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(2019) LB Dorian Jones To IU

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Dorian Jones - LB

6'0

219

WEST PALM BEACH, FL(OXBRIDGE ACADEMY)

247

Rivals

 

Commit #10- LB Dorian Jones from Florida

Some decent offers as well in Kentucky, Syracuse, and USF.

 

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BREAKING NEWS: Florida LB Dorian Jones has committed to #Indiana. The 3-star prospect is commit number 10 for the #Hoosiers. Another big get for #iufb.

 

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Some decent offers as well in Kentucky, Syracuse, and USF.

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9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Jones plays at Oxbridge Academy; a very, very fancy prep school in West Palm Beach. It is also a football factory with unlimited Koch Brothers' funds to give financial aid to any kid they want for the team. 

 

Sounds like they may not have a football team next year.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/highschool/football/palm-beach/fl-sp-oxbridge-academy-football-summer-20180613-story.html

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23 minutes ago, Dalton26 said:

 

They've had some major issues with their high-academic achievement students and their parents, who are paying full-price at about $40k annually. Those parents and the vast majority of their kids are paying big money for a leg up on an Ivy league future, not to subsidize a football team full of financial aid students. They also had some major difficulties that began with a lawsuit by their female comptroller; sexual harassment, favoritism toward sports over academics, etc. That prompted a revamping of their overall plan, and likely for the better. Probably should have emphasized basketball; it's a whole lot cheaper! But, it's Florida and football is king. 

They are a fairly new prep school, but it is well financially backed and has produced real, verifiable academic achievement in their four or five years of existence. The couple of families I know that have kids there are thrilled with the changes. They are replacing big-time football with big-time theater, tennis, etc to go with big-time academics.

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Looks like our guy is gonna need a new school for football come August. From this afternoon's Palm Beach Post:

 

BREAKING: Oxbridge Academy shutting down football program for 2018-19
1 hour ago
By Adam Lichtenstein, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

WEST PALM BEACH — 
The reigning Class 3A state runner-up will not play football in 2018.The Oxbridge Academy football program has been shut down for the upcoming season, according to the school.

“This was not an easy decision for us,” Oxbridge athletic director Patrick Hollern said in a press release. “For the past six years, we have been fully committed to a football program, built on the values of character development, athletic and academic excellence, and service to the community. Like many football programs around the country, we are experiencing a decline in participation rates.

“At this time, we no longer have an adequate number of football players to sustain a safe football program. We remain committed to our athletic department and teams, building upon what has become one of the most consistently successful athletic programs in South Florida. Our athletic department creates many opportunities, which result in exceptional college placements for our student-athletes in all our sports.”

The ThunderWolves are only six months removed from losing (by four points) in the Class 3A state-title game, but the team has suffered attrition due to graduation and transfers.

Oxbridge Academy played its first season in 2013 under then-coach Doug Socha and quickly became a strong program. Playing in an independent conference, the ThunderWolves went 19-3 in their first two seasons and won two titles. The program moved into the FHSAA playoff system in 2015 and qualified for postseason play in each of the last three seasons.

Socha was let go after the 2015 season — along with athletic director Craig Sponsky and school CEO Robert Parsons — as the school moved to de-emphasize the football program. Oxbridge later vacated two years worth of victories amid allegations of financial-aid favoritism toward football players.

Socha assistant Brendan Kent was promoted to head coach in 2016, and the winning continued. The ThunderWolves went 20-4 in the last two seasons and earned a spot in last year’s state title game.

Despite the sustained success, Oxbridge was low on players after last year. Fifteen of the 44 players on last year’s roster graduated, and eight others have transferred since the season ended.

“I really don’t know (why so many players have transferred),” offensive lineman Da’Quan Thomas said Tuesday after announcing his transfer to Dwyer. “I guess the guys feel like it’s time to move on.”

Several key players who have not announced transfers will now look for a new place to play, including class of 2019 linebacker and Indiana commit Dorian Jones (No. 13 on the Post’s Big Board), 2019 quarterback and FAU commit Gio Richardson (No. 16) and 2020 wide receiver Jordan Cash (who has offers from Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic and Kentucky).

 

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