Ursuline graduate Allen Jones likes state of YSU football

Allen Jones has only been at Youngstown State for a few weeks but he’s already sensed something special in the air.

“At practice, it’s real energized,” said Jones, an Ursuline High graduate who will play running back for the Penguins. “You can tell how big of an impact [the new staff] is going to be this year.

“All the players love the new coaching staff and everybody’s real excited to see what we’re going to do.”

Jones made an appearance at his alma mater’s youth camp on Monday, where he got the teasing nickname of “Superstar” from former teammates Michael Paul Jenkins (a two-year starter at center from Walsh) and Matt Krause (who started as a freshman at Waynesburg as a freshman last fall).