How does a ninth grader with a dream to play college football become an Ohio State football commit? Emory Jones can tell you. First, you grow up a Buckeyes fan – since age 9. You idolize Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller, who played the position with the Buckeyes from 2011-13 before moving to receiver in 2015. “That’s who I looked up to, that’s who I wanted to be,” said Jones, rated the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the 2018 recruiting class in the 247Sports composite rankings. As a freshman, you beat out a senior for the starting job. You end the season as the next big thing at Heard County (Ga.) and later that offseason, you football dreams transform into tangible future as Mississippi State becomes the first school to offer you a college football scholarship. Georgia Southern follows. And a Who’s Who of BCS football. “My dream turned into a…
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