A LOOK BACK AT DWAUNE'S FOOTBALL CAREER

The Connection, October 26, 1994, page 14

J. SCOTT OLMSTED/The Connection

Dwaune and on...and on...and on

JUMP START: More than half of Jones'receptions are on balls thrown high in the air.

Jones helps put McLean's Potomac School on football map

By FRANK CARULLI

The Connection

But Jones has scord in every other way imaginable to put the small private school in McLean on the football map. In four varsity seasons he's had a hand in 26 touchdowns...( see scoring machine insert )....

His 35-yard TD pass to Bill Frisbie on a reverse clinched the victory over Sidwell Friends, solidified Potomac School's No. 1 state ranking, and kept the 6-1 Panthers in line to better last year's school-record 7-2 season.

"We do whatever we can to get Dwaune the ball," said Lee. "The kids understand he's a great talent and we have to get him the ball." Opposing coaches understand it, too, but have had little success keeping the ball away from the 6-foot-1, 160-pound wide receiver and defensive back.

Jones the wide receiver is routinely double-teamed and bumped on slant-in routes, but he compensates with a 32 inch vertical jump, 4.5 40 speed and soft hands that enable him to catch passes in traffic and out run pursuit. "We don't like to throw into coverage, but sometimes we tell our quarterback to throw it out there and let him get it," said Lee. "As long as it's up there he'll bring it down." Jones has 89 Career receptions for 1,434 yards and four 2-point conversions. He is an option on every pass play in the Panthers' playbook and has had to adapt to a new quarterback each season. ....More than half of his catches are on balls thrown high in the air.

He caught seven passes for 94 yards and a TD and gained 243 all-purpose yards against Flint Hill last season, prompting legendary coach Bob Hardage to pull aside Jones and congradulate him during .....