Chris Jones MAC Defensive Player of the Year!!

Very good day for our program.  The All-MAC teams were also good to us, and I will take a look at that in a while.  But, in the meantime, I wanted to make sure the Falcon Nation took a moment to appreciate the career of Chris "War Daddy" Jones, who is our first MAC Defensive Player of the year since 1994.  (Vince Palko won it in 93 and 94.  Before that, you have to to back to Phil Villipiano.)

In addition to leading the dominant defensive unit in the conference, here are Jones' individual credentials.

The senior ranks third in the country with 12.5 sacks and seventh in tackles for loss and added 41 tackles in 2012. Jones was named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week three different times, recording five tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss versus Idaho, added four tackles and two sacks at Toledo and had five stops, 2.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss in a win versus Miami.

Chris was a true warrior for our team and gave everything he had. The summers, the time in the weight room, the constant effort on the field...this was excellence that was earned, and we thank him for it.  He will always be a Falcon in our hearts.