Little did Arkansas fans know that this guy was Manziel before people knew about Manziel or Tebow or Winston or Kapernick. He played in the wrong era for QBs. Had he played 2-3 years later he would have been a revelation. Instead he was criticized for not being a prototypical drop back passer. A shame really, as he was one of the best playmakers the SEC has seen as a QB.
Mudcat3434 Manziel wishes he had Jones' size/speed. Jones was a man among boys in college. Just look at the vid. A 6'6" rocket. Didn't translate to the pros and he wasn't a great pro WR. Partied his way out of the League just like Manziel is doing.
flayeahhh Dude, the read option has been around since the 40s, by the time Matt Jones played , it was considered Mickey Mouse, because they wanted drop back passers, and most athletic high school QBs were converted to receiver in college. It wasn't until the pros brought it back, that it changed, plus Micheal Vick.
MrJordan123123 Calvin johnson was 6ft5 241 when he ran a 4.35 at the combine Manny Lawson was 6ft6 245 when he ran a 4.41 it's been some players but that type of athleticism in that type of body is definitely probablya once in a decade type of ability
Simply put, there is exactly 1 white guy who has run a 4.40 electronically timed 40 yard dash at the NFL combine, and his name is Matt Jones. Before the draft, the media was projecting him at 4.65 and he basically laughed at them when questioned and said " I'll run 4.4" He averaged 4.40 at the combine with a best of I believe 4.37 so on the stopwatch he was 4.3 all day.
@@bentonja668 Jones was the original TIM TEBOW but far more athletic.I wanted to see him make history along with Byron Leftwitch being the first QB/WR in which the QB was Black and the WR was White with size and speed.
When he came in you thought he was just some lanky QB that trip over his own feet. It was so aggravating that your team could not stop him. They never saw a player like this.
Not the best ever. I am a lifelong Razorback, 44 years old with a relative on the Razorbacks All Century Team. Matt Jones is my favorite Razorback football player ever. When he graduated, Urban Meyer said that Matt Jones was the best player in the SEC his last two seasons. We've never seen a white college quarterback that size with that athleticism. He was 6'5" in football and 6'6" in basketball. His arm was underrated as well - search for "Miracle on Markham"
Last clip at the senior bowl practice shows how athletic he was. Look how high he jumps. He was legit 6'6, 251 pounds. At the combine, he ran an official 4.37 40. Dmac ran a 4.33. Matt Jones had a 40" vertical and had long arms and you can see how good his hands were with that one handed snag in practice. He should have been one of the greatest down field threats to play in the NFL. What a waste of talent. Such a naturally physically gifted freak. Doubt we'll ever see another like him.
if only Matt had been a few years younger and was able to have played with Dmac, Hillis, Felix. now that would have been a lineup. could have did the old school veer or option and nobody would have stopped them!
0:41 is awesome, he fakes the throw, and just puts his head down and literally sprints past the entire defense in 15 yards. Of all the clips here, that's just something that simply does not happen in D-1.
i agree 100 percent,, who ever gets matt jones will get a new matt jones, he will be more intense, more focused, and they will get the absolutley best from mj....
Can someone digitally restore this video? One of my favorites of all time but the quality has deteriorated overtime. Maybe I should learn how. This video is worth it.
I disagree with "deceptively fast" - he ran an electronically timed 4.40 (average of three runs) at the NFL combine and also reportedly had times in the 3 cone drill that were comparable to first round CORNERBACKS and his broad jump and vertical were insane as well. He never looked slow to me.
Look at that fucking stride. It's a little funny but its amazing, his stride frequency isn't even that fast compared to how the other guys chasing him are running hes like a giraffe.
I had a good friend in the Marines who passed away, huge Hogs fan. I remember him raving over Gus Mahlzan saying he was going to be a great coach. It tore him up that Gus never coached Arkansas. He could have potentially took Michael Dyer, Mitch Mustain and Damian Williams before they ever left the state. I know a few of those guys didn't pan out, but they were considered elite talents in their classes.
Matt Jones broke every stereotype. This dude was the best athlete I ever saw. An Alpha male no matter who was the competition. If he was black he would still be in the NFL getting paid big money, and nobody would call him names like "coke head".
