Clips of The Razorbacks Matt Jones amazing abilities. But do yourself a favor and go watch this one. It's better. The video quality of mine is atrocious. • Matt Jones Arkansas Hi...
Little did Arkansas fans know that this guy was Manziel before people knew about Manziel or Tebow or Winston or Kapernick. He played in the wrong era for QBs. Had he played 2-3 years later he would have been a revelation. Instead he was criticized for not being a prototypical drop back passer. A shame really, as he was one of the best playmakers the SEC has seen as a QB.
Mudcat3434 Manziel wishes he had Jones' size/speed. Jones was a man among boys in college. Just look at the vid. A 6'6" rocket. Didn't translate to the pros and he wasn't a great pro WR. Partied his way out of the League just like Manziel is doing.
flayeahhh Dude, the read option has been around since the 40s, by the time Matt Jones played , it was considered Mickey Mouse, because they wanted drop back passers, and most athletic high school QBs were converted to receiver in college. It wasn't until the pros brought it back, that it changed, plus Micheal Vick.
MrJordan123123 Calvin johnson was 6ft5 241 when he ran a 4.35 at the combine Manny Lawson was 6ft6 245 when he ran a 4.41 it's been some players but that type of athleticism in that type of body is definitely probablya once in a decade type of ability
Simply put, there is exactly 1 white guy who has run a 4.40 electronically timed 40 yard dash at the NFL combine, and his name is Matt Jones. Before the draft, the media was projecting him at 4.65 and he basically laughed at them when questioned and said " I'll run 4.4" He averaged 4.40 at the combine with a best of I believe 4.37 so on the stopwatch he was 4.3 all day.
@@bentonja668 Jones was the original TIM TEBOW but far more athletic.I wanted to see him make history along with Byron Leftwitch being the first QB/WR in which the QB was Black and the WR was White with size and speed.
When he came in you thought he was just some lanky QB that trip over his own feet. It was so aggravating that your team could not stop him. They never saw a player like this.
Not the best ever. I am a lifelong Razorback, 44 years old with a relative on the Razorbacks All Century Team. Matt Jones is my favorite Razorback football player ever. When he graduated, Urban Meyer said that Matt Jones was the best player in the SEC his last two seasons. We've never seen a white college quarterback that size with that athleticism. He was 6'5" in football and 6'6" in basketball. His arm was underrated as well - search for "Miracle on Markham"
Can someone digitally restore this video? One of my favorites of all time but the quality has deteriorated overtime. Maybe I should learn how. This video is worth it.
if only Matt had been a few years younger and was able to have played with Dmac, Hillis, Felix. now that would have been a lineup. could have did the old school veer or option and nobody would have stopped them!
0:41 is awesome, he fakes the throw, and just puts his head down and literally sprints past the entire defense in 15 yards. Of all the clips here, that's just something that simply does not happen in D-1.
Last clip at the senior bowl practice shows how athletic he was. Look how high he jumps. He was legit 6'6, 251 pounds. At the combine, he ran an official 4.37 40. Dmac ran a 4.33. Matt Jones had a 40" vertical and had long arms and you can see how good his hands were with that one handed snag in practice. He should have been one of the greatest down field threats to play in the NFL. What a waste of talent. Such a naturally physically gifted freak. Doubt we'll ever see another like him.
@TheDangerGarrett ??? Looks slow? Matt Jones was faster and a better runner than Cam ever was. Now, Cam's obviously the better passer, but don't spout off BS about Cam being faster because it just isn't true, and it's verified by their 40 yard dash times.
i agree 100 percent,, who ever gets matt jones will get a new matt jones, he will be more intense, more focused, and they will get the absolutley best from mj....
I had a good friend in the Marines who passed away, huge Hogs fan. I remember him raving over Gus Mahlzan saying he was going to be a great coach. It tore him up that Gus never coached Arkansas. He could have potentially took Michael Dyer, Mitch Mustain and Damian Williams before they ever left the state. I know a few of those guys didn't pan out, but they were considered elite talents in their classes.
Look at that fucking stride. It's a little funny but its amazing, his stride frequency isn't even that fast compared to how the other guys chasing him are running hes like a giraffe.
Ran a 4.31 not a 4.37. He was timed as fast as 4.28 as a freshman before he bulked up sum and tore his labrum and rotator cuff in his throwing arm. He refused to get surgery because he would have missed basketball season. So he played the rest of his career on half an arm and still got screwed out of starting on the basketball team because the scholarship boys were cryin about losing their minutes to the white QB. Watch his basketball highlights, they coulda went deep in tourney if they had played him. Also watch him dunk on the goal post after smoking a 1st round corner from ole miss on a 70yrd td run. He was the Greatest Athlete Arkansas has Ever had or Ever will have. 6'7 with a 40" vertical could throw a football 75yards in the air before injury and could throw a baseball 94mph. Jimmy Smith at Jacksonville got him to doin sum cola but if he was black he would have played for years in the NFL as a receiver. That's ok, 1st round pick and he got his $21M guaranteed money back then. Not bad for a guy who didn't want to play football, his dream was the NBA but the Arkansas coaches and Frank broyles dumb ass fd him outta that dream.
