Ohio State Buckeyes RUMORS: Cardale Jones Likely Top Pick In 2016 NFL Draft; Better Than Jaguars’ Blake Bortles, Similar To Panthers’ Cam Newton? Jones seemingly carried Ohio State to the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship. While his performance looked like a fluke, it left top NFL evaluators excited over his potential. By Cal Setar c.setar@hngn.com | Jul 22, 2015 03:25 PM EDT Cardale Jones is already viewed as one of the top prospects in the 2016 NFL Draft. (Photo : Getty Images) Cardale Jones was the unlikely hero of the Ohio State Buckeyes’ altogether unexpected run through the first-ever College Football Playoff en route to their National Championship game victory over the vaunted Oregon Ducks. Jones, prior to leading the Buckeyes on their improbable championship chase, had attempted all of 19 passes before taking over the top spot on Urban Meyer’s quarterback depth chart against Wisconsin last December. While Jones has decided to return to school – after a ridiculous and unnecessary offseason press conference to announce his decision – it seems his efforts against Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon have left NFL talent evaluators salivating and already locked in on the big signal-caller as a likely top pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. “Sources from some teams said they did some preliminary work on Jones because he could have declared for the 2015 NFL Draft. They said that from that initial work, there is a lot they really like about Jones. They said that Jones has rare physical talent and ability to do anything an NFL team could ask of their quarterbacks,” Charlie Campbell of WalterFootball.com reports. “One source said that Jones reminds them of a less-mobile and athletic version of Cam Newton. Both are massive quarterbacks who are hard to get down and also possess the power to run over defenders. …
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