LSU junior safety Chad Jones said he is planning to return to the LSU baseball team for its weekend series with Georgia after three weeks of spring football practice, and he will play baseball full-time at the conclusion of spring practice.
Jones is an outfielder for the baseball team, and he has played in 10 games with eight starts this season and totaled a .355 batting average. He has been with the football team throughout spring practice.
“The plan is for me to go back to baseball on Friday,” Jones said. “I don’t know because my body is a little sore, and I haven’t been doing throwing too much or doing enough hitting to just hop in the SEC. I guess it might be a little bit hard because SEC pitching is so tough.”
Jones also said the coaches have talked to him about the possibility of him seeing time at wide receiver.
“I don’t know what the chances are,” he said. “It wasn’t a sit-down conference about it, and only time will tell. It’s a great thought, but the coaches haven’t done it yet.”
 
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