Arkansas sending the love, recruit says
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By Richard Davenport
6:00AM on April 16th, 2010
Linebacker Kellen Jones has the right attitude for his position.
“I love to hit, I love to hit,” Jones said laughing. “When the season starts everyone is excited. You hear the fans, the crowd and I love to make contact and knock somebody into the dirt.”
Jones, 6-1, 210, 4.68 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Houston’s St. Pius X has scholarship offers from Arkansas, Missouri, Purdue, Houston, Kansas State, Colorado, Arizona and Stanford. Razorback offensive line coach Chris Klenakis has impressed Jones with his recruiting style.*
Kellen Jones
“I’m very interested in Arkansas because of the love they’ve shown me since they’ve known about me has been great,” said Jones, who reports a 310-pound bench press and 500 squat. “Coach K in particular has been great about e-mailing me and has sent some great letters. I’ve enjoyed all of the love from Arkansas.”
Jones recorded 75 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 3 recovered fumbles, 1 interception, 1 safety along with blocking 4 punts and 2 field goals as a junior.
“As a linebacker, I’m very instinctive,” said Jones, who has a 3.4 grade-point average and plans to major in mathematics and engineering.* “I’m very good on the blitz. I’m aggressive to the ball and I’m a great pass rusher. I’m very passionate about the game.”
Klenakis had a recent phone conversation with Jones and discussed him attending Arkansas’ junior day this Saturday.
“I look forward to meeting the coaching staff and getting to know them better and know more about Arkansas.” Jones said.
Jones, who has visited LSU, Colorado, Houston and Oklahoma State, desires good academics, a winning football program with a history of excellence along with a nice city.
“I just don’t want to be in the middle of nowhere,” said Jones, who plans to visit Missouri, Arizona, Stanford and Purdue this summer. “I would love to have great surroundings. A true college experience, a great urban area.”