JON PATTONNo. 8School: Signal MountainHeight: 6-foot-4Weight: 200College interest: Wofford, Furman, Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee, UT-Chattanooga, Georgia Tech, Samford
Jon Patton was deceptively good last year.
He didn’t have a 1,000-yard season and he wasn’t among the area leaders in pass receptions, but the Signal Mountain receiver scored a touchdown every third time he touched the ball: 42 catches, 14 TDs.
Patton catches like he’s wearing scuba gloves and they’re covered with stickum. He goes high and he extends those long arms from his 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame. He takes throws away from defensive backs with acrobatic grabs.
The first pass he caught (as a sixth-grader) was with his legs.