One of my dreams was going to that school to play for him. He sort of knew I was going to be his quarterback all along and I knew he was going to be my coach. His grandson played with me and he watched me grow up. What was your experience like playing for him?Ī: I’ve known him since I was like 5. Most wins, most state titles, one of the few in the nation with 400 wins. Q: Your high school coach, Corky Rogers, is among the legends in Florida high school football. Everything I’ve done with them, it always has been really organized and a fun experience throughout the whole deal. Q: How did you get involved with USA Football?Ī: I did a couple of regional camps when I was a sophomore, and I think they know me from there and that’s why I was selected. It’s been fun to learn a new offense and hopefully everything goes well and we can beat Team Canada. Jones spoke with USA TODAY High School Sports on the eve of the North American Championships about Team USA, his legendary high school coach and his future at Alabama.Ī: It’s been an unbelievable experience so far - just meeting some of the players, and the coaches have done a great job of installing the plays and practice. You have to earn your respect from your teammates and go back to the basics.” You go back to being a freshman and you’re not that big fish in a small pond anymore. Recruiting is fun and it’s different, but then you get put back into the real world when you sign the paper. It’s going to be exciting, but it’s going to be tough when I get there. I was fortunate to have 24 offers or something like that and I had a lot of options. I was committed somewhere else and then had to decommit and I learned a lot from that.
That was before freshman Jalen Hurts established himself at quarterback and led the Crimson Tide to the national title game. He took an official visit to Alabama last weekend after an unofficial visit in September. 12 pro-style quarterback by the 247Sports, Composite, will sign his letter of intent Wednesday on National Signing Day, ending a process that saw him commit to Kentucky in July 2015, and then decommit and commit to Alabama last July.
“To play your final game before you go to college and be able to put USA on your chest, that’s something you want to do for pride in representing your country and something you can tell your kids about.”
“It’s really a privilege to get invited to an event like this when you can represent your country against another country,” Jones said. Jones, from The Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.), is a quarterback for the USA Football Under-19 team that will face Team Canada on Saturday at the North American Championship at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla.
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Mac Jones plays his last high school football game days before he signs with Alabama and he’s proud he gets to do with the letters USA on his jersey. Mac Jones taking part in Team USA practice this week (Photo: 247Sports)
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