Absolute freak. Most insane highlight reel when you realize the level of talent he’s making look so silly. Probably 3/4 of those guys played in the league he was making look dumb
I disagree with "deceptively fast" - he ran an electronically timed 4.40 (average of three runs) at the NFL combine and also reportedly had times in the 3 cone drill that were comparable to first round CORNERBACKS and his broad jump and vertical were insane as well. He never looked slow to me.
This dude is basically the size of Cam Newton or Joe Flacco but ran a freakin 4.37 and had a 40 inch vertical. I didn't really follow this guy in college ball, so I don't how great his throwing skills were (looked like he pretty much ran the ball most of the time). If he just could've gotten his shit together in Jacksonville, his athletic ability could've given him the same potential as Calvin Johnson,
The real reason he never went as a QB was because as a freshman he tore his rotator cuff and never got surgery. Before he could flat footed throw it 70 yards and after 30 yards. He's discussed it on my favorite radio show Overtime with Trey Schapp and Matt Jones.
Well I was actually talking about when jacksonville converted him to wide receiver. He did not do well. It's a damn shame because he had the athleticism of calvin johnson.
Ultimately, football is a team sport. All positions are important. QBs basically operate the entire offense. You need to be able to read defenses and make adjustments on the offense. It is a position that unfairley burdens a lot of the pressure for the outcome of the game. If the team wins, the QB becomes the hero. If they lose, the QB often becomes the first to blame. A wide receiver can be shutdown or made less effective in a game (ie. being double teamed, utilizing safety help, etc.) A QB cannot really be shutdown. It is their job to find other ways to move the offense if their prime target is not open. It is a position that has a steep learning curve. It is why when teams draft a QB, he needs time to develop. Teams draft receivers and they can often give you instant production.
Kyle Byron The easiest way to explain it is that the QB always gets the ball first. He can opt-out of the play they're about to run and change it if he thinks another one will be more successful. He also has the responsibility to throw to the person most likely to have success with the ball. Bad QBs will often try to force throws when a better QB can make throws that put WRs in a better position to make the catch. It's all on the QB.
I wish he would have stayed with it we all make mistakes but that doesnt take away from the fact that the guy was in fact very talented I saw another Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson in the making or hell even better
That Arkansas backfield is the greatest in college football history in my opinion. Hillis, Jones, Jones, and McFadden. Speed, size, elusiveness, power....how was this not a championship team? Definitely one of the most fun to ever watch.
Matt Jones broke every stereotype. This dude was the best athlete I ever saw. An Alpha male no matter who was the competition. If he was black he would still be in the NFL getting paid big money, and nobody would call him names like "coke head".
@dreameratw1 I was using the NFL combine and pro days, where'd you get your facts? If you got your stats from a UT source, take it with a grain of salt, Universities always oversell their products.
6'6" white Adonis, dude should have been a STUD. instead he liked to fuck with that booger sugar. can't front tho athletically he had it all. damn shame.
A Sands Why the fuck do you hate Brandon Allen, because it's obvious now, that the only reason we won games while he was here, is because he was throwing the ball. Plus he's number 1 in every passing category, better than Mallet, and Wilson.
Timbo Slice He had a shot at QB , they would be drafted him 7th round, then fixed his labrum, and he wouldn't have been guaranteed a spot, or get drafted in the 1st, at WR, it was a no brainer.
Miracle on Markham ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M-NSic9ldgE.html Miracle on Markham II ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QuOjIvh8LjE.html
ThePopbanks007 He passed, but after he tore his labrum and rotator cuff his Freshman year, 10 20 passes tops, was all his arm had. Go watch the highlights against Ole Miss 7 ot game. He could make all the throws, moving left, right, backfoot, 30 yard outs, ironically, that was the game he tore his shoulder up, never had surgery, and had to rely on his running after.
@n1ckmsrt haha what?! Dude, I'm white so this is not a racial reply but that was pretty ignorant. He was addicted to drugs and got caught with cocaine multiple times. He weighed 245 when he came into the league and left weighing around 215-220. Obviously he was more focused on blow than on football.
He blew out his shoulder as a freshman. He refused to get surgery. He played his whole career with half an arm. Pretty Damn good passer for only having half an arm !!
