Former South Carolina State and Florida Worldwide quarterback Amari Jones will start the following chapter of his HBCU soccer profession at Bethune-Cookman, he introduced Saturday on social media.
Jones’s dedication to BC comes after he signed with the MEAC champion South Carolina State Bulldogs in January with the expectation of changing into SCSU’s subsequent marquee quarterback within the departure of standout sign caller Eric Phoenix. As an alternative of main the Bulldogs’ offense underneath second-year soccer coach Chennis Berry, Jones will search to turn into the lead man underneath middle within the Wildcats’ offense.
FBS to MEAC to SWAC
“God’s physique! He makes no errors! Work time,” Jones wrote on X, previously often called Twitter.
The 6-foot-3, 225-pound quarterback spent two seasons at FIU. Final season, Jones threw for 101 yards and tossed one landing in a reserved position for a Panthers’ workforce that completed 4-8 and 3-5 in Convention USA motion.
Jones joins a BC workforce that completed 2-10 general and 2-6 in SWAC play within the 2024 marketing campaign underneath Wildcats soccer coach Raymond Woodie Jr. Final season, quarterbacks Cam’Ron Ransom and Luke Sprague led Bethune-Cookman’s offense, with Ransom dealing with an amazing majority of the snaps.
Ransom completed the season with 1,844 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions whereas speeding for 163 yards on 106 makes an attempt and 5 touchdowns on the bottom in 11 video games. As an offensive unit, Sprague amassed 336 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception in 5 video games final season. BC completed subsequent to final in scoring offense (20.2 ppg) and rush offense (105.4 ypg), ninth in whole offense (290.2), and eighth in go offense (184.8) per sport within the 2024 season.
Amari Jones’ arrival in Daytona Seaside, Florida, may very well be the spark wanted for Woodie’s offense within the 2025 season. Bethune-Cookman will start the 2025 HBCU soccer season on the street in opposition to FIU on Aug. 29 in Miami. Organising a possible revenge match with the quarterback’s former FBS workforce.
