Jarvis Jones is an American football

American football

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 outside linebacker for the Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia Bulldogs

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. He is considered a top prospect for the 2013 NFL Draft

2013 NFL Draft

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High school career

Jones attended Carver High School

Carver High School

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 in Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

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, where he led his high school to a state championship in 2007. In addition to playing football, he was also an All-State basketball

Basketball

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 player. He was ranked the 59th best high school prospect by ESPN

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2009 Season

Jones attended USC

University of Southern California

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 his freshman year, during which he saw action as a special teams and backup player. In the first 8 games, he recorded 13 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss. During the game against Oregon

2009 Oregon Ducks football team

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 Jones sprained his neck, and was sidelined for the rest of the season.

2010 season

After his freshman year, Jones decided to transfer to Georgia

University of Georgia

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, where he was forced to sit out the 2010 season

2010 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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 due to NCAA rules.

2011 season

Jones has started every game in 2011

2011 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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, recording a career high 4 sacks against Florida

Florida Gators football

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on October 29.