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Jarrian Jones gets ready for NFL Draft

Friday before day two of the NFL Draft NWR's Jarrian Jones talked about being a Central Mississippi draft prospect.

Jarrian Jones gets ready for NFL Draft
Friday before day two of the NFL Draft NWR's Jarrian Jones talked about being a Central Mississippi draft prospect.

LIMITATIONS HAS RUN OUT AND THE STATE SHOULDN'T RETRY WHITE. THE NFL DRAFT CONTINUES TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON 16 WAPT A LOCAL STANDOUT IS ANTICIPATED TO GO OFF THE BOARD. SPORTS DIRECTOR JOE COOK....IS KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE ACTION. HE JOINS US LIVE HERE IN THE STUDIO...JOE? THAT'S RIGHT MEGAN AND TROY- NORTHWEST RANKIN PRODUCT JARRIAN JONES AWAITS A PHONE CALL TONIGHT THAT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER. JONES WAS GETTING IN A WORKOUT WITH CAROLINA PANTHERS RECEIVER JONATHAN MINGO AND PRO TRAINER AND FORMER OLE MISS RECEIVER MIKE ESPY EARLIER TODAY BEFORE DAY TWO OF THE DRAFT. AFTER STARRTING AT NWR JARRIAN MADE HIS WAY TO MSU AS DEFENSIVE BACK BUT HAD HIS BEST YEARS AT FLORIDA STATE.. NOW HE HAS CHANCE TO BE AMONG THE TOP 100 PICKS IN THE DRAFT. AFTER A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS WITH TEAMS HE HOPES THIS IS SHOULD BE THEIR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY WHEN THEY SEE HIS NAME ON THE DRAFT BOARD. <JARRIAN SOT- I'M NOT JUST A CORNER, I'M NOT JUST A NICKEL, I'M NOT JUST A SAFETY- I LOOK AT MYSELF AS SOMEONE WHERE I JUST PLAY FOOTBALL AND I MAKE PLAYERS. NO MATTER WHAT IS OR WHERE I'M LINED UP I MAKE PLAYS. I'M A FOOTBALL PLAYER. çáááJOEáááÑ WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT YOU COULD BE THE NEXT FROM THIS AREA TO MAKE IT TO THE NFL? WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JARRIAN SOT-WHEN I WAS GROWING UP OR BACK IN THE DAY THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE A MIKE ESPY BEING ABLE TO TRAIN YOU AND DEVELOP YOU AND BRING YOU ALONG. SHOUT OUT OT COACH COLLUMS, COACH WILLIAMS AND COACH LEATHERS JUST EVERYONE WHO POURED INTO ME AND GOT ME TO THIS POINT. I THINK THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE ATHLETES AND THE WANT TO AND THE MINDSET OF THE ATHLETES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.> JONES COULD JOIN BRANDON'S JONATHAN MINGO AS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI PRODUCTS DRAFTED IN BACK TO BACK YEARS ON DAY TWO OF THE DRAFT. WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM JONES WHEN HE GETS HIS NAMED CALLED AFTER THE THIRD ROUND CONCLUDES LATER TONIGHT. MEGAN. WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING CHANGES TO TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT. DAY TWO OF THE N-F-L DRAFT KICKS OFF AT 6:00. SO, WE WILL NOT HAVE A 6 P-M NEWSCAST TONIGHT. ALSO, WHEEL OF FORTUNE WILL NOT AIR TONIGHT
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Jarrian Jones gets ready for NFL Draft
Friday before day two of the NFL Draft NWR's Jarrian Jones talked about being a Central Mississippi draft prospect.

From Friday-Jarrian Jones of Northwest Rankin gets in one last training sessions before day two of the NFL Draft and talks about his journey from the Metro to Florida State to hopefully becoming a NFL Draft pick.Jones was drafted 96th overall in the third round by the Jaguars.

From Friday-Jarrian Jones of Northwest Rankin gets in one last training sessions before day two of the NFL Draft and talks about his journey from the Metro to Florida State to hopefully becoming a NFL Draft pick.

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Jones was drafted 96th overall in the third round by the Jaguars.