Derrick Jones - University of Oregon Athletics

Derrick Jones

Position: WR | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 186 | Hometown: Gardena, CA (Long Beach Poly)

The 2004 prep graduate arguably was considered among the fastest high school football players in the country and was able to parlay his national-class track speed onto the football field. Attracted near-unanimous All-America acclaim from the likes of SuperPrep and PrepStar following his senior season, as well as Best in the West first-team accolades (Long Beach Press-Telegram), Western One-Hundred (Tacoma News Tribune), Fab 15 first-team (Orange County Register), all-Southeast/South Coast (L.A. Times) and Dream Team (Long Beach Press-Telegram) tributes. Hauled in 49 catches for 930 yards (19.0 avg.) and scored 11 touchdowns in 2003, including three scores returning kickoffs and punts. Led the Jackrabbits to the CIF Division I championship contest his final prep campaign. His junior year was just as impressive, converting 39 receptions into 1,479 yards (37.9 avg.) and 16 TDs (not including five additional scores coming via kickoff returns). His exploits resulted in Student Sports Junior All-America, Cal-Hi Sports all-state first-team, all-CIF Division II, all-Southeast/South Coast (L.A. Times) first-team and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team first-team fanfare. Also enjoyed success on the oval track, with the state sprint champion claiming the 200-meter title at the 2004 California state meet (21.10) in addition to finishing fifth in the 100 (10.3) and running legs on the victorious 4x400 and second-place 4x100 relay quartets. He won both the 100 and 200 meters at the 2004 CIF Division I meet as well as the 2004 CIF Southern Section Masters meet, and boasts of personal bests of 10.44 and 20.97, respectively, in the two events.