Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones earned All-America honors last season after making 19.5 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks.ATHENS, Ga. – Jarvis Jones is enamored with the Gators.
Check that. Georgia’s redshirt junior outside linebacker becomes enthralled every time he watches alligators and crocodiles on television. Jones is addicted to “Swamp People” on the History Channel, as well as educational programs about the ravenous reptiles on the Discovery Channel.
“Those crocodiles will creep up on wildebeests, and those wildebeests never even see them before they are attacked,” Jones said. “It’s vicious, and I wish I could be like that as a football player and hit people and get my sacks like that with such power. When they get to their food, they demolish it, and I want to put an emphasis on that this year.
“When I hit someone, I want them to know that I’ve been there. I want them to feel it.”
The 6-foot-3, 241-pounder from Columbus, Ga., did not do a bad job of that last season, racking up 70 tackles, 49 quarterback pressures, 19.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. Jones was a finalist for the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker, and he became the first All-American in his initial year of eligibility with the Bulldogs since running back Herschel Walker in 1980.