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Brittney Williams
Staff Writer
One of Jackson States most highly decorated football players has big things coming his way. Linebacker and defensive end, Javancy Jones, is scoring more than accolades off the field and has joined Zuratti Management.
“I didn’t want a big time agent. I didn’t want a too small agent, so I wanted something in the middle. I wanted somebody that had connects that was hungry like I am,” said Jones.
The All- American not only signed with an agency, he has two offers from the Canadian Football League and a chance in the NFL draft. All of these accomplishments are credited to how he improved as a player during his time at JSU.
“I got a whole lot stronger, faster, the game has slowed down. My freshman year it (the game) was real fast. So over the years I got smarter, my I.Q of the game… it enhanced so it helped me out a lot on the field,” said Jones.
During his four years as a Tiger, Jones became well versed on the field. With many coaching changes on the team, he prides his ability to learn fast.
“Well you know I adapt pretty smooth. I had four different defensive coordinators and the hard thing about those defensive coordinators (was) they all came with a different defense. I played in a 4-2-5, or a 3-4-4, a 3-3-5, so just to play in those different defenses I had to adapt. I had to learn to pick up on certain things quite fast and you know it has been kind of smooth for me though,” he explained.
Even with proving his skills on the field, others questioned if he was good enough.
The Macon native said, “A lot of people doubt me because I came from a small school in the SWAC. We don’t have much respect like back in the day. We had first rounder’s every year… I never thought about proving the people that doubted me wrong. I just wanted to prove the people who believed in me right,” said Jones.
Jones is proving himself and others right for believing that his chances are high to make it to an NFL team. He says the hard work comes with being able to stay.
“Getting drafted, that is another discussion there. It’s going to be pretty hard. I’m going to need God and a lot of other things to get me drafted because I am from a small school and they look down on us, but I think I have a chance,” believes Jones.
Being able to play professional football would not be just a blessing for Javancy, but also his family. His mother suffers from Devic’s Disease and helping her is his top priority, as well as providing for his daughter.
Jones said, “First thing I’m going to do is move my momma back home. It’s a lot of stuff she has to do, so right now the only thing that is going to get her back home is money and the grace of God. So trying to get my momma back home is first off. And that little girl, she’s going have the world, she already knows that. She gets the world no matter what. She gets my last so it’s just going to be a blessing,”
No matter what the future hold for Jones, football will play apart.
“Right now we are going to try to make the NFL team, if that doesn’t happen, we’re going to try the CFL. If that doesn’t happen, I’m going to stick to coaching. That’s always been my first dream from the get-go. So just being around football 24/7, it has assisted me. If it’s the NFL, or just a coach, or equipment manager or anything, I just want to be around the game.”