I wish he would have stayed with it we all make mistakes but that doesnt take away from the fact that the guy was in fact very talented I saw another Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson in the making or hell even better
A Sands Why the fuck do you hate Brandon Allen, because it's obvious now, that the only reason we won games while he was here, is because he was throwing the ball. Plus he's number 1 in every passing category, better than Mallet, and Wilson.
@dreameratw1 I was using the NFL combine and pro days, where'd you get your facts? If you got your stats from a UT source, take it with a grain of salt, Universities always oversell their products.
Ran a 4.31 not a 4.37. He was timed as fast as 4.28 as a freshman before he bulked up sum and tore his labrum and rotator cuff in his throwing arm. He refused to get surgery because he would have missed basketball season. So he played the rest of his career on half an arm and still got screwed out of starting on the basketball team because the scholarship boys were cryin about losing their minutes to the white QB. Watch his basketball highlights, they coulda went deep in tourney if they had played him. Also watch him dunk on the goal post after smoking a 1st round corner from ole miss on a 70yrd td run. He was the Greatest Athlete Arkansas has Ever had or Ever will have. 6'7 with a 40" vertical could throw a football 75yards in the air before injury and could throw a baseball 94mph. Jimmy Smith at Jacksonville got him to doin sum cola but if he was black he would have played for years in the NFL as a receiver. That's ok, 1st round pick and he got his $21M guaranteed money back then. Not bad for a guy who didn't want to play football, his dream was the NBA but the Arkansas coaches and Frank broyles dumb ass fd him outta that dream.
This dude is basically the size of Cam Newton or Joe Flacco but ran a freakin 4.37 and had a 40 inch vertical. I didn't really follow this guy in college ball, so I don't how great his throwing skills were (looked like he pretty much ran the ball most of the time). If he just could've gotten his shit together in Jacksonville, his athletic ability could've given him the same potential as Calvin Johnson,
The real reason he never went as a QB was because as a freshman he tore his rotator cuff and never got surgery. Before he could flat footed throw it 70 yards and after 30 yards. He's discussed it on my favorite radio show Overtime with Trey Schapp and Matt Jones.
Well I was actually talking about when jacksonville converted him to wide receiver. He did not do well. It's a damn shame because he had the athleticism of calvin johnson.
Ultimately, football is a team sport. All positions are important. QBs basically operate the entire offense. You need to be able to read defenses and make adjustments on the offense. It is a position that unfairley burdens a lot of the pressure for the outcome of the game. If the team wins, the QB becomes the hero. If they lose, the QB often becomes the first to blame. A wide receiver can be shutdown or made less effective in a game (ie. being double teamed, utilizing safety help, etc.) A QB cannot really be shutdown. It is their job to find other ways to move the offense if their prime target is not open. It is a position that has a steep learning curve. It is why when teams draft a QB, he needs time to develop. Teams draft receivers and they can often give you instant production.
Kyle Byron The easiest way to explain it is that the QB always gets the ball first. He can opt-out of the play they're about to run and change it if he thinks another one will be more successful. He also has the responsibility to throw to the person most likely to have success with the ball. Bad QBs will often try to force throws when a better QB can make throws that put WRs in a better position to make the catch. It's all on the QB.
ThePopbanks007 He passed, but after he tore his labrum and rotator cuff his Freshman year, 10 20 passes tops, was all his arm had. Go watch the highlights against Ole Miss 7 ot game. He could make all the throws, moving left, right, backfoot, 30 yard outs, ironically, that was the game he tore his shoulder up, never had surgery, and had to rely on his running after.
Timbo Slice He had a shot at QB , they would be drafted him 7th round, then fixed his labrum, and he wouldn't have been guaranteed a spot, or get drafted in the 1st, at WR, it was a no brainer.
6'6" white Adonis, dude should have been a STUD. instead he liked to fuck with that booger sugar. can't front tho athletically he had it all. damn shame.
Absolute freak. Most insane highlight reel when you realize the level of talent he’s making look so silly. Probably 3/4 of those guys played in the league he was making look dumb
That Arkansas backfield is the greatest in college football history in my opinion. Hillis, Jones, Jones, and McFadden. Speed, size, elusiveness, power....how was this not a championship team? Definitely one of the most fun to ever watch.
