Richt into sending him to Alabama State and start over with another redshirt freshman or sophomore. Get over it……
ON
jd
November 1st, 2011
2:25 am
PJ when you list all those great athletes and cannot find but four offensive lineman to list…..It is scarry…… A recruiting trainwreck….They have to get Offensive lineman fast hopefully from some JUCO.
pj
November 1st, 2011
2:39 am
jd – Totally Agree – UGA is stacked except for Offensive Tackle – and that’s a major issue. Theus will help, but we need 3 more Thei.
Thomas Brown
November 1st, 2011
4:35 am
BobDawg October 10th, 2011 8:00 am
“Big Orange, Kiffin really put you folks back into the “dark ages”… Amazing to see 100,000 + in Neyland support a bad team. Really we are both 2 mediocre teams”
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BobDawg October 31st, 2011 5:34 pm
“This team is peaking at the right time”
“Watch and see the rest of the year.”
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BobDawg,
Which is it sir ? We are great because we beat Florida, an unranked team who does not have a winning record who does not have an Offense, who cannot pass the football, who leads the nation in penalties, and who nearly leads the nation in turnovers with the # 94 in the nation total offense. Or, Florida is no different from the other teams we have beat since Aaron Murray was made our Starting QB ? A team with a losing record. A team who is not ranked. Of the 12 wins with this Starting QB, none have a winning record. None are ranked. We have Lost all the other Nine (9) games in which Aaron Murray was the Starting QB for us. It is not all Aaron Murray’s fault, but it is clear that in those 9 Losses, the better QB on the field that day head-to-head was not Aaron Murray all 9 games – while the coach who gives us this guy as our Starting QB, averaging 1 yards a carry for his career here which started December 2008 practicing for the bowl game 2008, on Saturday lined up 31 fewer of the Scholarships he handed out for Kick-Off.
Of the 3 of the 31 who went to the NFL, 1 flunked out, 1 failed the drug test at the NFL combines, and the 3rd was suspended for 4 games for selling a Shreveport bowl game Jersey for $1,000. The other 28 are even more egregious. Our special teams are marked by walk-ons and no coach, and we wonder why they are not stellar while we watch every opposing team, actually line up their best players for their special teams, instead, by direct contrast. Our offense for 11 years consecutively now for Mark Richt, average the # 52 Total Offense all 11 years. This year it is # 56. We have stayed in the bad press daily, for (1) not beating the great teams we have played with our 3-10 record vs teams who ended up top 10 all 11 years and (2) for off-field issues such as 31 players – just Gone – to which each DISNEYdawgs.com said Good Riddance, players who could have played at Kick-Off Saturday and did not. Our Offense, starts out slowly and then fizzles out altogether.
We promote a S&C guy up in S&C who has been here since 1982, worked nowhere else ever, and pronounced we have fixed our S&C which is not obvious watching our offense whatsoever : Joe Tereshinski II. We are a pass-happy offense and have been 11 years and running and will be next year, too. Why do the top running backs in this state who go on to Stardom at our Opponents’ schools, choose them and not us ? For 11 years, we have had bubbles at OL where we just don’t sign players, or sign players who were injured after we offered them, when every other school withdrew their scholarships to them, only to watch them never play here either. We are outside the top 25 after 2005 in winning percentage. 2005 was 7 seasons ago. 7 seasons ago, way back then, we ended up the # 3 SEC team in every poll. Back a decade ago, 10 years ago now, Mark Richt found but 1 other SEC team who ended up in the Coaches’ poll top 25 a 4-loss Auburn. And, for good measure Mark Richt has Lost to 17 teams in 11 years, not 1 of which ends up in the top 25 had they not beat Mark Richt. Our recruiting coordinator have left us with glaring holes while stock-piling other positions to run up his recruiting ranking : Rodney Garner. Our running backs’ coach has failed to keep his players motivated to play running back for us since he was handed that job by Mark Richt which has been 5 years now, a guy whose Dad was a great RB for us, but who was a WR himself. Our WR coach was a great RB. Our TE coach was a QB. And, our OC we stole from JAX State, who there was their quarterbacks’ coach. Why has our Offense averaged # 52 all 11 years of Mark Richt in NCAA Total Offense ? And, if the decision on the 31 – just Gone – for Kick-Off last Saturday, was Good Riddance – that they were just no good and bad apples; then, BobDawg, sir, why in the world would you expect anything different from the next total group of 85 Scholarships to have 31 or some number thereabouts who are – just Gone ? We play favorites.
