Emory Jones working with well-known QB coach this offseason
It may be difficult to remember this far back but many believed when Feleipe Franks’ time in Gainesville came to an end, it would be Emory Jones that would be the next starting quarterback for the Florida Gators.
Of course, Franks’ time as Florida’s starter was ended prematurely due to injury and Kyle Trask stepped up when called upon and only got better the more he saw the field for the Gators.
Now with Trask off to the NFL, the path is clear for Jones to finally take over in Gainesville.
While many quarterbacks may have transferred out after being forced to sit for as long as Jones has, the first signal-caller Dan Mullen signed after landing the Florida job is now poised to finally assume full control of the offense in Gainesville in 2021.
Spring football may have wrapped up a few weeks ago but Jones is doing everything he can this offseason to prepare for his breakout season and that includes working with well-known quarterback coach, Quincy Avery.
Avery recently shared the following video of Jones working his craft this offseason:
Next year University of Florida fans are going to see @eXjones6 & how talented he truly is! pic.twitter.com/Q0JtVkkK3x
— quincy_avery (@Quincy_Avery) April 26, 2021
nice to see he is trying to hone his craft. When Bama rolls into Alachua county he will need it
Working with Quincy of Deshaun Watson fame, eh? Well crap, guess the rest of the SEC is playing for 2nd place now…EJ for Heisman.
Legdumper…Watson was developed into a national championship college QB and a high, first-round NFL draft pick. And I am certain that Quincy Avery contributed to his football success and had or has nothing to do with the sexual assault accusations against Watson. And FYI, Jones has had zero character issues at UF. The opposite is true. He has exhibited only high character and commitment to excellence at UF. Then there is you!
Emory Jones is by all accounts a fine young man, he has patiently waited his turn when some others would have already transferred out of the program. no doubt about it
I hope every SEC QB has a stellar year this season. There i said it and i mean it, dammit.
I’d like you to get that statement notarized before I buy it…
You got it all wrong this time, N8rG8r. I am a huge Deshaun fan so absolutely NOTHING was to be implied towards his current legal issues. Watson was totally screwed out of the Heisman his junior year, hello Lamar Jackson…you were rewarded because unlike Deshaun, your team sucked…sure makes you wonder how Trask didn’t win last season, eh? WLM…
Point is…EJ wasn’t a Deshaun in HS and because of his horsewhisperin Coach, he’s been camping on the bench for the last 3 years. He probably will only have 1 season to show he might be a Deshaun in college so if there is anyone he would want to get coached up by, going to someone who coached up Deshaun ain’t a bad starting point (even if it is 3 years late). That aside, must confess, it does give me great joy to see you so defensive…perhaps you could pass on some of your defensive skills to Todd…tell Stickland hey for me…
He kind of missed the point of your sarcasm lol
No doubt CBG8r, lol…I bet he’s a hoot at a party
Emory Jones now has his chance…I have doubts concerning his elite QB status but all of us must wait till December to find out.
Gotta feelin we’ll know by around the 3rd week in September…
It’s interesting. We don’t get this story very often in college football nowadays; a QB that sits and learns, getting playing time randomly, and full access to the offense their junior year. This was the norm even 10 years ago, and now it’s the oddity.
Overall, EJ has had flashes of brilliance in some moments, and average times in others. I’m more interested to see what form the offense takes with him vs. anything else. It’s the first time the preferred offensive system has had the QB with (on paper, at least) the skill set to run it. I don’t expect Trask numbers here, but hopefully there’s more Ws and Ls.
I think EJ will do great against teams that aren’t fast enough or disciplined enough to contain him, and he’ll probably do good against teams that can’t pressure with just their front 4. Personally I think he will be replaced by Richardson prior to or after the LSShoe game…I hope I’m wrong. Richardson has all the hallmarks of an elite SEC QB
Good for EJ, knowing he needed to find a real QB coach to work with.
A scholarship player at what is suppose to be a major Power-5 school is having to look outside the program for coaching????
If EJ does decide to transfer he should no farther than Fayetteville Ark and Sam Pittman’s staff. Just look at what Pittman and company did for Felipe Franks, in their first year as the coaching staff, a COVID abbreviated season, Franks had his best season ever.