@n1ckmsrt haha what?! Dude, I'm white so this is not a racial reply but that was pretty ignorant. He was addicted to drugs and got caught with cocaine multiple times. He weighed 245 when he came into the league and left weighing around 215-220. Obviously he was more focused on blow than on football.
He blew out his shoulder as a freshman. He refused to get surgery. He played his whole career with half an arm. Pretty Damn good passer for only having half an arm !!
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This one is better. ruclips.net/video/WM7OzYR7urA/видео.html&ab_channel=WARMACHINE2013
To all the haters, he's clean and doing a daily radio show, so while he might not be in the NFL anymore, he got his life together and is doing ok.
Didn’t he leave the radio show? How is he doing now?
Little did Arkansas fans know that this guy was Manziel before people knew about Manziel or Tebow or Winston or Kapernick. He played in the wrong era for QBs. Had he played 2-3 years later he would have been a revelation. Instead he was criticized for not being a prototypical drop back passer. A shame really, as he was one of the best playmakers the SEC has seen as a QB.
Mudcat3434 Manziel wishes he had Jones' size/speed. Jones was a man among boys in college. Just look at the vid. A 6'6" rocket. Didn't translate to the pros and he wasn't a great pro WR. Partied his way out of the League just like Manziel is doing.
i tell ppl tht all the time...dude was just before his time
Mudcat3434 dude you took the words right out of my mouth. No words ever spoken so true
@@rhemium He had potential to be a great pro receiver. Never had consistent QBs throwing to him, plus the cocaine did throw it all away.
If Jones had gone to Oklahoma he would have won the Heisman.
hes one of the fastest white qbs of his size ive ever seen.
One of the fastest white boys at his size ever!
He was fun to watch. I try to listen to him on the radio daily now. Real chill dude.
TroopersHollar That's because he's stoned.😁😁😁😉
Matt Jones. Razorback GOAT.
He was filthy in NCAA 2004. RIP that franchise
Running that read option before the read option lol
flayeahhh Dude, the read option has been around since the 40s, by the time Matt Jones played , it was considered Mickey Mouse, because they wanted drop back passers, and most athletic high school QBs were converted to receiver in college. It wasn't until the pros brought it back, that it changed, plus Micheal Vick.
This guy was a freak
Devin Stevens he would’ve had crazy numbers if he was playing today
@@flayeahhh haha if he could lay off the cocaine he would’ve been a beast in any era. At receiver or QB
Devin Stevens yeah it’s crazy that he didn’t get a second chance
wow, one of the best athletes ive ever seen from this video
My man was raw on NCAA football 🏈
Gawd damn I miss Matt Jones!
His dad was my civics teacher in 9th grade. On Mondays we used to talk about the game. What a time. Matt Jones was electric.
"This video quality sucks" -villagers in 12th century Africa
he walked on the Arkansas basketball team too, this dude was an athlete before his time
6ft6 242 4.37 never again will a person that big be that athletic he was bigger than all the wrs in the nfl and some tight ends too
ok lol
MrJordan123123 Calvin johnson was 6ft5 241 when he ran a 4.35 at the combine Manny Lawson was 6ft6 245 when he ran a 4.41 it's been some players but that type of athleticism in that type of body is definitely probablya once in a decade type of ability
Simply put, there is exactly 1 white guy who has run a 4.40 electronically timed 40 yard dash at the NFL combine, and his name is Matt Jones. Before the draft, the media was projecting him at 4.65 and he basically laughed at them when questioned and said " I'll run 4.4" He averaged 4.40 at the combine with a best of I believe 4.37 so on the stopwatch he was 4.3 all day.
@@amarelogan7081 there have been*
@@bentonja668 Jones was the original TIM TEBOW but far more athletic.I wanted to see him make history along with Byron Leftwitch being the first QB/WR in which the QB was Black and the WR was White with size and speed.
He was ahead of his time for the QB position
Gosh I sure do miss watching him play.
Best athlete I've ever seen.