There is no doubt that Aaron Murray had his worst game ever Saturday; well, he has had a ton of bad games; yet, we haven’t put in the back-up and have not developed a back-up QB every year of the 11 years with the sole exception of DJ Shockley whom Mark Richt promised his Dad football coach Donald Shockley, that he would play him in every game early in return for him accepting the Redshirt 2001. We haven’t evaluated the talent well around here for 11 years. We have run off – just Gone – players whom Mark Richt gave Scholarships to, who never were given an opportunity. Is Christian LeMay better than Aaron Murray ? We are not going to know. Not. Aaron Murray will take every snap no matter how poorly he does, every game last year, every game this year, every game next year and every game the year after that. And, what with 22 Seniors 2011 and 23 Juniors 2011, are we going to do next season ? Go ahead, you can say it. We are going to miss the 31 players – just Gone – for the Kick-Off last Saturday, next year, just as we will the 22 Seniors now gone after this disappointing year.
Back into The SEC Championship Game. Are you kidding me ? We get our noses bashed in by the likes of Alabama or LSU. Arkansas would too, although neither Arkansas nor South Carolina are that great. Still, we are right on track for my 11-3 for this season, which I said pre-season would mean we would have beat nobody. We have played 9 teams with a winning record since Aaron Murray was made the Starting QB, and Lost All Nine (9.) We are not great. We are not going to be great. BobDawg, sir, you said 1st that both the vols and us are mediocre this season. Beating 6 unranked, none with a winning record, teams in a row – does not, all of a sudden – make us great. Getting a great bowl opponent for the 1st time in 11 years and beating them in a bowl game, would make us great. Beating a team like South Carolina would have meant the world to this program right now, a ship lost at sea, rudderless, and with a fan base content to have Lost every game to every top team and beating only the hapless, the unranked, the teams without a winning record. But, we handed them that game on a Silver Platter. It is what we do. South Carolina, like us, has an easy schedule 2011. USCe Lost to Auburn. Auburn, otherwise has beat no one. Climpsum Farmers are great ? Georgia tek is # 23, obviously not going to end the season a ranked team. Auburn is already not ranked in the Coaches poll top 25; and obviously is not going to end the season a ranked team either. Back into The SEC Championship game, and get our hats handed to us as the booby prize, is not my idea of Great. May be yours. Is not mine, BobDawg.
GPaw Dawg
November 1st, 2011
5:33 am
Thats what I expect out of a TRUE Dawg.!!!!!
Barack Bush
November 1st, 2011
6:51 am
Mark Richt is too loyal to Aaron Murray. I agree with Tomas Brown, Murray will start every game for the rest of his career no matter how poorly he plays. Lemay will probably transfer so he doesnt have to sit behind Murray, who is clearly just average. David Green never looked as bad as this kid.
Insider info
November 1st, 2011
7:12 am
1) Talked to an insider that wears one of the headsets and walks the sideline. Bobo from the booth, “somebody go tell Crowell this is the f’n Florida game and to get back in there.”
They did. He did.
2) Most of us have wanted Bobo on a train out of town and his play calling can at times seem transparent. The best thing to happen to him is Walsh getting the yips. He can’t call a series thinking he has a guaranteed 3. The result – he’s developing a solid receiver corps and solidifying the line for years to come (finally), If Murray were on his play calling would show signs of genius…his comment to tell have someone remind IC “this is the f’n Florida game” and for winning when not on all cylinders deserves some long overdue praise from the Dawg Nation.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
November 1st, 2011
7:40 am
Insider,
I actually believe that. Bobo called a very good game against Florida. The execution on Murray’s part was what was off. We watched the game with another couple who are UT fans and he said the same.
Spaceman Spiff
November 1st, 2011
7:50 am
@ Thomas Brown
Wasn’t aware that your GT team was in the SEC, much less able to go to the SECG as you claim your team is going to back into the game…my you are long winded today, you must have rubbed a good one out last night to your Thomas Brown picture and slept well!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2011
7:55 am
Weel if he hangs in there at least one more year he improves his draft status. Go this year and he is in the middle to late rounds at best. One or two more years making a name and he is in the higher rounds for sure.
Hey Boykin, if you want to win that Thorpe award you need to hang on to those INT’s that hit you in the hands. Just kiddding but keep up the good work (and return a few more kicks for TD’s).
