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HEIGHT: 6’3″
WEIGHT: 290
POSITIVES
— Excellent preliminary quickness and burst to shut house and set up first significant contact on defenders within the zone run sport and on again blocks
— Can hook shades, full overtakes on mixture blocks and transition into the drive-phase late within the rep to steer and widen defenders out of lanes
— Takes satisfactory angles on climbs however closes house in a short time to sq. up, latch and steer slow-trigger backers away from the ball
— Fluidly shifts his weight and redirects to reflect and decelerate counter strikes throughout his face
— Can work his method round energy strikes in go safety utilizing soar units to remove the rusher’s runway, acquire fast management and die slowly in his anchor
NEGATIVES
— Under common mass, size and play energy go away him routinely stalemated and pried open on base blocks
— Will get lifted, pressed and walked again in his anchor in opposition to the bull-rush from head-up rushers
NOTES
— 4-star recruit from the 2020 class, per 247Sports
— Two-way starter in highschool at offensive deal with and defensive position
— 4-year letterman in observe, three years in basketball and an Iowa state champion within the shot put and discus as a junior
OVERALL
Logan Jones is a three-year starter at heart and first inside Iowa offensive coordinator Tim Lester’s run-heavy (64-36 run-pass cut up), zone-based run scheme with hole rules sprinkled in. Jones has a sawed-off body with a lean, athletic construct, superb athletic capability, and satisfactory play energy.
Jones has superb preliminary quickness and burst to shut house and set up first significant contact on defenders within the run sport. He is ready to constantly get his hat throughout and hook shades on the entrance facet, overtake his man-on mixtures, line up targets on again blocks, and shut house rapidly on climbs to offer him an opportunity at intersecting backers. His brief arms and mediocre mass go away him scrambling and pried open on base blocks, and he takes erratic angles on climbs that quick-trigger backers too simply evade.
In go safety, Jones is a free, fluid mover who can match up with sub-package rushers and die slowly in opposition to defensive tackles utilizing soar units, however is just too simply stacked, stored on the fingertips of larger rushers, and walked again into the pocket.
General, Jones is a really athletic center-only prospect who has proven regular enchancment on movie in his first season in a brand new scheme. Nonetheless, his brief arms and middling play energy cap his ceiling, making him extra of a developmental prospect with out positional or scheme versatility.
GRADE: 6.4 (Developmental Prospect — fifth Spherical)
OVERALL RANK: 110
POSITION RANK: IOL11
PRO COMPARISON: Luke Wypler
Prospect exercise numbers, measurables (40-yard sprint, hand dimension, and many others.) and 2024 statistics will likely be added at a later date.
