Today, we continue our series analyzing the 2018 Clemson football redshirts.
The redshirt class consisted of two juniors- Cornell Powell and Jamie Skalski- and several true-freshmen. One of those freshmen was Linebacker Mike Jones Jr.
Jones Jr., a 4-star linebacker and product of IMG Academy, redshirted due to the amount of depth and experience the Tigers had at linebacker in 2018.
With guys like Isaiah Simmons, Kendall Joseph, Tre Lamar, the Davis twins and a few others, there wasn’t much reason for the Tigers to burn a year of eligibility on the true-freshman.
Now, Jones will have a chance to make an impact on the Tiger defense in 2019 as those guys have moved on to the next level of football.