Big game this week, I think the LSD Tigers win it, with all their players back and stoked up.
SEC Fan
November 1st, 2011
8:03 am
Considering that Grantham appears to be bringing the defense around and that he appears to be an intense guy, given to an emotional outburst on occasion, I wonder how much longer he is going to be able to stomach Coach Goody Two Shoes. I wonder if some other program makes him an offer he can’t refuse and then he tells Coach Overpaid to kiss his A$$.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:05 am
I’m not worried about LSU or Bama. This bunch of Dawgs is ready to take on the Packers!
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2011
8:07 am
You don’t “back into” any championship game. You beat who you need to beat to get there regardless of their record or who they have played. IF the other guy didn’t beat everybody that he needs to beat that is his problem. All you can do is go out beat the team you are playing each week.
“Back into” a championship game is just about the dumbest saying about a season as you can get.
LHarding Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:12 am
Championships are won with defense.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:13 am
@gdawginkalamazoo
I agree. Just because South Carolina had three losses last year and got beat down in the Dome doesn’t mean that they “backed into” the Championship game. I didn’t hear any beepers when they ran onto the field. They were going forward.
bubba4dawgs
November 1st, 2011
8:16 am
Jarvis is the “Real Deal”! How proud we are to have his talent and good head on his shoulders!! He is a man who knows what he wants and wants to work to be sure he gets it! So smart to stay in school!! By the time he finishes at Georgia, he’ll have every Pro Team salivating to get him! They’ll be comparing him to Ray Lewis! You stay, Jarvis! U DA BEST!! Your skills are motivating the rest of the team and taking them to a higher lever!! GO DAWGS!!!!
d-dog
November 1st, 2011
8:18 am
“UGA” Super Dawg “J Jones” to put it simple. He is a full grown man. ENOUGH SAID.
Niceville Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:19 am
Does anyone actually read Miss Brown’s novels that she writes daily@about 3 am?As soon as I see her name I just scroll to the bottom.She obviously has a sleep disorder.I used to at least speed read through them,but I quickly figured out that they all say the same thing.I just wish she wouldn’t use the words “us “and “we” when referring to the Dawgs.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:23 am
@SEC Fan
Insiders are telling me that Vandy made an offer to Grantham.
Spaceman Spiff
November 1st, 2011
8:28 am
@ Typical
Prove it. Who are these insiders? Sounds like something the all knowing Thomas Brown would say.
1eyedJack
November 1st, 2011
8:34 am
That’s a good dawg. Sic ‘em boy!
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:38 am
@Spaceman Spiff
I checked back with my insiders. Turns out it wasn’t exactly a job offer.
gdawginkalamazoo
November 1st, 2011
8:42 am
If Bama loses this week then I think CBS goes with the UGA Auburn game. which is always a good game regardless of the records.
Niceville Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:51 am
@Typical…..so what was the offer?12 rounds in the ring vs. Coach Franklin?Now THAT would be entertaining!My money is on CTG.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:53 am
Why would anybody think that Georgia was lucky to win? The Gators suck. I fully expect the Commodores to crush them too.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
8:55 am
@Niceville Dawg
PR Manager.
1eyedJack
November 1st, 2011
9:00 am
What? Are there no nerds on here posing as New Mexico St. Aggies fans to talk smack? I’m shocked.
L.A. BULLDAWG
November 1st, 2011
9:07 am
‘BAMA, HERE WE COME!!!!!!
Raiderbeater
November 1st, 2011
9:09 am
As long as possible? I think he plays his Junior year….and if he has the same success or better he leaves after that. I don’t see him playing/coming back as a redshirt Senior if he has a good Junior year……too much of an injury risk to loose millions…..everyone knows that.
bubba4dawgs
November 1st, 2011
9:11 am
I just observed the unfiltered interview held with Jarvis Jones. What an impressive young man!! I was impressed with his humility, praise for his coaches and being blessed to be accepted the way he has been by his team mates and coaching staff. He gives them the credit for his success!! He loves playing football and being a Georgia Bulldog! Jarvis, you definitely have it all together! You are a leader and mainstay on the team, something special that can definitely affect everyone else! So glad you came home and have found your place here! You will go far for sure!! GO DAWGS!!!
DawginLex
November 1st, 2011
9:12 am
Congratulations to Jarvis Jones
Gotta love Gator logic
Winning 34-31 in overtime is a beatdown
Us winning 24-20 is a fluke and only happened because of injury
The last 10 games, 7 being decided by 7 points or less with Florida winning 5 or the 7, equals a beatdown and no more rivalry exists.