+Matt Williams lol
+ses aajs you know any other 6'6 242 pounders that run a 4.37 40 and had a 40 inch vertical? And he was white
vihockeyguy1 He must have been coked up, he ran 4.59 on pro day.
derrick nguyen no but ur mom is.
ses aajs lol
Dude was amazing his speed for that size was crazy
Watching this because of Nate Tice on The Athletic Football Show,
My dad taught him in high school. He grew up about 15 mins away from me!
How was this guy not a tear in the NFL? He's bigger than any linebacker and faster than any of the DBs.
He was a druggie unfortunately. He could have been great with the tools he was given.
wow longest strides ever.
Bet he could play a great centerfielder!
Dude had some wheels on him!!! He was an athletic freak!!!
When he came in you thought he was just some lanky QB that trip over his own feet. It was so aggravating that your team could not stop him. They never saw a player like this.
Does anyone realize how RIDICULOUS 1:21 - 1:30 is !?!? The safety has a perfect angle on him and he outruns him by 10 yards.
He would’ve thrived in today’s style of offense . Read pass option
Ya know, he had some good throws, too. Like the game winner in Miracle on Markham I wish you would have got in here.
Matt Jones lives by me
Damn this dude was prolly the best college player ever. I only knew him as an NFL player. All I can say it WOW
+HeavyHitta TX lol
Not the best ever. I am a lifelong Razorback, 44 years old with a relative on the Razorbacks All Century Team. Matt Jones is my favorite Razorback football player ever. When he graduated, Urban Meyer said that Matt Jones was the best player in the SEC his last two seasons. We've never seen a white college quarterback that size with that athleticism. He was 6'5" in football and 6'6" in basketball. His arm was underrated as well - search for "Miracle on Markham"
Last clip at the senior bowl practice shows how athletic he was. Look how high he jumps. He was legit 6'6, 251 pounds. At the combine, he ran an official 4.37 40. Dmac ran a 4.33. Matt Jones had a 40" vertical and had long arms and you can see how good his hands were with that one handed snag in practice. He should have been one of the greatest down field threats to play in the NFL. What a waste of talent. Such a naturally physically gifted freak. Doubt we'll ever see another like him.
Matt Jones was spliced with deer parts
if only Matt had been a few years younger and was able to have played with Dmac, Hillis, Felix. now that would have been a lineup. could have did the old school veer or option and nobody would have stopped them!
0:41 is awesome, he fakes the throw, and just puts his head down and literally sprints past the entire defense in 15 yards. Of all the clips here, that's just something that simply does not happen in D-1.
i agree 100 percent,, who ever gets matt jones will get a new matt jones, he will be more intense, more focused, and they will get the absolutley best from mj....
3:30 into the video and the first pass is thrown TO Matt Jones. Now I understand why he was drafted as a receiver. He had unsuspecting blazing speed.
Can someone digitally restore this video? One of my favorites of all time but the quality has deteriorated overtime. Maybe I should learn how. This video is worth it.
His stride is crazy
Matt Jones was Tim tebow before Tim tebow was Tim tebow.
That pixel is hella quick
He was slippery, like trying to tackle jello. I remember he made a start against USC and I was screaming just tackle the kid.
Noi goalpost dunk?
Screw Manziel, give me the Sultan of Sangfroid, Matt Jones, any day.
Matt Jones could body slam Manziel. Manziel was a better SEC QB though...
Best player Arkansas ever had McFadden number 2
Great instincts running the football and deceptively fast.
I disagree with "deceptively fast" - he ran an electronically timed 4.40 (average of three runs) at the NFL combine and also reportedly had times in the 3 cone drill that were comparable to first round CORNERBACKS and his broad jump and vertical were insane as well. He never looked slow to me.
From the 1990s based on video quality
dude was actually pretty good in the pros. just wrong team...wrong qb, and got into some stuff he shouldn't have
So what you're saying is...he wasn't good in the pros.
Look at that fucking stride. It's a little funny but its amazing, his stride frequency isn't even that fast compared to how the other guys chasing him are running hes like a giraffe.
Before there was Tebow, Newton, Manziel. There was THIS guy, MATT JONES!!!
If he played for Gus Malzahn, he would have been Cam Newton.
