{"id":18343,"date":"2015-10-21T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=18343"},"modified":"2015-10-21T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:52:24","slug":"mark-made-at-evanston-michigan-state-next-for-naquan-jones-to-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mark-made-at-evanston-michigan-state-next-for-naquan-jones-to-tackle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark made at Evanston, Michigan State next for Naquan Jones to tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Brooke Rayford<\/p>\n<p>Evanston Township&#8217;s senior defensive tackle, Naquan Jones, is looking forward to his 2016-2017 football season. Growing up in a Big-Ten town, Michigan State has always been the school of his dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said being a committed prospect will not keep him from finishing hard his senior season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you&#8217;ve committed, you&#8217;re held to a higher standard &#8230; people know about you, that kind of puts more pressure on you and coaches expect more from you. So I just want to go out there and play as hard as I can, that is what pushes me to play as well as I do,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mark made at Evanston, Michigan State next for Naquan Jones to tackle\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/142530184?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more on Jones and Little&#8217;s senior season without the pressures of recruitment, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/college-commitment-makes-a-lane-for-evanston-seniors-to-savor-final-season\/\">check out Maddie Lee&#8217;s story.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Four-star athlete Naquan Jones is ranked 4th in the state and 30th in his position, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/203255\/naquan-jones\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN Recruits<\/a>. 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