The only way we can win is for something to be wrong at Florida, never because we were just better.
Even if Muschamp fails, the enxt coach will be better than ours and florida will always win.
Gotta love gator logic
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
9:12 am
Wonder if Aaron Murray will be drafted this year?
WDE
November 1st, 2011
9:15 am
Well that is some great news, DGD Mr Jones…hey we beat the gators this weekend….man I just LOVE saying that!!
DC
November 1st, 2011
9:15 am
“Oh and how irrelevant is the SEC East?…” – Kirk Herbstreit
DawginLex
November 1st, 2011
9:16 am
SEC fan
Coach Grantham owes his career to Coach Goody Two Shoes because he gave him a shot to be a DC in the SEC and he is thriving. He lets him run the defense his way.
Just because you hate UGA and hate Richt, you can’t even see the facts of the situation. Grantham was a line coach in his last gig.
He will be a DC from now on because Richt gave him a chance.
He will also be at UGA a long time with Richt.
Bad News
November 1st, 2011
9:17 am
Breaking news . Heard last night that UGA had 2-3 players that will have to sit out a game due to Synthetic Mary Jane. You know it will be this weekend against N Mexico State.
RedandBlackDawg
November 1st, 2011
9:18 am
If this young man stays true to his stated goals, what a great example he could be for future recruits at all positions. J.J. Sounds like a DGD to me, and there is no doubt, he can play the game. I would bet that he has helped the other young LB’s in technique and I am sure his attitude is contagious. Give me a team of 85 folks just like him, and UGA will be one darn good team.
GO DAWGS and GATA
1eyedJack
November 1st, 2011
9:19 am
Give the whole defensive staff a raise! Then deduct it from their pay if they coach any of the “special teams”.
Typical Dawg
November 1st, 2011
9:22 am
I’m just glad that JJ managed to get the charges dropped.
dawgfacedboy
November 1st, 2011
9:22 am
I’ll be interested to hear if Jones’ opinion changes when he hears he can go in the 1st round.
ARdawg
November 1st, 2011
9:24 am
How ’bout them Dawgs!
RedandBlackDawg
November 1st, 2011
9:24 am
And the record of Thomas Brown spouting the same old crap and acting like anybody even cares what he says anymore is: .000 pct. of DAWG Fans.
Surely, you should be able to get a job as a bean counter or something. You need something productive to do with your time, than supply meaningless statistics and try to irritate true DAWG fans.
I don’t even know why I bother to respond to anything he says because he is completely irrelevant and his statistics completely meaningless to me. The DAWGS are winning, and I could care less if they were playing a bunch of 0-10 teams. You play what the schedule gives you, and even a bean counter can figure that out.
GO DAWGS and GATA
Vince
November 1st, 2011
9:29 am
Been a DAWG fan all my years. You folks have swallowed the delusioal pill. 1-Murray can’t even complete 50% of his passes 2-Our running game is far from SEC standards 3-Special teams play is A f—ing trocious.4-Punting and kicking off have become an adventure in wonderland 5-This team is not near a top SEC calibre team–We have lots and lots of issues. Would you really like to see this team face off now against LSU or BAMA?
ARdawg
November 1st, 2011
9:38 am
Vince
November 1st, 2011
9:29 am
We have lots and lots of issues. Would you really like to see this team face off now against LSU or BAMA?
In a word…….Yes
DawginLex
November 1st, 2011
9:39 am
Vince
I want this team to win its next game
and the next
and the next
and the next
and the next
and the next
1 at a time.
RHall55
November 1st, 2011
9:41 am
This is the same path Justin Houston should have taken!! Unless he was afraid of getting suspended beause of his pot smoking or I did know the status of his grades!! What (2) great bookends!! A) Cornelius Washington back on track after his suspension? He should be having a banner year!! B) Israel Troupe’s status? C) Spotted CRG @ the Golden Corral in Buford / don’t think he made it over to BHS; had to get in his (5th) large meal of the day!! C’mon CRG; need to get the best / playmakers from in-state!! No more they offered me too late!! D) Current status of Kolton Houston??
BurytheBone
November 1st, 2011
9:46 am
What the deal with the filters? I did’nt threaten thomas brown. I just merely sent him an invitation to tailgate with us