This is just silly, TDOW. He literally cannot interact with this team coaches during the offseason. It’s against NCAA rules. Coaches cannot interact with players in an official capacity, and players who wish to continue their offseason training have to use their own resources.
If you’re going to troll, at least be educated on your trolling.
Trust me he cares nothing for educating himself. Ignorance is bliss for him
No comment on Franks having his best season at Arkansas?????????
Yeah I already rebutted this same declaration of yours on a previous article.
The assumption you make is Franks forgot his tutoring and work habits he learned under Mullen that led him having a huge spike in production just because he went to a new school. Or, it could be that he applied what he already had established and his growth was a natural progression
Probably some of both, as I thought Pittman did a great job at Arkansas for what he had to work with and basically scrambling to put something together in short order, during a Covid year on top
You never did finish that rebuttal by the way 77G8r…or if you did I must have missed your response…
Please clarify, you say Franks got his work habits and skillz from Mullet and took those traits to flourish under Pittman…here’s the million dollar question, so if JT for some reason regresses this year (even though he’s gone from 128 and 130 under Helton to 178 QBR already under Kirby) who gets the credit, Smart of Helton?
“The assumption you make is Franks”
No, the assumption (more like fact) is that Pittman and his staff are a better coaching staff than mullet’s side show.
Under Pittman’s staff Franks was able to REACH HIS POTENTIAL as opposed to the ludacris notion that when Franks got to Arkansas all he did was recall what he learned at UF.
In Franks last games as a starter at UF Franks was a train wreck against Miami and about to lose to UK before getting hurt.
Franks shows up at Arkansas, with no off season because of COVID, under a 1st year coaching staff and puts together his best season. That wasn’t because Franks has a good memory.
LOL *swish*
What other QB’s in the SEC are working with private QB coaches, outside of their school?
According to a DawgNation article, Jamie Newman trained with this same trainer last year after announcing his transfer to UGA
Article by DawgNation May 19, 2020
Jamie Newman, that’s all you can come back with, a guy who transferred in then opted out without ever playing a game at UGA????
Bo Nix and Mac Jones did.
Lawrence and Fields were notable QB’s as well that had private coaches.
beach bum
Fields and Lawrence used private coaches while in college?
Yes. They did.
College football – Meet the private quarterbacks coach who tutored both Ohio State’s Justin Fields and Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence
Via Buckeyeextra
By Joey Kaufman.
“He’s helped me for a long time,” Fields said. “I would definitely give him a lot of credit from where my quarterback skills come from.”
beach bum
ae you referring to this article:
www DOT buckeyextra DOT com/sports/20191223/college-football–meet-private-quarterbacks-coach-who-tutored-both-ohio-states-justin-fields-and-clemsons-trevor-lawrence
From that article:
“Veal trained the quarterbacks throughout their high school careers. Most often, it was during the offseason, though Fields also sought help during the fall.”
“At times, he still trains Fields. Like when Fields returned to north Georgia this past May and sought to improve his footwork at the encouragement of Day.”
Doesn’t say anything about Lawrence seeking his services after high school.
You’re right. I misread this as summer of 2018:
“While they shared a private coach, it wasn’t until the summer before they left for college in 2018 that Fields and Lawrence worked out together.“
Asked and answered.
TDOW You are a complete ignorant f@*k… it’s well know fact that almost, if not every QB in a power 5 school has their own private QB Coach… Matter of fact your back up QB Carson Beck has the same QB coach as Mack Jones, Anthony Richardson, Jeff Simms and a few others… His name is Denny Thompson of 6 points QB school in Jacksonville!!! Lmao!!! Dude your an idiot!!!
This guy not even knowing the rules about coaching in the off-season is hilarious. How long ya been watching college football little guy?
my left nut has better reading comprehension skills than you do.
Where did I demonstrate I didn’t know “off season coaching rules?” The question is why EJ has to get coached outside of the UF coaching staff.
You turds just deflect because your coach can’t coach, he can’t even hand out the correct wrist bands.
He gets a coach outside of the UF coaching staff because he can only have so many contact hours with his coaches so he supplements his training with a private trainer.
Your left nut must be named Negan
“You turds”. Does that make UGA fans “Buttlawgs”?
