more on matt jones

The NFL draft is tomorrow so we'll know before long, but both ESPN mock drafts I've seen have him going at #31 (yeah, that's in the first round) to the Eagles. That would make the second year in a row the Eagles spent their first rounder on a Razorback (Shawn Andrews at #16 being last year's pick but he got injured before the season and hasn't played a game for them yet I don't think).

On last night's pre-draft special, I was lucky enough to turn it on just in time to see a pretty lengthy Matt Jones interview, so apparently ESPN's NFL crew is in on the hype too. They said he's shown as much improvement over the camps and combines of the last few months as any player in the draft, and Mortensen says he's one of the top five players in the draft. Jon Gruden (Bucs coach) says he's got the best body control--I guess that's agility and dodging tackles and stuff--of any player he's ever seen.

Should be interesting...hopefully he'll go high and live up to expectations.