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2008 (Redshirt Freshman):
Redshirt freshman who did not see any game action in 2008.
2007 (True Freshman):
Redshirted the season.
Background:
Ranked by Scout.com as the 30th-best quarterback nationally and the best in Ohio ... Listed as the 59th-best quarterback nationally by ESPN ... Ranked as a top-50 athlete by Scout ... 2006 Butler County Player of the Year ... Selected to the Ohio North vs. South All-Star game ... Holds every Middletown and GMC passing record ... Led Middletown to a 6-4 record as a senior ... Completed 59 percent of his passes as a senior ... Threw for 2,046 yards, 22 touchdowns and five interceptions ... Rushed for 447 yards and six scores ... Threw for 1,974 yards as a junior on 48 percent passing with 21 touchdowns and 14 interceptions ... Carried for 630 yards and eight touchdowns that season ... Ran a 4.33 40-yard dash at the Nike Combine, the fastest time among 585 student-athletes at that event in summer 2006 ... Has a 35-inch vertical leap ... Won the Ohio State High School 300-yard hurdles in a time of 36.94 seconds ... A member of Middletown's third-place 4x200-yard relay team ... Through the years, 49 players from his high school have gone on to play at Ohio State ... Coached by Ron Johnson.
Personal:
Majoring in communication ... Mother is Sheila Jones ... Born February 3, 1989 ... Chose Wake Forest over Kansas State, Marshall, Maryland, Purdue, Tennessee and West Virginia.
