FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution have signed midfielder DeJuan Jones, the 11th-overall selection in the first round of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, the club announced today.
Jones, 21, joined New England as the club’s second selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft after a four-year career at Michigan State, where he registered 16 goals and 14 assists across 75 appearances. The five-foot-nine attacker earned second-team All-Big Ten Conference recognition in back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018 and helped the Spartans to a 2018 College Cup Semifinal appearance.
The Lansing, Mich. native emerged as a regular starter for Michigan State as a junior, submitting career highs with seven goals and six assists en route to the 2017 College Cup Elite Eight.