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By: LARRY VAUGHT
Florida junior quarterback Mac Jones committed early to the University of Kentucky in large part due to offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson.
Dawson had recruited him when he was coaching at West Virginia and Jones decided there was no reason to wait and gave his pledge to UK in late July.
When Jones did verbally commit to UK, it set off a flurry of six commitments in the next few days that included Russ Yeast, James Hudson and Mike Warren, all out of Ohio.
So what was Jones’ reaction to Dawson’s firing?
“Not sure yet. Want to make sure hire fits me,” said Jones.
Jones, who recently got an official offer from West Virginia, came on WLAP (630AM) Sunday to talk about Dawson’s dismissal and his future.
“I wanted to come on and hope there were a lot of listeners to say that Kentucky football is going to change and to stay all in with Kentucky,” Jones said.
He said both Dawson and head coach Mark Stoops called him with news about the coaching change. He said Stoops indicated he would hire an “Air Raid type of coordinator” to replace Dawson.
One popular candidate seems to be Cincinnati offensive coordinator Eddie Gran, who has also been rumored to be a potential candidate for some head coaching spots.
“I love Eddie Gran’s offense. I would love to play in that,” Jones said. “I am not seeking offers, but just trying to keep my options open while I see what happens.
“I really love Kentucky and last year I did see some signs of improvement. We had a few plays in some games that went the other way and could have changed the whole season around.”
Jones said he won’t play soccer or lacrosse so he can spend more time lifting weights.
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