Jones, the starting center for St. Ignatius in Cleveland, suffered the injury during the first quarter while he was running ahead during a fast break. His coach, Sean O’Toole, said Jones stepped wrong and that the injury was non-contact.
Jones is schedule to have more tests this week, but tweeted that he feared the worst.
Sadly I believe I just tore my ACL tonight
— Dre'Mont Jones (@TheOfficial_80) March 8, 2015 Jones, who is 6-foot-4, 265 pounds, was the No. 14 strongside defensive end in the country and the No. 7 player in the state of Ohio. The Buckeyes already had depth issues at defensive end this spring and were looking at Jones as a potential contributor in the fall.
Jones isn’t the first St. Ignatius player to suffer a debilitating injury before joining the Buckeyes. In 2013, four-star linebacker Kyle Berger suffered a torn ACL during a scrimmage.
"Dre'Mont knew he hurt it bad, he was in major pain," O'Toole told Cleveland.com. "I feel terrible. He's got his whole life in front of him. He'll handle this adversity. He has great parents and his support staff at St. Ignatius and of course his new support staff at Ohio State will help him. I'm sure Kyle Berger, another Ignatius kid who had knee injuries will guide him through this at Ohio State."
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