twice and while he may have been a 4 star athlete ( I believe he participated in 3 sports), I didn't see a 4 star football player. FYI, his high school is about 10 minutes from my house and essentially in the same conference as our public high school. in fact, the two schools share practice/playing fields for many less prominent sports, (i.e. Lacrosse, Softball, Soccer, etc) that are built on an old Nike missiles site. (On a side note, it is one of the very few times I have seen real practical land use otherwise destined for over-built retail or over-priced housing)
Great athlete by all means but he really didn't have a defined position coming into ND as he played multiple positions in high school. Devaris Daniels, who went to the same high school, is an excellent comparison. It is not as if Jones had refined skills at any position coming into ND, nor does his school play a lot of high level competition -- in fact there are typically only two schools that they play who would remotely have players of his athletic skills. In other words, he look good because of who he played not because of what he showed against similarly skilled players. Like many 4 star players at many schools, he never found his niche at ND.
Like I said, he stayed the course got his degree and now can try his hand at another place. Good for him!