Mason Jones' Dad is longtime (18 years) Redskin coach Ray Jones. As a result Mason has grown up on "The Ridge" and is one of those "core" players every program and coach needs to have out on the field.
Jones is listed as 6'1-3", 196 and he's been starting since the second game of 2014 which was his sophomore year and also the transition year for Neshaminy after Coach Schmidt's departure (in 2013 he did get a little time as a freshmen and with that great team as made it to the Eastern Championship game with St. Joe's).
His won-loss stats over the three seasons, and the 30 games he's led the troops, are 21-9 overall. Five of those losses were in his sophomore season (the 'Skins were 4-6 that season) and so as a junior, and then to date this year as a senior, he is 21-4 overall for a winning percentage during those two years of 85%.
Over the past three years he's thrown the ball 561 times with 299 completions for a 54% completion rate (his total yards are 4,591). And then during that time he's also thrown 41 touchdown passes against just 11 interceptions.
Continuing to improve, this year's stats (through 8 games) shows he's completed 97 out of 186 he's thrown for 1,940 yards with 22 aerial TDs against just 2 picks (and one of those bounced off the receiver's hands with the other resulting from his being hit just as he was throwing it -- in other words, he doesn't throw too many up for grabs).
He can also run if need be (he had over 500 yards last season). This year, though, they have kept that out of his play calling (he's had a few when necessary).
He's also on the cusp of breaking Langhorne's all-time single season record for TD passes (Pete Cordelli has owned it since 1971 when he tossed 24 so with 22 already you'd expect Jones will eclipse it shortly). As to his overall career stats, I'd suspect he probably already has the records for total yards and TDs thrown.
He's apparently a great kid too and has great leadership skills (obviously).
We like him and there's no doubt that everyone in The Tribe is behind him -- 100%. And it's great too that he's a dyed-in-the-wool Redskin (the kind we love up there).
Go 'Skins!!