I had a good friend in the Marines who passed away, huge Hogs fan. I remember him raving over Gus Mahlzan saying he was going to be a great coach. It tore him up that Gus never coached Arkansas. He could have potentially took Michael Dyer, Mitch Mustain and Damian Williams before they ever left the state. I know a few of those guys didn't pan out, but they were considered elite talents in their classes.
Matt Jones broke every stereotype. This dude was the best athlete I ever saw. An Alpha male no matter who was the competition. If he was black he would still be in the NFL getting paid big money, and nobody would call him names like "coke head".
You crazy af.
there is some truth to this statement in my opinion.
Were these filmed with a potato?
Good one. It was back in the stone ages as far as internet video goes.
What a ridiculous question. It was clearly a toaster
i think he is a better runner wiht the ball than vince young.
one of the most fun to watch college players ever. If he were on better teams he would have set records
+Tinweasel Jones lol
I wish he would have stayed with it we all make mistakes but that doesnt take away from the fact that the guy was in fact very talented I saw another Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson in the making or hell even better
The White Bo Jackson
Razorbacks 2010 SEC Champs!
Fifa 98 FTW
he was basically a white calvin johnson. 6'6' 242 ran a 4.38 40 and a 40 inch vertical.
bruce1D Johnson isn't even fast at that
@@austinlamb4270 4.35 says different
i bet he just thinks about being chased by zombies and runs
Matt jones, come back and take over for Brandon allen
A Sands Why the fuck do you hate Brandon Allen, because it's obvious now, that the only reason we won games while he was here, is because he was throwing the ball. Plus he's number 1 in every passing category, better than Mallet, and Wilson.
@keimaroberts i agree with you but Jones broke more long runs than any QB I have seen, including Vick.
Did he ever throw a pass?
well said
All time best QB ever!!!
Does he throw a pass in this highlight?
2:22 never seen a faster burst in my life
@dreameratw1
I was using the NFL combine and pro days, where'd you get your facts? If you got your stats from a UT source, take it with a grain of salt, Universities always oversell their products.
he and drew henson are the most athletic white players ive seen in college football
Ran a 4.31 not a 4.37. He was timed as fast as 4.28 as a freshman before he bulked up sum and tore his labrum and rotator cuff in his throwing arm. He refused to get surgery because he would have missed basketball season. So he played the rest of his career on half an arm and still got screwed out of starting on the basketball team because the scholarship boys were cryin about losing their minutes to the white QB. Watch his basketball highlights, they coulda went deep in tourney if they had played him. Also watch him dunk on the goal post after smoking a 1st round corner from ole miss on a 70yrd td run. He was the Greatest Athlete Arkansas has Ever had or Ever will have. 6'7 with a 40" vertical could throw a football 75yards in the air before injury and could throw a baseball 94mph. Jimmy Smith at Jacksonville got him to doin sum cola but if he was black he would have played for years in the NFL as a receiver. That's ok, 1st round pick and he got his $21M guaranteed money back then. Not bad for a guy who didn't want to play football, his dream was the NBA but the Arkansas coaches and Frank broyles dumb ass fd him outta that dream.
@WattyRocks
ehem....VINCE YOUNG!!! Thank you goodnight
Matt was faster than VY
FreddyKrueger88 bigger too
Guys, i wrote this 9 years ago, I don’t remember the context lol
Cool Hand Luke lol I know. I just wanted to reply anyway cause it made me feel good.
This dude is basically the size of Cam Newton or Joe Flacco but ran a freakin 4.37 and had a 40 inch vertical. I didn't really follow this guy in college ball, so I don't how great his throwing skills were (looked like he pretty much ran the ball most of the time). If he just could've gotten his shit together in Jacksonville, his athletic ability could've given him the same potential as Calvin Johnson,
The real reason he never went as a QB was because as a freshman he tore his rotator cuff and never got surgery. Before he could flat footed throw it 70 yards and after 30 yards. He's discussed it on my favorite radio show Overtime with Trey Schapp and Matt Jones.
Well I was actually talking about when jacksonville converted him to wide receiver. He did not do well. It's a damn shame because he had the athleticism of calvin johnson.
Best As an Aussie, I have to ask. Why is Quarterback such a prestigious spot?
I've always thought Wide receiver was the best position..
Ultimately, football is a team sport. All positions are important. QBs basically operate the entire offense. You need to be able to read defenses and make adjustments on the offense. It is a position that unfairley burdens a lot of the pressure for the outcome of the game. If the team wins, the QB becomes the hero. If they lose, the QB often becomes the first to blame. A wide receiver can be shutdown or made less effective in a game (ie. being double teamed, utilizing safety help, etc.) A QB cannot really be shutdown. It is their job to find other ways to move the offense if their prime target is not open. It is a position that has a steep learning curve. It is why when teams draft a QB, he needs time to develop. Teams draft receivers and they can often give you instant production.
Kyle Byron The easiest way to explain it is that the QB always gets the ball first. He can opt-out of the play they're about to run and change it if he thinks another one will be more successful. He also has the responsibility to throw to the person most likely to have success with the ball. Bad QBs will often try to force throws when a better QB can make throws that put WRs in a better position to make the catch. It's all on the QB.
Thats a COLD white boy
He must have been forbidden from throwing any passes
ThePopbanks007 He passed, but after he tore his labrum and rotator cuff his Freshman year, 10 20 passes tops, was all his arm had. Go watch the highlights against Ole Miss 7 ot game. He could make all the throws, moving left, right, backfoot, 30 yard outs, ironically, that was the game he tore his shoulder up, never had surgery, and had to rely on his running after.
So did he throw or what?
Has no wiggle but he can fly especially for 240+lbs
Im not a troll watch again, because he absolutely hiked people all the time, these were just big plays, where he outta people.
Two-tenths of a second faster is MUCH faster...more than a full step faster which is why Jones blows by these DB's like he does.
funny how he never managed to outrun LSU. Talk about speed on defense...
he was a beast with the jags but then let his talents go down the drain with the drugs but no he was not a bust....
@ghostcatchers001 lol in Houston Nutt's offense i dont think so
slow down there speed racer
bbb.... but michael irvin?
Cocaine is a heluva drug
If he came out in 2014 I believe he wouldve been givin a shot at qb in the nfl..I think he wouldve been putting up the same numbers as kaepernick.
Timbo Slice He had a shot at QB , they would be drafted him 7th round, then fixed his labrum, and he wouldn't have been guaranteed a spot, or get drafted in the 1st, at WR, it was a no brainer.
yeah
Can I request worse music please
6'6" white Adonis, dude should have been a STUD. instead he liked to fuck with that booger sugar. can't front tho athletically he had it all. damn shame.
Absolute freak. Most insane highlight reel when you realize the level of talent he’s making look so silly. Probably 3/4 of those guys played in the league he was making look dumb
@groovyuppercut that wasn't Matt Jones, that was the runningback throwing. Jones isn't black
Not one pass was thrown that year
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It's unfortunate that he never got another opportunity. Had so much potential
That Arkansas backfield is the greatest in college football history in my opinion. Hillis, Jones, Jones, and McFadden. Speed, size, elusiveness, power....how was this not a championship team? Definitely one of the most fun to ever watch.
ashasha3 Matt Jones didn’t play with that backfield. He was the year before
He only played with Hillis.
Well, you still had Houston Nutt there to muck it up.
Doesn't even look like a QB. Looks like a big running back running the wildcat. They just listed him at QB.
@n1ckmsrt haha what?! Dude, I'm white so this is not a racial reply but that was pretty ignorant. He was addicted to drugs and got caught with cocaine multiple times. He weighed 245 when he came into the league and left weighing around 215-220. Obviously he was more focused on blow than on football.
thats bullshit he got down to 225 for the combine. He had baby fat in college and weighed 240 to 245
If he was a white calvin johnson, he would still be in the league on the front of madden covers and in nike commercials getting paid millions.
the angles these SEC corners and safeties have on him are ridiculous. and he just breezes past them. what a waste of talent.
Sorry, I thought you were someone else.
hell yea hes fuckin crazy
haha
he should of went pro as a QB
The one thing you forget is that he was an erratic passer at best. If he would've been precise, he then would've been the greatest qb of all time.
He blew out his shoulder as a freshman. He refused to get surgery. He played his whole career with half an arm. Pretty Damn good passer for only having half an arm !!
he was an X addict... difference... lol just playin brother