Top Recruit Chris Jones Says He's Receiving Death Threats Prior to Signing Day

As we learn every year in the lead-up to Signing Day, there are both gifts and curses to being a top high school football recruit. For all the pomp and circumstance that comes with committing to one of college football’s top programs, so too come the stresses; stresses that in the past have impacted the decisions of some of the biggest names in high school football, from Terrelle Pryor to Cyrus Kouandjio and Landon Collins as well. Sometimes though the curse of college football recruitment goes beyond just stress and unfortunately in rare cases even elevates to the threat of bodily harm, something that five-star Chris Jones claims he has had to deal with over the last couple days. As Jones remains committed to Mississippi State he is also seriously considering Ole Miss, a fact which has allegedly led some fans to some pretty extreme, and downright scary behavior.  Here is what Jones told ESPN Insider’s Kipp Adams about the hectic last couple days (subscription required to...