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2013 Mountain West player rankings, No. 38: Fresno State CB L.J. Jones

The 50 player countdown to the start of the 2013 college football season continues with No. 38.

By Jeremy Mauss
Otto Kitsinger III

The countdown of the 50 best Mountain West players continues with the No. 38 selection of Fresno State cornerback L.J. Jones. The Fresno State secondary was stacked last year with Phillip Thomas, Derron Smith, Sean Alston, but Jones was somewhat of an oversight despite knocking down 13 passes and a pick.

Well, with Alston out with a shoulder injury for the year Jones will become a key player in the Bulldogs secondary along side safety Smith. Jones is a playmaker who has the ability to make great jumps on plays to get his hand on the ball, and also if needed can get behind the line of scrimmage to make a big sack or stuff a running back behind the line of scrimmage.

If Jones can get a few more interceptions than knock downs then he will get some solid recognition within the league, and possibly nationally, as well.

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Here is the latest update on who picked where plus the composite, click the players name in the composite row to read why they ended up with that ranking. Also, bold is where today's player was selected.

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18. Derek Largent, San Diego State, LB
19. Garrett Grayson, Colorado State, QB
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21. Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT Nick Tenhaeff, San Diego State, LB
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23. Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State, OT
24. Kyler Fackrell, Utah State, LB
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26. Nick Sherry, UNLV, QB
27. Cory James, Colorado State, LB
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29. L.J. Jones, Fresno State, CB Derek Largent, San Diego State, LB Chase Clayton, KR/WR, New Mexico
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31. Chris Nwoke, Colorado State, RB Nolan Kohorst, UNLV, PK Dominic Rufran, Wyoming, WR Blair Burns, Wyoming, CB
32. Kyler Fackrell, Utah State, LB Christian Tago, San Jose Sate, LB
33. Chris Nwoke, Colorado State, RB Alex Hansen, DE, Air Force Zach Vigil, Utah State, LB
34. Zach Vigil, Utah State, LB Jon Lee, Air Force, RB Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State, OT
 Marcel Jensen, Fresno State, TE Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State, OT
35. Cole Gautsche, New Mexico, QB
36. John Hardy-Tuliau, Hawai'i, S Chandler Jones, San Jose State, WR
37. Blair Burns, Wyoming, CB Cole Gautsche, New Mexico, QB Joel Bitonio, Nevada, T L.J. Jones, Fresno State, CB
38. L.J. Jones, Fresno State, CB Blair Burns, Wyoming, CB
39. Chris Nwoke, Colorado State, RB L.J. Jones, Fresno State, CB Ty MacArthur, Air Force, WR/KR Nick Tenhaeff, San Diego State, LB
40. Blair Burns, Wyoming, CB Nevin Lawson, Utah State, CB Don Jackson, Nevada, RB Josh Harper, Fresno State, WR Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State, OT Lenny Jones, Nevada, DE
41. Kyler Fackrell, Utah State, LB Josh Harper, Fresno State, WR Marcel Jensen, Fresno State, TE Chris Nwoke, Colorado State, RB Derek Largent, San Diego State, LB
42. Derek Largent, San Diego State, LB Cory James, Colorado State, LB Austin Lopez, K, San Jose State Andy Jennings, Fresno State, DE Josh Quezada, Fresno State, RB
43. Nicholas Kaspar, San Jose State, OT Dillon Farrell, New Mexico, Center Dillon Farrell, New Mexico, Center Andy Jennings, Fresno State, DE Dallas Bollema, New Mexico, LB
44. Nick Tenhaeff, San Diego State, LB Billy Ray Stutzmann, Hawaii, WR Nevin Lawson, Utah State, CB Nevin Lawson, Utah State, CB DeAndre Elliott, Colorado State, CB Ben Clarke, Hawaii, C John Hardy-Tuliau, Hawai'i, S
45. Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT Jon Lee, Air Force, RB Blake Renaud, LB, Boise State Marcel Jensen, Fresno State, TE Ian Seau, Nevada, LB Alex Hansen, DE, Air Force
46. Chase Clayton, KR/WR, New Mexico Trent Matthews, Colorado State, S Sam Meredith, DT, San Diego State Billy Ray Stutzmann, Hawaii, WR Taylor Graham, Hawaii, QB Nolan Kohorst, UNLV, PK LaMarr Bratton, G, New Mexico
47. Zach Vigil, Utah State, LB Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT Sidney Hodge, UNLV, CB Kivon Cartwright, Colorado State, TE Tyler Ervin, KR, San Jose State
49. Cory James, Colorado State, LB Ty MacArthur, Air Force, WR/KR L.J. Jones, Fresno State, CB Richy Turner, Nevada, WR Joel Bitonio, T, Nevada
49.Marcel Jensen, Fresno State, TE Nick Sherry, UNLV, QB Chase Clayton, KR/WR, New Mexico Eric Pinkins, San Diego State, SS Marcus Sullivan, UNLV, WR Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT
50. Garrett Grayson, Colorado State, QB Colin Lockett, San Diego State, WR Lenny Jones, Nevada, DE Chandler Jones, San Jose State, WR Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe, Boise State, DT

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