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2007: Elected to take redshirt year as a true freshman offensive lineman. High School: Cedar Hill High School, Cedar Hill, Texas ... Ranked 32nd on The Dallas Morning News Area Top 100 list, No. 74 on the Lone Star Recruiting Texas Top 100, No. 82 on San Antonio Express-News Texas Top 100 and No. 89 on Morning News State 100 produced by Rivals.com ... 2007 Oil Bowl participant ... One of three starters from Cedar Hill's 2006 Class 5A Division II state championship team to sign with Baylor ... Rated nation's 56th-best offensive guard prospect by Rivals.com, Lone Star Recruiting rated him as state's seventh-best offensive guard/center ... 3-star rank from Rivals.com ... Houston Chronicle and Waco Tribune-Herald Top 100 selection ... The 2006 Texas Football Texas Top 300 pick was also selected one of state's top 25 offensive linemen by the publication ... Earned second-team 2006 Class 5A all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association and was a first-team Dallas Morning News all-area honoree ... PrepStar All-Region team member ... Recorded 40 pancake blocks and allowed just one sack in Longhorns' 16-0 2006 campaign ... Had 15 scholarship offers from which to choose from, but cast lot with Baylor prior to senior season ... Two-year starter along the o-line ... Helped pave the way for Cedar Hill to lead 5A Metroplex schools in rushing and produce the 5A rushing leader in quarterback William Cole ... Did not play football at the youth or middle school level, instead focused on basketball ... As a freshman was last string on the B team to start the year, but by season's fourth game had been promoted to A team and a year later made junior varsity squad ... As a junior, he totaled 60 pancake blocks and yielded one sack as a starter for the District 8-5A champions ... Coached by Joey McGuire at the District 8-5A school. Personal: The son of John and Octavia Jones, John DeMarcus Jones was born on Jan. 17, 1988, in Dallas, Texas ... Wants to be a head coach after college ... Enjoys watching TV, playing video games and surfing the Internet ... Business major. |
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