A Colorado Springs ABC TV piece on Dartmouth-bound running back Q Jones:
The Gazette writes of the running back (LINK):
Jones, who participated in protests calling for the Colorado High School Activities Association to allow for a fall football season during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a direct beneficiary of the decision to play fall ball.
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound speedster played just one game as a junior after suffering a season-ending injury and needed a fall season his senior year to draw attention from college coaches.
After CHSAA’s approval, Jones hit the ground running, averaging 231 rushing yards per game as a senior and scoring 19 touchdowns in a historic season for the Trojans. His efforts helped Fountain-Fort Carson reach the state semifinals for the first time since 2003.
In 18 games with the Trojans, Jones accumulated 3,308 rushing yards, averaging more than 183 per game, and ran for 38 touchdowns.
Green Alert Take: Say what you will about whether they should have been playing high school football in the fall, getting on the field provided Jones, who missed most of his junior season because of injury, a life-changing opportunity.
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Thanks to Twitter and some eagle eyes, here's the Dartmouth recruiting class as we know it so far. Once again, corrections and additions aren't just accepted. They are encouraged!
• Ejike Adele, 6-2, 245, DE, Westminster School/Atlanta Ga.
• John Ballowe, 6-2, 215, LB, Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.
• James Coslet, 6-3, 255, OL/DL, Watchung Hills/Watchung, N.J.
• Cayman Duncan, 6-6, 295, OL, Kinkaid School/Houston
• Remington Gall, 6-4, 185, WR, Avon/Avon, Ind.
• Alex Geraci, 6-4, 215, TE/DE, Don Bosco/Cornwall, N.Y.
• Jackson Gerard, 6-2, 187, WR/QB/ATH, St. Francis/Warrenville, Ill.
• Davis Golick, 6-2, 200, P, Woodward Academy/College Park, Ga.
• Sean Harmon, 6-5, 225, TE, Bishop Blanchet/Seattle
• Dillon Holifield, 6-1, 188, S, Roswell/Roswell, Ga.
• Q Jones, 5-11, 185, RB, Fountain-Fort Carson/Fountain, Colo.
• Zachary Lytle, 6-5, 230, DE, St. Paul’s/Winnipeg, Man.
• Braden Mullen, 6-3, 215, LB, Loyola Academy/Glenview, Ill.
• Jackson Proctor, 6-2, 195, QB, Kent HS/Kentwood, Wash.
• Painter Richards-Baker, 6-2, 170, ATH, Christ School/Arden, N.C.
Green Alert Take: In a normal year this would be one half of a recruiting class. As you may have noticed, this is not a normal year. The expectation is that the class will grow to 30 but with every senior entitled to return next fall for a fifth year and possible limitations on roster size, who knows?
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EXTRA POINT
With last week's snow making my (almost) daily hike on a nearby mountain treacherous I had to break out my studded snow tires:
