Millwood quarterback Jones not lacking in confidence

�I know it’s going to work. Sometimes it just happens (instinctively), and sometimes I think of it. When it’s one-on-one with one person, it just happens. When it’s two defenders, I’ll think it through. I just know what’s going to work.”

That ability allows Jones to do things that amaze even himself. He singled out two plays from his junior season.

“After the Douglass game, I watched the film,” Jones said of a 21-15 overtime victory. “I’ve never started on the sideline and beat 11 people like that. Sometimes I see people right by me, and I wonder, ‘Did they try to get me?’

“Another time was when I spun full speed against Purcell (39-33 win). I think that got me a lot of offers, because when coaches talk to me, they talk about me doing the 360 full-stride without breaking down.”

The athletic ability and those backyard moves have made Jones among the most highly recruited players in the nation.

So college coaches take notice. Get your DVD player ready to find the key to Gerald Jones landing on your campus in 2007.

“My favorite movie is Remember the Titans,” Jones said. “You have a group of white guys, a group of black guys, then a black head coach and a white assistant coach who bring them all together. They become the most dangerous team in the state. If you have everybody on the same level and everybody has respect, you come together. If you do that, nobody can stop you.

“I tell college coaches, because it’s what I’ll be looking for in a college. I look for team unity.”