Name: Dre’Mont Jones
Position: Weakside Defensive End
Ht/Wt: 6'4" / 250 lbs.
Location: St. Ignatius – Cleveland, OH (2015)
Offers: Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State
Rating: ★★★★ .8958 (247 Composite)
Ranking: #294 NAT / #14 SDE  (247 Composite)
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Michigan has been hosting a pretty large number of unofficial visitors each weekend throughout spring ball. Dre’Mont Jones, a 2015 defensive end prospect, had been on the radar of the coaching staff for a while and last Saturday while he was in Ann Arbor, the coaches decided it was time to offer him. Jones was on campus for about six hours and by the time he left he had an offer in hand.

I got to campus around 9 am. I was able to walk around and talked a lot about academics. I wasn’t there for very long but I wouldn’t call it just a quick little visit. (laughs) I watched a practice and, to make a long story short, Coach Hoke shook my hand and told me I had an offer while we were in Coach Mattison’s office. It was cool that the head coach did that. He told me it was for rush-end. That was toward the end of the visit and then I left at about 2:50.

Per the norm, Jones loved the way Michigan “felt”.

I liked the visit a lot. The coaching staff sees you as more than just a football player. They really show a family aspect to them.

Coach Mattison is Jones’s main recruiter and he, along with pretty much every other coach, has built a solid reputation for making recruits and their families feel welcome.

Michigan did well with Jones during his visit, but he didn’t pull any punches about the pecking order of his top schools.

Right now Michigan is one of my top choices. I have a top five right now of Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Kentucky and that is in order. Ohio State is my straight up leader right now but I’m still very open to other schools. That’s the reason why I haven’t committed anywhere yet.

Jones seemed pretty firm on his top five and I’m not sure it will change much according to the plan he has moving forward.

I plan on visiting Michigan again, but I’m not sure when right now. I hope I can visit all of my top five schools at least one more time. I plan on committing in the beginning part of the summer, sometime in June or July.

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Jones is a very talented player with good size and an exceptional burst. St. Ignatius has produced a lot of Division I talent over the years and contrary to popular belief, Ohio State doesn’t hog it all. In fact there are only two current Buckeyes from St. Ignatius, which is only one more than Michigan. Jones did openly say that he was favoring Ohio State and his planned decision is just a few months away. That being said, as soon as we finished talking, I submitted my Crystal Ball pick for the Buckeyes on 247sports.com and I’m not alone in that thought process as all 23 predictions see him wearing the scarlet and grey in the future. Unless Michigan can absolutely blow him away during a return visit, he’ll become a rival instead of member.

THE VIBE

5 – Trending Blue
4 – Solidly in a top 2-3
3 – Contender in a top 3-7
2 – Among large (8-15) group under consideration
1 – Let’s see if he visits before we talk
0 – Passing interest or none