BATON ROUGE, La. -- Even if he has finally grabbed a starting role as a senior, linebacker Deion Jones is still a guy who cut his teeth covering kicks at LSU.
He takes pride in the job. That's why it pains Jones -- still a member of the kickoff and punt teams -- to see the Tigers struggle to take down opposing kickoff returners week after week.
"Me being a guy who played special teams the first three years, that's a punch to the gut," Jones said of the 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by South Carolina's Rashad Fenton last week.