Deondre Jones left in the middle of a golf game when his son Donovan was offered by Nebraska

Deondre Jones left in the middle of a golf game when his son Donovan was offered by Nebraska

And you were on golf what golf course were you on I was on uh what’s that Oak Valley or Oak Hills which one is by the Miller which O’s Country Club so what do you remember what hole you I was on ho I was on hole nine that last part I don’t

Know if it’s part three or part four wherever it is I shanked it into two so he calls me he had been trying to call me and then I finally get a hold of me and he was like coach Ru called me and I was like are you serious and so

I get off the phone with him and I was like okay let me go ahead and tea off and then I reevaluate and I’m telling you that bad boy sliced right into the neighborhood and I looked at uh my buddy Johnny and was like uh I’m not going to

Be able to finish this round so I took off and uh it seemed like the longest drive to get home to talk to him and see him but it was uh that’s truly uh a great moment for our family I mean Nebraska kind of I mean they they saw

Something in him and maybe a lot of other School said and he kind of made good on that his senior year how proud of you how proud of him were you that he did that extremely because he started um you know in the spring there was a couple schools NIU and Wyoming were

Really they would they they wanted him to come and uh you know we went down to Lindenwood for Mega camps and uh Arkansas um Arkansas Minnesota Illinois where now like hey can you come down to our camp can you do this this and this and we had already had some things

Scheduled um and I was like hey you know with pen and will we had him um wyomi said they were coming to the Nebraska camp and I said you know we’ll reevaluate after that and if there’s more to come it’s more to come but he just kept every single Camp he kept

Getting his test scores kept increasing he he was kept performing better and you know something that you know a father always believes that their kid is that good and finally started to come to fruition how excited are you that he’s going to Nebraska this for that as a parent it is a very

Refreshing idea um we had started to wrap our mind around him going being 6 hours anywhere from 6 to 7 hours away and now that you know he’s from doorstep to his dorm is like 52 minutes yeah it’s it’s a refreshing idea um you coach Martin mentioned it he

He could have gone to other places other than North especially Co obvious cancelling uh football why did he decide to stick it out um what role did you play you know what I I told him I said I know I worked here I know you grew up

With you know coach Martin and your athletic director and your counselor being in our living room but you truly have you can go anywhere you want to go I said you know just because I started there doesn’t mean you have to go there and it was like that you know this is

Where I watched my first football games at this I spent my entire you know elementary and middle school life on that sideline and he couldn’t he wouldn’t dream of being nowhere else I mean this kid one year gave up Halloween to come to a North game playoff game so it’s pretty meaningful place

It’s a pretty meaningful place it it truly is um and and I’m I’m very proud of that and I’m I’m I’m proud that you know he loves this community and this school as much as I did