SMU Recruiting Plan:
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:30 pmHit Dallas hard
Jones hoping area recruits take notice of new offensive system
10:12 PM CST on Saturday, January 26, 2008
By TODD WILLS / The Dallas Morning News
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Junior college quarterback Kevin Craft said this week that it's hard to beat new SMU coach June Jones' Run and Shoot offense.
It's a message SMU coaches hope recruits in Dallas, in the state and across the nation are paying attention to. Finding players that fit Jones' system is essential to SMU's recruiting efforts, along with establishing the Dallas area as a home base.
Craft, the ex-San Diego State quarterback who threw 44 touchdown passes last season for Mount San Antonio College in California, is SMU's top recruiting priority.
And the 6-5, 205-pound Craft seems to be favoring the Mustangs. He has eliminated Hawaii, the school he was probably headed to because of Jones. Craft's visit last weekend to SMU made a good impression.
"I really felt strong about them," said Craft, No. 61 on Rivals.com's Junior College Top 100. "I felt real comfortable with the staff. The school is unbelievable, and the facilities are top of the line. But most important is the coaching staff."
Craft, who has two years of eligibility remaining, said he probably would make his decision Monday or Tuesday. He visited UCLA this weekend, feeling an obligation after getting a scholarship offer from new coach Rick Neuheisel.
Craft is a main target for SMU, but with only four commitments and the Feb. 6 signing day less than two weeks away, the Mustangs' new staff is focused on ending with a good recruiting year. An emphasis is filling the rest of a class of what should be 18 to 21 recruits with players from the Dallas area.
"He's combing this area hard," Randy Ross, SMU's director of football operations, said of Jones. "He wants to recruit this area. He wants to recruit it so hard he's going to give every coach on the staff an area in Dallas."
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Jones hoping area recruits take notice of new offensive system
10:12 PM CST on Saturday, January 26, 2008
By TODD WILLS / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]
Junior college quarterback Kevin Craft said this week that it's hard to beat new SMU coach June Jones' Run and Shoot offense.
It's a message SMU coaches hope recruits in Dallas, in the state and across the nation are paying attention to. Finding players that fit Jones' system is essential to SMU's recruiting efforts, along with establishing the Dallas area as a home base.
Craft, the ex-San Diego State quarterback who threw 44 touchdown passes last season for Mount San Antonio College in California, is SMU's top recruiting priority.
And the 6-5, 205-pound Craft seems to be favoring the Mustangs. He has eliminated Hawaii, the school he was probably headed to because of Jones. Craft's visit last weekend to SMU made a good impression.
"I really felt strong about them," said Craft, No. 61 on Rivals.com's Junior College Top 100. "I felt real comfortable with the staff. The school is unbelievable, and the facilities are top of the line. But most important is the coaching staff."
Craft, who has two years of eligibility remaining, said he probably would make his decision Monday or Tuesday. He visited UCLA this weekend, feeling an obligation after getting a scholarship offer from new coach Rick Neuheisel.
Craft is a main target for SMU, but with only four commitments and the Feb. 6 signing day less than two weeks away, the Mustangs' new staff is focused on ending with a good recruiting year. An emphasis is filling the rest of a class of what should be 18 to 21 recruits with players from the Dallas area.
"He's combing this area hard," Randy Ross, SMU's director of football operations, said of Jones. "He wants to recruit this area. He wants to recruit it so hard he's going to give every coach on the staff an area in Dallas."
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Yes, yes indeedy and it's all very refreshing.