It is unfortunately both novel and refreshing to see a QB working hard while also waiting patiently for their turn.
I’m just wondering (since the original rebuttal wasn’t good enough for TBOW) how the hells did Trask have such a great season after 3 years of sitting for Coach Mullen? Answer that million dollar question TBOW, since you seem to have all the answers.
How was that Trask was sitting on the bench for over a season behind Franks when Trask was clearly the better QB?
Why couldn’t mullet even identify who his best QB was? It took an injury to Franks in order for Trask to come into a game, save UF from UK and establish himself as the better QB.
He’s also the head football coach. He took over a losing team that had suffered ridicule and had rallied around their QB. Mullen talked all that year about “buying in”, the players buying in and was smart enough not to come in and start off by replacing the team leader but rather use his system to make progress with those already in place so players could see for themselves and build trust that coach knows what he is talking about. This is academic coaching, not sure why you need this explained to you unless you just spout that Trask-Felipe thing as a fallback when cornered.
Felipe was loved by his teammates, that’s well documented. He needed the locker room to buy in and they followed Felipe. It wasn’t just about the position of QB, it was about leadership.
Trask was injured most of 2017, Mac’s last year, so he lost a year of experience and tape, then in 2018 when Mullen was ready to switch to Trask he broke his leg. Franks ended the 2018 season very well and he had a leg up Trask in 2019 at the beginning of the season.
Following in Trasks footsteps it would seem. I really hope that EJ has an NFL draft type season. It looks like he deserves it.
In this current phase of CFB, I cheer for all patient, hard-working QBs (and other positions) to be successful in hopes they can serve as examples for others. It’s the only way to fight against the dreams of instant gratification the transfer portal conjures.
I’m with ya on that brotha.
Some buffoons will say anything just to attack a rival program, no matter how nonsensical; no matter how untethered to facts or reality.
As @cbmckay noted, players are not allowed to interact with coaching staff (other than S&C staff) during the offseason.
It has become customary for virtually every top college quarterback to train with an outside coach during the offseason. Many NFL quarterbacks, including Patrick Mahomes, have private quarterback coaches.
J.T. Daniels reportedly has a nutrition consultant, a life coach/sports psychologist, a personal trainer and a private quarterback coach. Does that mean the Georgia staff are somehow deficient? Of course not. (It does suggest his family has the financial wherewithal to give him a leg up toward a career worth potentially tens of millions of dollars.)
As for quarterbacks Quincy Avery has worked with, the list includes Jalen Hurts, Justin Fields, Trey Lance, Dwayne Haskins, Deshaun Watson and Josh Dobbs.
As for Feleipe Franks being better at Arkansas, he basically continued the trend of his last three games of 2018 and the first three games of 2019 before he was injured. Actually, I think his Arkansas CMP ratio was lower than his last six games at Florida but I might be wrong. And for the umpteenth time, he was recruited for his ridiculous physical measurables; he had no quarterback training to speak of in high school. Dan Mullen did in fact turn him into a decent quarterback.
I googled “J.T. Daniel’s nutrition consultant,” “J.T. Daniels private quarterback coach” and get one article from 2019 when he was still at USC, where he had his blood tested.
You got any sources?
You googled… That’s cute. There are six different feature articles about Daniels by five different media outlets that mention his entourage, eccentricities, Buddhist faith, lactose intolerance, etc. Two are behind a paywall. They range from 2018 to just this month. Good luck.
lol – no sources just bull
I googled buffoon…16th century France called Nash, they want their word back
What’s with all the googling? Il n’y a pas de bouffon comme un bouffon de bouledogue de Géorgie.
Nash, promise you won’t get upset. I googled that fancy speak to learn what them there words meant.
Not upset Box. Googling the French is understandable. Not being able to use Google (in the first instance above) is not.
Leghumper did a little better. At least he got the century right.
The comment section for this article shows that talking season is in full swing. But in all seriousness, Nash, I greatly enjoy the perspective, facts, and, in this case, culture you bring to SDS.
JT Daniels is a Buddhist? Well there goes Queen Megan, bet she didn’t know her “beloved” QB was of a different belief than her. Well Megan does have a liking to Little Debbie sweet cakes so her and the Buddha do sorta look alike.
Godspeed Emory!!! Keep up the good work.